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Essential Use – “We need toxic chemicals – for clothes and warm food”

The debate about what the “essential use” of a hazardous chemical is rages on in Zoom rooms and Google meets all over Europe. Following the release of the EU Commission’s Chemical Strategy almost exactly one year ago – which introduced the term essential use in EU policy – officials, industry and civil society are now battling it out in the hopes of owning the definition of this, so far, wishy washy concept. More:

Essential Use – “We need toxic chemicals – for clothes and warm food”  –  ChemSecThe debate about what the “essential use” of a hazardous chemical is rages on in Zoom rooms and Google meets all over Europe. Following the release of the EU Commission’s Chemical Strategy almost exactly one year ago – which introduced the term essential use in EU policy – officials, industry and civil society are now battling it out in the hopes of owning the definition of this, so far, wishy washy concept. More:

Essential Use – “We need toxic chemicals – for clothes and warm food”  –  ChemSec

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