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To provide businesses with the information they need to manage the risks of chemicals responsibly.

Chemical Watch publishes news and intelligence to help companies meet responsibilities under chemicals legislation worldwide, including regimes such as REACH, CLP, GHS and TSCA. We keep you abreast of policy and business trends across Europe, North America and Asia. Because we are not tied to any trade associations, government or campaign group, we are able to offer objective news and analysis for all sectors.

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Latest news from Chemical Watch team

19 October 2011

The Chemical Watch workshop on REACH and CLP Enforcement - in Brussels - was a huge success with attendees from across Europe and beyond. Panelists included: Mike Potts, UK Health & Safety Executive; Jean-Pierre Feyaerts, Federal Ministry of Economy (Belgium); Jos van den Berg, VROM (Netherlands); Andrew Fasey, ECHA Board of Appeal; Fangcun Zhou, EcoMundo; Jean-Philippe Montfort, Mayer Brown International LLP; Dr Erwin Annys, Cefic; Daniel Chappell, Hewlett Packard.

27 May 2011

Launch of our inaugural Service Providers Guide, a major new publication designed to help anyone involved in chemicals management to find, select and commission a whole range of specialist services. Available free online, and in print to subscribers. Contains useful editorial by Cynthia Challener exploring the client/contractor relationship and presenting the findings of a unique survey of the users of service providers, looking at current and future workloads, legislative drivers, levels of service provision and other relevant facts. See the press release here.

16 June 2010

A stimulating day for participants at the Chemical Watch REACH & CLP Troubleshooting Clinic in London. Our thanks to the panel - from left to right - Tim Jessel, Steffen Erler, Mamta Patel, Andrew Fasey and Jean-Philippe Montfort from, respectively, Trasys, Smithers, Chemical Watch, PTK and Mayer Brown. See news report.

1 June 2010

Launch of our major new report, Managing CLP Compliance: The Essentials for Business. Written by Andrew Fasey and Mark Blainey, the report was accompanied by a webinar on 30 June. See the press release here.

12 April 2010

Having outgrown our small office in Shrewsbury, we have relocated to larger premises in the same town. Our new address is 140b Longden Coleham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY3 7DN, United Kingdom. Phone and fax numbers are unchanged.

15 March 2010

Our editor Mamta Patel was once again invited to give the annual lecture to political ecology students at University College London on "the role of the media in the social construction of environmental conflicts".

1-5 March 2010

Chemical Watch provided daily interviews and news reports for delegates to ChemCon Europe 2010 in Prague. View the daily reports at http://www.chemcon.net/

29 October 2009

Speakers from PricewaterhouseCoopers, Field Fisher Waterhouse and Eastman Chemical addressed our webinar on Cost-Effective Strategies in Consortia and SIEFs. Recordings are available for download.

28 September 2009

Our editor Mamta Patel was invited to give a "Media Perspective on Chemicals Risk Assessment" at a European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) workshop on "Science and Decision-Making - Fit for Innovation?"

July 2009

We held a series of three webinars on REACH for Downstream Users, with speakers from Unilever, L'Oreal, Trasys, AISE, Mayer Brown, ECHA and REACHReady.

24 June 2009

Our editor Mamta Patel gave a presentation at iSmithers' fifth REACH Europe conference in Amsterdam on "REACH: A Bird's Eye View of The Past, Present and Future".

11 June 2009

We held our second conference in Washington, DC in partnership with law firm McKenna, Long & Aldridge. The morning was moderated by our contributing editor, Emma Chynoweth. Click here for copies of the presentations.

8 May 2009

Our editor, Mamta Patel, spoke at "The Chemistry of REACH" webinar, organised by BDP Legal on 2 June.

7 March 2009

Chemical Watch spent the week in Kuala Lumpur at ChemCon Asia, with whom we worked as Media Associate. We reported on proceedings each day via a dedicated newsletter, ChemCon Daily. Our editor, Mamta Patel, chaired a roundtable discussion on the impact of chemical assessment regimes around the world on future global manufacturing of chemicals.

20 January 2009

Emma Chynoweth of Chemical Watch gave a presentation titled "REACH: Past, Present and Issues for 2009 and Beyond" to the Smithers Rapra REACH USA conference in Houston, Texas. See her slides here.

October/November 2008

Our Editor Mamta Patel was invited to be part of the advisory group for a UK Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) project on the "Public Perception of Industrial Biotechnology". Read the subsequent report here.

22 October 2008

Our contributing editor Geraint Roberts was guest speaker at this year's European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) Responsible Care conference in Manchester. He spoke candidly about the industry's image, transparency and performance on product stewardship.

14 October 2008

Our sister information service, Environment Analyst, is launched, with a remit to report on the market performance of environmental businesses. Our first research project is a benchmarking exercise for the UK environmental consulting sector.

10 October 2008

By invitation of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), our editor Mamta Patel co-chaired its first stakeholder day in Helsinki. Click here for presentations

18 September 2008

Our editor, Mamta Patel, co-chaired a workshop at Smithers Rapra's REACH Europe conference in Antwerp, Belgium. Click here to download her presentation.

10 September 2008

We had a successful U.S. conference in Arlington, Virginia, organised by Chemical Watch, TSGE and McKenna, Long and Aldridge. Click here for the conference papers.

1 July 2008

Chemical Watch is nominated for the inaugural European Parliament Prize for Journalism in the internet category for its outstanding contribution to clarifying a major EU issue. Click here for the European Parliament press release.