🆕 #ToxicFree4EU – Leading Belgian politicians get checked up for ‘forever chemicals’.

The Belgian NGO Bond Beter Leefmilieu has started a national campaign to test politicians for "forever chemicals", PFAS.

Deputy Prime Minister Petra de Sutter, Flemish Environment Minister Zuhal Demir, and regional leaders such as Mieke Schauvliege, Jos D'Haese and Gwenny De Vro already got checked up. 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-vh15kc39-13zb

#PFAS #HumanHealth #ForeverChemicals

🆕 #ToxicFree4EU – Restriction on hormone-disrupting bisphenols back to the drawing board.

The German competent authority "temporarily" withdrew its restriction of bisphenol A and other bisphenols, following a public consultation that elicited further data from industry on emissions and uses. 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-vh15kc39-13zb

#Bisphenols #EDCs #ToxicFreeProducts

🆕 #ToxicFree4EU - Scholz holds summit for chemical industry in crisis, no environmental NGO invited.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold a high-level summit with the German chemical industry representatives, for a discussion on the chemical sector including EU regulation. Environmental NGOs working on the topic are not invited. 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-vh15kc39-13zb

#ToxicFree #ChemicalPollution #REACHrevisionNOW

🆕 #ToxicFree4EU – Chemical grouping – ECHA identified nearly 500 chemicals of concern requiring action in 2022.

Thanks to the assessment of chemicals in groups, in 2022 the European Chemicals Agency identified nearly 500 chemicals of concern that may need further regularity risk management, such as a restriction or harmonised classification. 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-rd1z890h-8jq.

#ToxicFreeProductsBy2030 #chemicals #HumanHealth #EUGreenDeal #ChemicalUniverse

🆕 #ToxicFree4EU – Council proposes not to change classification rules for complex substances, after industry lobbying.

The EU Council has proposed not to reform classification rules for hazard properties of complex substances, such as essential oils, after intensive lobbying by the fragrance and cosmetics industries.

Read more here 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-rd1z890h-8jq

#toxicfreeproducts #chemicals #humanhealth #EUGreenDeal #CLP

🆕 #ToxicFree4EU - Dutch politicians angry at Chemours over PFAS pollution cover-up.

The Dutch Parliament have questioned Chemours about the significant PFAS pollution in the city of Dordrecht, following journalists’ discovery that the company has kept the pollution, and its knowledge about the harmful properties of its chemicals, hidden for decades.

Politicians across parties expressed anger and were not satisfied. 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-rd1z890h-8jq

#tweedekamer #PFAS #Chemours #ForeverChemicals

🆕 This week in #ToxicFree4EU 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-si7n7fzk-gt5
• Universal ban of forever chemicals caught in ineffective procedures
• Waiting for plenary to shed light on the future of a key part of the Green Deal
• Commissioners get tested for ‘forever chemicals’
• Council haggling over essential oils in future EU chemical classification rules

#PFAS #EUGreenDeal #CLP #PFASaction_EU

🆕 The Ombudsman looks into Commission’s delays in tackling most harmful chemicals.

The European Ombudsman will investigate the European Commission’s failure to timely adopt measures on known harmful chemicals, as part of an own-initiative inquiry. More here 👉https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-tomvqlr4-19rz

#ToxicFree4EU

🆕 Forever chemicals group PFHxA up for a ban in certain products, industrial uses off the hook.

The European Commission excluded industrial uses and production from the draft restriction of PFHxA chemicals. Only uses in certain products for general public are covered. Read more here: 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-tomvqlr4-19rz

#ToxicFree4EU #ToxicFreeProducts #PFAS #ToxicFreeEnvironment

🆕 This week in #ToxicFree4EU:

- The European Commission announces control damage on toxic bisphenol A, and proposes a ban in food contact materials

- German chemicals industry lobby calls for lowering ambition of the REACH revision, after it won delays

Read more here 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-n4up7eus-1box

#FoodPackaging #FoodContainers #HumanHealth #EnvironmentalProtection #REACHrevisionNOW #ToxicFreeProductsBy2030

🆕 This week, in #ToxicFree4EU:

- The Restrictions Roadmap to ban most harmful chemicals in the EU is one year old but regulators have hit the road with the same old vehicle, an assessment shows.

- A restriction proposal on persistent PFHxA chemicals has been announced for June 2023

- Time is slowly running out for microplastic uses in the EU, as a restriction in several consumer products has been adopted. Read more here 👉

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🆕 #ToxicFree4EU - German doctors call on von der Leyen to revise REACH

The German medical association Bundesärztekammer called on its fellow medical colleague, the European Commission President von der Leyen, to revise the EU chemicals safety law as soon as possible, to protect the health of Europeans.

Read more about their request here 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-av31r0gi-1af7 #EUGreenDeal #ChemicalsStrategy #REACHrevisionNOW #humanhealth #toxicfreeproducts

🆕 #ToxicFree4EU - Toxic-free investments in consumer products at risk, warns company VAUDE, a family-owned outdoor clothing company in Germany, warned lawmakers about the risk for toxic-free investments if regulatory commitments do not materialise.

Read more about their story here 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-l444rdwx-rpp

#EUGreenDeal #ChemicalsStrategy #frontrunners #toxicfreeproducts #REACHrevisionNOW

Sortons des épidémies de diabète, cancer, obésité et plus de 400 maladies rares liées aux perturbations hormonales. Leur coût se chiffre en milliards, rappelle la Société Européenne Endocrinologie. 7/7 #ToxicFree4EU #BecauseHormonesMatter #ReachRevisionNOW
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RT @ESEndocrinology: #Endocrinedisruptors harm our health & environment. It's time for the EU institutions to take action before the end of their current term! We urge the European Commission to adopt the #…

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🆕 #ToxicFree4EU briefing. Here our stories:

1. Commissioner Sinkevičius hopes for a REACH revision publication by summer
👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-dckjhuo2-tfo

2. The Green 10 grilled Commissioner Breton on the REACH revision
👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-dckjhuo2-tfo

#EUGreenDeal #ChemicalsStrategy #environmentalprotection #humanhealth #toxicfree #toxicfreeproducts #futuregenerations #REACHrevisionNOW

🆕 #ToxicFree4EU briefing 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-cfajdi6e-jsi

1️⃣ REACH revision stuck in Commission politics
The timing of the REACH revision proposal is a matter of politics, Commission officials told MEPs.

2️⃣ Forever Pollution Project: journalists mapped the horror of #PFAS pollution in Europe

3️⃣ Revision of #CLP: discussions start in Council, rapporteur and shadows appointed in the Parliament

#chemicals #toxicfreeproducts #EUGreenDeal #REACHrevisionNOW #CLP #environmentalprotection #humanhealth

🆕 Check our new #ToxicFree4EU briefing 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-r46gfi5x-6r1

This week, we report on:

- The European Parliament’s rapporteurship on the #CLP chemicals law

- The #PFAS restriction proposal

#PFASaction_EU #EUGreenDeal #ChemicalsStrategy #CLP

🆕 Check our new #ToxicFree4EU briefing 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-f8nm6ppe-1a3l

This week, we report on:

- The European Parliament’s rapporteurship on the #CLP chemicals law

- The #PFAS restriction proposal

#PFASaction_EU #EUGreenDeal #ChemicalsStrategy #CLP

#REACHinJune was the most popular word summarising exchanges taking place yesterday in the #RoundtableChemicals.

Remarkably, the chemical industry and NGOs teamed up to call for regulatory certainty on the #REACH revision.

Read more in this week’s #ToxicFree4EU: https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-g2id4hzq-jm8

🆕 #ToxicFree4EU briefing 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-gs5pmm0i-1bqa

1. The Swedish Environment Minister shows commitment to chemicals policy
The Swedish Presidency of the EU is ready to start working on the REACH revision as soon as it comes out.

2. PFAS found in Danish eggs: another PFAS scandal
PFAS in eggs scandal causes public debate in Denmark, but EU countries can only wait for the EU to act to stop PFAS pollution.

#chemicals #ChemicalsStrategy #EUGreenDeal #EuropeanParliament #toxicfree