Bulletguy Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 How Brexit will enable government to relax safety regs on toxic chemicals. This should be of concern to everyone. Experts warn over post-Brexit UK rule changes on chemicals Government is planning to water down the regulatory requirements on key chemicals, in what experts fear could be the first move to a weaker post-Brexit safety regime for potentially toxic substances. Proposals published last week without fanfare on a government website set out some of the intended new rules for the new post-Brexit national chemicals regulator. The proposals would change the way “substances of very high concern” – which include potential toxins and carcinogens, and chemicals that persist for a long time in the environment – are dealt with. Under EU law, these chemicals are formally identified and publicly listed on a “candidate list”, while authorities analyse them and decide whether to ban them or allow their use in certain circumstances, by transferring them to an “authorisation list”. Under the government’s proposals, companies will not be obliged to submit information on “substances of very high concern”, but will be allowed to do so on a voluntary basis. https://tinyurl.com/3f6dbyjs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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