Debates
Wednesday, 13 December 2006 – Strasbourg

Controls on Chemicals

Ian Hudghton (Verts/ALE ) . I supported the initiative by my group and other members, which was a compromise that would have preserved the best of the REACH proposal whilst answering many of the concerns of business.

As things stand the new legislation is full of loopholes and exemptions and my concern is that this will allow the use of toxic chemicals in manufacturing to continue, even when safer alternatives