Every third consumer product contains substances of very high concern (SVHCs). That’s the finding of a study undertaken as part of an EU project, LIFE AskREACH. The German Federal Environmental Agency also participated in the study and published the results at the beginning of September. Overall, some 106 leisure, garden,…
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency has announced four mapping projects. Officials want the projects to make the levels of chemicals in consumer products more transparent. The project is to determine the pervasiveness and risk of specific substances. Examples include: Toluenes and other neurotoxic substances in children’s cribs Particles and heavy…