Blogposts tagged 'Reach'

The vinyl solution

Posted by jamie - 18 October 2006 at 8:00am - 0 Comments

web_banner_255_176.jpgNow this is fun. Top-notch design studio Freerange Graphics have produced another of their really quite cool online animations, and anyone who's seen cyberpunk animal welfare skit The Meatrix or organic sci-fi rip-off Grocery Store Wars will know they can put a groovy spin on ethically-minded issues.

Article tagged as: plastic, PVC, REACH, toxics

Slipping away: the presence of perflorinated chemicals in eels from 11 European countries

Publication date:  27 September, 2006

Summary

Investigating the contamination of the European eel with PFCs, substances used to produce non-stick and water-repellant coatings for a multitude of products.

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Article tagged as: chemicals, EU, PFCs, REACH, reports, toxics

Bad vibrations? We expose an EU sex scandal

Posted by bex - 8 September 2006 at 8:00am - 18 Comments

How safe is your sex toy?

Is nothing sacred? A new report released today by our Dutch office reveals that the plastics used to construct a wide range of sex toys contain very high concentrations of hazardous phlalates, toxic chemical softeners used in PVC to make it soft and flexible.

Article tagged as: EU, phthalates, PVC, REACH, toxics

Sex, lies and hazardous chemicals

Posted by bex - 8 May 2006 at 8:00am - 0 Comments

A mother carrying a baby wears a shirt reading "stop contamining my baby!"

What business does a chemical company have between your bedroom sheets? Should chemical companies be meddling with the protection of your health? Of course they should have no business in your sex life or personal health, but unfortunately the chemical industry is fighting hard to protect their privilege to make hazardous chemicals with the potential to seriously affect both.

Article tagged as: BASF, chemicals, EU, health, REACH, toxics

How to make REACH work - an MEP's guide

Publication date:  21 March, 2007

Publication date: March 2004

Summary
REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) will completely change the way chemicals are controlled. It will pass through the European Parliament during 2004 and 2005, and should become law in 2006. When it comes into force, chemical companies will, for the first time, have to provide basic health and environmental safety data on the chemicals they produce.

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Article tagged as: chemicals, environmental policy, EU, government, REACH
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