News from ECHA
| EU Agencies: more work needed to make chemicals safe and sustainable The transition towards safer and more sustainable chemicals is progressing in some areas, while in others, it is just beginning.
This is the finding of a first, joint Europe-wide assessment of the drivers and impact of chemical pollution by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).
The benchmarking found that more work is still needed to reduce the impact of harmful substances on human health and the environment.
For more details, listen also to our Safer Chemicals Podcast with the Executive Directors Leena Ylä-Mononen (EEA) and Sharon McGuinness (ECHA). |
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Open positions
Scientific Officer – Ecotoxicologist and Toxicologist We are looking for scientific officers with expertise and experience in: Environmental sciences: knowledge on nanomaterials, assessing persistency, bioaccumulation, mobility and toxicity, endocrine disrupting properties of chemicals or conducting use and exposure assessment.
Human health toxicology: knowledge on nanomaterials, assessing carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, mutagenicity, repeated-dose toxicity, endocrine disrupting properties of chemicals and risk assessment.If you are also proactive and solution-oriented, communicate clearly, and can interpret and use scientific information in regulatory context, check the vacancy notice and apply until noon 15 May 2024. |
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EU Chemicals Legislation Finder (EUCLEF)
Start using EUCLEF Are you a small business looking for information on how your chemicals are regulated across the EU? EUCLEF compiles information from more than 50 pieces of legislation so that you can find it all in one place - water quality, worker protection, pesticides, food contact materials, cosmetic products, toy safety and much more.
EUCLEF is part of our chemicals database. It comes with a free of charge helpdesk service to guide you and help you clarify your obligations.
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Others
Commission initiative to restrict CMRs in childcare articles To protect children from substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMR), the European Commission has published its initiative to restrict them in childcare articles, such as products intended to help sleep, relaxation, hygiene or feeding of children. The Commission is expected to adopt the initiative during the last quarter of 2024.
ECHA prepared an investigation report in autumn 2023 to support this work. |
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