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Feedback to: | Holly Krijgsman |
Published: | 17-11-2023 |
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Materials and Processes Technology Board ( MPTB )
REACH Background
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals*
- Addresses potential impacts of chemicals to human health and on the environment, production & use of chemical substances.
- Strictest law to date regulating chemical substances.
- Managed by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
- Very desirable and ambitious regulation to contribute to a safer and healthier environment but
- Many chemical substances face regulatory or commercial obsolescence, causing widespread impacts to downstream users.
- Causes wide-reaching engineering and management challenges for the space sector
- Currently undergoes revision