FoE Europe - Corporate Accountability

Explore the issues

Health threats

Cutting the risk

Safer future

What is REACH?

REACH in 2008

REACH Explained
My Voice: A Consumer Guide How you can demand better protection of human health and the environmnent from hazardous chemicals

Navigating REACH
An activists' guide to using and improving the new EU chemicals legislation

More background on REACH

National campaigns

Links to campaign pages across the EU

Events

"Think about REACH while on the BEACH..." - Call to MEPs to think about - and improve - the new chemicals policy over the summer break.
(12 July 2006, European Parliament, Brussels)

"Don't dwarf REACH"- 100 garden gnomes accompanied by Friends of the Earth activists gathered by the European Parliament
(15 November 2005, Strasbourg)

100 gnomes carrying toxic symbols gathered by the European institutions
(04 October 2005, Brussels)

Toxic Ted and participants in our "REACH made easy" seminar (January 2005)

Useful links

BEUC Chemical Cocktail

Chemical Reaction

European Environmental Bureau

Greenpeace European Unit

National Campaigns for Safer Chemicals

Austria - Global 2000

Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND)

Hungary -Magyar Természétvedök Szövetsége

Friends of the Earth Latvia

Friends of the Earth Malta

Slovenia - Umanotera

Ireland

Scotland

Portugal - Quercus

Poland - Polski Klub Ekologiczny

Spain - FoE Spain Amigos de la Tierra Barcelona

The Netherlands - Milieudefensie
(Friends of the Earth Netherlands)

France Amis de la Terre (Friends of the Earth France)

Press releases

24 July 2008
Consumers left at risk as EFSA ignores scientific consensus on Bisphenol A

10 July 2008
NEW REPORT: Regulators shirking responsibility on Bisphenol A - Harmful chemical should be regulated under REACH

27 May 2008
New European Chemicals Agency must act on hazardous chemicals

more

Briefings

Notes on the European Commission's proposal to create Multi--National Authorisation Zones under COM

Letters

Open letter to Commissioners Dimas and Verheugen with recommendations for REACH's reviews and for the new Chemicals Agency

Letter to MEPs regarding a cynical advert by CEFIC in the European Voice (November 2006)
Original CEFIC Ad
FoEE spoof of CEFIC ad

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Publications

Bisphenol A in plastics: is it making us sick? A consumer guide to Bisphenol A

Blissfully unaware of Bisphenol A: Reasons why regulators should live up to their responsibilities A comprehensive review of the scientific knowledge available
regarding controversial Bisphenol A

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