"We will say, yes, you can keep on producing this chemical for, say, 50 years, but you have to prove you are doing it with adequate control [of the risks] which will be defined in a specific contractual agreement that could be 15 pages long," Mr Davies explained. "But we don't quite know how this will be done yet. Nobody does - it's never done before."
In other provisions agreed last night, REACH will: review after six years if hormone disruptors should be placed in the toughest mandatory substitution category; reduce the number of animal tests under a so-called "reproductive toxicity testing" scheme and extend the confidentiality period for company information from three to six years.
It will also: put the legal burden of safety on industry with a "duty of care" principle; exempt 17,000 less risky chemicals from fresh tests; see companies forced to inform "any recipient" of products if they contain any highly toxic materials and see the director of the Helsinki agency make public declarations of his financial interests.
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