This report collates the findings of a number of peer-reviewed scientific studies of recent years. Together, the studies show for the first time a comprehensive picture of an increase in reproductive health disorders, mirroring the rising presence in our lives of man-made chemicals.
Preparation of the REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) regulation on chemicals has reached a critical stage in Europe. Depending on how key elements of the legislative proposal are finalised, especially that on the authorisation of uses of so-called ‘substances of very high concern’, REACH could either provide an effective measure to phase-out such chemicals by driving innovation towards cleaner and safer alternatives, or instead condemn the EU to decades more of inefficient and ineffective analysis and risk assessment while avoidable chemical exposures are allowed to continue.
Key priorities of Environmental, Health, Consumer and Women's NGOs.
Will REACH be a wasted opportunity for making chemicals safe in the EU or will it be a first step towards the protection of human health and the environment from the most hazardous chemicals? This is the political choice European legislators have to make in the coming months. NGOs think that there is little left from the already weak original proposal and call for the following four points to be safeguarded in the REACH legislation to deliver a minimum level of protection to citizens and the environment.
Kan vi leve et moderne liv uden farlige kemikalier? Kan producenterne stadig overleve, hvis de fjerner de skadelige stoffer fra deres produkter?
Mange store selskaber har stillet sig selv disse spørgsmål og konkluderet, at en fremtid uden kemikalier er den fremtid, de ønsker - og de tager sagen i egen hånd for at nå dertil.
Denne rapport viser, at kemikalier, der kan have langtidsvirkende konsekvenser for helbredeet, findes i børnetøj fra Disney. Disney tøj, som nattøj og undertøj, blev købt i butikker i 19 lande, hvorefter prints på tøjet blev analyseret for en række kemikalier af det danske uafhængige laboratorium Eurofins.
Independent laboratory testing of consumer products
in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden show a high
presence of hazardous chemicals in brand products.
‘Not acceptable’, say four leading Politicians from the
region, who went shopping with Greenpeace. Mandatory
substitution of hazardous substances with safe
alternatives must be key principle in new EU rules.
Note: The drinking bottle Batman, was bought in Edwis, not BR.
An investigation of chemicals in perfumes.
The goal of this investigation was to quantify the use of two groups of chemicals – phthalates and synthetic musks – in a random selection of perfume brands.
Greenpeace commissioned a laboratory to test 36 brands of eau de toilette and eau de parfum for levels of the two chemical groups.
The results confirm that some synthetic musks, most notably the polycyclic musks galaxolide (HHCB) and tonalide (AHTN), and some phthalates, especially diethyl phthalate (DEP), are widely used by the perfume industry.
I 2004 besluttede Greenpeace sig for at teste blodet hos mennesker. Det viste sig, at blodet hos testpersonerne indeholdt en lang række af forskellige farlige kemikalier. Resultaterne kan læses i denne rapport.
