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REACH Progress Report Cites Familiar Problems, With Some Improvement

 
• By Eileen Francis

ECHA sees some improvement in REACH dossiers, but familiar problems remain, according to its 2012 Progress Report. The agency notes that 2012 was a “crucial” year as it completed its examination of all testing proposals received for the first REACH deadline in 2010.

Dossiers evaluated in 2012 under the European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals program showed some familiar problems, but there are signs of improvement, according to the European Chemicals Agency’s Executive Director Geert Dancet.

“We do acknowledge changes for the better,” Dancet says in a foreword to the agency’s 2012 Progress Report

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FTC Consumer Privacy Policy Driven By ‘Straw Man’ Arguments – Commissioner Holyoak

 
• By Eileen Francis

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• By Eileen Francis

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• By David Ridley

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• By Malcolm Spicer

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• By Malcolm Spicer

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