Archived reports - European NGOs
Crisis in Chemicals
Friends of the Earth
June 2000
Friends of the Earth publication on the threat posed by the ‘Biomedical Revolution’ to the profits, liabilities and regulation of industries making and using chemicals.
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Crisis in Chemicals Update
Friends of the Earth
March 2002
This update of the above report looks at what has happened in the two years since the Crisis in Chemicals report was published (see below), and whether the warnings given in the report are being born out by the research.
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Response to EU Chemicals White Paper
Friends of the Earth
May 2001
Friends of the Earth Europe’s response to the European Commission’s White Paper on REACH.
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Chemicals under the Spotlight — From Awareness to Action
Danish Ecological Council
2000
Written to support a broader NGO Chemicals Campaign (Chemicals Awareness) to move the chemicals policy in the EU towards better control of harmful chemicals and implementation of the precautionary principle in common rules and regulations of the EU.
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Copenhagen Chemicals Charter
2000
NGO demand for a better EU chemicals policy, originally agreed in December 1999, named the 'Copenhagen Charter' at a conference in October 2000. Supported by a large number of NGOs, including the European Environmental Bureau, Friends of the Earth, WWF, European Consumers Organisation, Danish Ecological Council, the Danish Consumer Council, and the Danish Society for the Conservation of Nature.
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A New EU Chemicals Policy: Some Key Arguments
European Environmental Bureau, Friends of the Earth, Eurogroup for Animal Welfare, World Wildlife Fund
February 2002
Provides an NGO position on implementation of REACH in the European Union.
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New EU Chemicals Policy: Key Elements of the New Legislation
Provides an update of European NGO demands for a new regulation on chemicals management in the EU.
European Environmental Bureau, Friends of the Earth, World Wildlife Fund
8 July 2002
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A New Chemicals Policy in Europe – New Opportunities for Industry
European Environment Bureau and World Wildlife Fund
January, 2003
Responds to industry critiques of the REACH program as well as providing arguments as to the beneficial impacts of the proposed REACH policy on innovation and health.
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The Way Forward Out of the Chemicals Crisis
Greenpeace
May 1999
Presents an alternative, precautionary approach to the regulation of the manufacturing, marketing and use of chemicals in Europe.
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European Chemicals Regulation and its Effect on Innovation: An Assessment of the EU’s White Paper on the Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy
UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Ralf Nordbeck and Michael Faust, April 2002. Examines the innovation impacts of the proposed European chemicals policy
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The Social Cost of Chemicals
World Wildlife Fund UK
13 July, 2003
Conducted by leading cost-benefit expert Dr. David Pearce, the report finds that the UK could save over 74.9 billion Euro in health expenditure over the next 17 years due to reduced impacts of chemicals on well-being, if the European Union pushes through its proposed Chemicals Regulations. The report makes clear that the benefits of REACH exceed its projected costs.
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