Monthly Briefing – September 2011 issue

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In this month's briefing:
  • Geraint Roberts reports on the latest thinking from companies and regulators on the ongoing overhaul of the EU biocidal products Directive;
  • German Federal Environment Agency president Jochen Flasbarth talks to Ralph Heinrich Ahrens about his expectations and views on the reality of REACH so far
  • Director of the European Commission Joint Research Centre's Institute for Health and Consumer Protection Professor Elke Ankram tells Geraint Roberts of her pride in the Institute's achivements and its current priorities;
  • Consultants Li Qiujv and Caroline Currid of REACH24H explain what is needed for Chinese new chemicals notification risk assessment reports;
  • What's hot in ecotoxicology? Professor Ryszard Laskowski of Poland's Jagiellonian University gives an entertaining review;
  • Elizabeth Grossman talks to small but highly diverse US firmHallStar about its REACH and CLP implementation plans;
  • Philippa Jones talks to toys firms and other stakeholders about the stricter rules on chemicals content in the recently revised EU Toys Directive;
  • The thermoplastics industry is about to launch version 3.0 of its PESTOOL database. Emma Chynoweth reports.
  • Canada moves on to the next stage of its Chemicals Management Plan but how happy are stakeholders with progress? Francis Gillis asks.
  • In his final column Dr Reach aka Steffen Erler leaves readers with some final food for thought;
  • Jean-Philippe Montfort and Hadjira Mezaiti of law firm Mayer Brown update downstream users on their REACH and CLP obligations.
  • In our Guest Column, Professor Peter Calow considers how to achieve REACH goals most cost-effectively.
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