Sample Briefing - May 2010 issue
This edition of the Chemical Watch European Business Briefing is available to download as part of our free trial package.
- Emma Chynoweth reports from the Helsinki Chemicals Forum on support for harmonisation and convergence of chemicals regulation worldwide;
- Mamta Patel reports on a lively discussion from a worskhop on the compliance challenges created by amendments to REACH Annex II on safety data sheets;
- Melanie Ashton describes the discussions on chemicals from the UN Commission on Sustainable Development's 18th meeting since the Rio Earth Summit as it plans for Rio+20;
- Fertiliser giant Yara describes its strategy for CLP compliance and the challenges along the way;
- RoHS debate - we allow leading US electronics industry commentator Michael Kirschner space to argue against substance bans while NGOs ChemSec and Clean Production Action argue that they spur innovation;
- Elizabeth Grossman explores the implications of the recent groundbreaking report from the US President's Cancer Panel which called for tougher controls on hazardous chemicals;
- In our regular Business Analyst column, Tim Jessel discusses issues from the last month and gives advice on avoiding problems with IUCLID 5.2;
- Dr Reach points out the pitfalls ahead of this year's major REACH and CLP deadlines - and ways to avoid them;
- Our Guest Columnist this month is Andrew Fasey who warns that companies are focusing on REACH compliance, possibly at the expense of their CLP obligations.
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