Quality Concerns Plague REACH Dossiers In 2011, Says ECHA
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The European Chemicals Agency issues its latest report detailing problems it has encountered in dossiers submitted under REACH, which overall have been insufficient, it says.
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