Industry information delays ECHA committee opinion on photographic uses of boric acid

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) discussed a request from the European Commission to draw up an opinion on the photographic applications of boric acid and compounds at its meeting last week. The request is the first, and only to-date, made under Article 77(3)(c) of REACH. According to ECHA, the adoption of the opinion was postponed due to the new information submitted by industry. The information, which centred...

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