German Industry Urges ECHA To Reconsider ‘De Facto’ EU Ethanol Ban

Reclassifying ethanol as a carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reprotoxic substance - something the European Chemicals Agency seems likely to do in the near future - would be “tantamount to a de facto ban” with “fatal consequences” for medical care in Germany, says Pharma Deutschland in a joint paper with 13 other German healthcare industry associations.

ECHA is likely to classify ethanol as a carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reprotoxic substance (Shutterstock)

Pharma Deutschland and 13 other German healthcare industry associations are calling for a halt to the European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA’s) “inappropriate and disproportionate” reclassification of ethanol as a carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reprotoxic substance.

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