Press Release: New Classification and Labelling Inventory opens way to safer use of hazardous substances

A big step towards a safer use of hazardous chemicals has been taken with the publication of the first EU Classification and Labelling Inventory.

Released by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), it lists the classification of all the chemical substances used in the EU which allows identifying those that are potentially hazardous and may damage health and the environment. The aim is to provide industry, and in particular small companies, with easy access to information on the hazardousness of a given substance, facilitating the task to correctly classify and label substances and mixtures, as well as substitution of hazardous substances with less damaging alternatives where feasible.

European Commission: Memo/12/96: Classification and labelling Inventory - Questions and Answers http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/96&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

ECHA: Press Release, 13.2.12: ECHA/PR/2/2012: ECHA launches the Classification and Labelling Inventory of chemicals on the EU market http://echa.europa.eu/web/guest/view-article/-/journal_content/07005f81-abf1-4081-973b-6c7c526c39df

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