Monthly Briefing – July/Aug 2010 issue

In this month's briefing:

• Mamta Patel reports on downstream user concerns about fake REACH only representatives and advice on what companies can do if they are worried;
• Geraint Roberts interviews chemicals distributor S&D about its strategy for REACH and CLP compliance;
• Sean Milmo reviews the current state of regulatory acceptance of non-animal chemical hazard assessment methods;
• Elizabeth Grossman assesses the debate over use of chemical dispersants to clean up BP's oil spill;
• Mamta Patel interviews Evonik Degussa about going further than REACH in implementing the ICCA's Global Product Strategy (GPS);
• Dr REACH, Steffen Erler, examines the pros and cons of whether companies should submit chemical safety reports jointly or separately as part of joint REACH registrations;
• Lynn L. Bergeson of law firm Bergeson & Campbell PG provides an overview of recently legislative developments in the US on nanomaterials;
• In a joint Guest Column, Melanie Bausen of BASF and Thomas Jostmann of Evonik explain why the industry needs the GPS as the ICCA prepares to lauch its global portal.