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The REACH SIN* List (*Substitute It Now!)
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web links
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| Producers or distributor |
ChemSec
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| Other producers or distributors: |
European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
WWF European Policy Office
Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE)
Greenpeace European Unit
Instituto Sindical de Trabajo Ambiente y Salud (ISTAS)
The European Consumers’ Organisation (BEUC)
Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF)
The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)
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| Author / Producer Type: |
Non-governmental organisations
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| Web link for product information: |
http://www.sinlist.org/
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->Contaminants-->Contaminants overview
Contaminated land-->Contaminants-->Others
Diffuse pollution-->Contaminants-->Contaminants overview
Diffuse pollution-->Contaminants-->Persistent Organic Pollutants
Diffuse pollution-->Contaminants-->Pesticides
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| Short description: |
The overarching aim of this project is to ensure that REACH Authorisation procedure indeed will be an effective tool to fast-track the most urgent Substances of Very High Concern for substitution, and to facilitate toxic use reduction by businesses.
This aim will be accomplished by realising objectives such as
Providing credible, publicly available and comprehensively researched data on the most hazardous chemicals.
Influence the official Authorisation Working list that will be drafted by the European Chemicals Agency in 2009, and to provide European authorities with expert knowledge and assessments on these substances.
Encourage the authorities to adopt our list and prioritise these substances in the authorisation procedure.
Provide advanced guidance to companies (mainly downstream users), consumers and regulators in countries that will be affected by REACH.
Show that these very hazardous chemicals are present all around us in the articles and products we use every day
Get attention from the media on the issue of REACH and illustrate the importance of a proper Authorisation procedure that will ensure the substitution of the most hazardous chemicals and their replacement by safer alternatives.
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 18/09/2008
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