HEAL, together with Arnika, Cancer Prevention and Education Society, CHEM Trust, ChemSec, ClientEarth, EEB, Fidra, and Zero Waste Europe have sent a letter calling on the EuropeanCommission to swiftly give a mandate to ECHA to prepare a restriction dossier for aromatic brominated flame retardants based on their recent investigation report which concludes that these substances pose a high burden to the environment.
Seventeen NGOs, including HEAL, wrote a joint letter to the to the European Commission to alert them to recent findings indicating a failure in the current framework for nano labelling. This raises important questions about the extent of chronic exposure to numerous nanomaterials via daily products and the potential adverse effects over the mid- and long-term. The letter also suggests measures for increased knowledge, transparency, and vigilance on nanomaterials.
Read the full letter here.
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