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The amount of chemical pollution in the world is dangerous for human health and nature, said scientists this week. Economics and policies should reflect this reality.

Proposals published on Defra website would change way ‘substances of very high concern’ are dealt with

Industry faces customs burdens and duplicate compliance costs WHILE the UK Government has lauded its eleventh-hour agreement with the EU for a zero-tariff, zero-quota trade deal, businesses and industry groups have warned about a raft of issues that require further negotiation and clarification, and about new, costly administrative burdens that are impacting businesses and remapping supply chains. On 24 December, in the wake of news that the EU and UK had avoided a no-deal Brexit, there was a w...

The UK is facing a £1 billion bill to replicate the EU’s chemical database after the government opted to leave the bloc’s REACH system on 31 December. As part of Brexit, the UK has decided to build up its own chemicals database, a process that will take years to complete. Under the new UK REACH system, registration of chemical data will be staggered over a period of 6 years, starting on 28 October 2021. The UK’s system “is empty at the moment,” says Simon March, communications direct...