Chemicals and Disease News Bulletin

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• News and Resources

  We’ve identified some key resources and articles on Chemicals and health from the Summer 2010. RESOURCES New SIN List Database Will Assist In Identification of Chemicals of Concern The Substitute-It-Now or SIN List is a (...)

• Public consultation: 8 ‘most harmful’ chemicals to be prioritised for use-by-authorisation-only?

  The European Chemicals Agency has proposed that 8 chemicals from the most harmful/candidate list be placed on the ‘priority list’ for going through REACH’s strict permission procedure, officially called the authorisation (...)

• 8 more chemicals on most harmful list

  In mid June, eight more chemicals were formally adopted by the European Chemicals Agency’s Member State Committee as ‘Substances of very high concern’, and ECHA has added them to REACH’s most harmful chemicals list. This list is (...)

• More of a REACH ‘high concern’ chemical in older than in younger women

  Higher concentrations of synthetic fragrance in older women Musk xylene an artificial musk used as a fragrance in consumer products, was one of the first chemicals to be identified as a Substance of Very High Concern under (...)

• Open Letter: The precautionary principle and chemicals

  In November, Pink Ribbon, the online breast cancer awareness magazine, published a letter on the application of the precautionary principle for known cancer causing chemicals. Pink Ribbon Magazine aims to ensure that (...)

• Interview with Prof. Christopher Wild, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

  In (June) 2009, HEAL interviewed Professor Christopher Wild to find out its opinion on the links between cancer and the environment and what evidence is being delivered by the compelling science. Lisette van Vliet, HEAL´s (...)