UK to build case for EU controls on deca-BDE

Flame retardant may be one of first “substances of equivalent concern” under REACH

Pressure for further EU controls on the use of the brominated flame retardant deca-BDE increased at a meeting of EU Member State authorities on REACH, classification and labelling (CARACAL) in Brussels this week. The Dutch government had asked for a progress report on risk assessment both from deca-BDE producers and the British and French rapporteurs who are jointly undertaking the official risk assessment for deca-BDE, under the previous EU...