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Chemicals

Amendment to Chemicals Act enters into force

Germany has prepared the ground for the national enforcement of the EU CLP regulation with the amendment of the Chemicals Act which has entered into force on 8 November. [ more]


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Health / Environment

Federal Environment Ministry and Chemical Industry Association continue cooperation in field of human biomonitoring

Since 2010 the Federal Environment Ministry BMU and the German Chemical Industry Association VCI have been cooperating in a joint project to increase knowledge on substances that are taken up by the human body. [ more]


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Health / Environment

Data on human exposure to pollutants urgently needed

At symposium on Human Biomonitoring (HBM) in Berlin Federal Environment Minister Röttgen and Federal Environment Agency president Flasbarth stressed the important role of HBM as early warning system and policy monitoring device. [ more]

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Chemical Safety

Protection of consumers from carcinogenic substances to be improved

Again and again consumer and environmental protection organisations detect carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a wide range of consumer products. A German initiative now aims to ban the health hazard to consumers presented by these substances. [ more]



Publication

National Profile - Chemicals Management in Germany