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"en.20011115.5.4-129"2
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To its credit, the Schörling report points out that “The EU is the world's leading producer of chemicals” and that “it is high time that we developed a new strategy for controlling chemicals”. We know that the “vast majority of existing chemicals – that have been on the market for at least 20 years – have never been properly tested” and we discover that certain serious diseases are on the increase and that “a link between these diseases and exposure to chemicals is likely”.
The report therefore recommends the rigorous control of chemicals available on the market, testing prior to any distribution of these products – and the withdrawal of any products that do not pass these tests – and a range of restrictive measures for manufacturers and commercial distributors, intended to force them to guarantee minimum safety standards.
This position does consider the interests of the public but is unpopular with the
a French employers’ organisation which, in a letter to Members of the European Parliament, protests about the constraints that we are attempting to impose on companies that manufacture or sell chemical products.
This shameless lobbying by chemical company owners is in itself enough to make us vote for the Schörling report and for the measures it proposes, even if the rapporteur elsewhere declares herself to be in favour of the market."@en1
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"Union des Industries Chimiques"1
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