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Navigating REACH

Chemical Reaction publishes a comprehensive guide to REACH.

18.10.2007 |Sonja Haider




In 1998, at an informal meeting of the Environment Ministers of EU Member States in Chester, UK, Ministers expressed their concern about the lack of action on hazardous substances and highlighted the need for a new policy on chemicals.

This was the beginning of what became known as REACH1 – a new regulation on chemicals which would shift from permissive and patchy legislation to a more comprehensive system based on sound information and the precautionary principle. The regulation was intended to improve the protection of human health and the environment from the adverse effects of hazardous chemicals2.


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