British firm takes REACH stand over carbon nanotubes

Company pre-registers nanotubes separately arguing they are different to other allotropes of carbon.

A British manufacturer of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has taken an active stance in pushing for specific consideration of nanomaterials under the REACH Regulation by deliberately pre-registering it as a distinct substance from bulk forms of carbon and graphite. The company has been automatically allocated by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) REACH-IT system to a pre-substance information exchange forum (pre-SIEF) with one other firm, an 'only...