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A Tough New Chemical Law
Lena Perenius and Franco Bisegna are with CEFIC, the European Chemical Industry Council in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Liam Moriarty)
There are tens of thousands of chemical compounds on the market these days. And, for the most part, unless regulators can prove a chemical is harmful, it stays there. Now, Europe has turned that way of doing things on its head, and the US is showing signs of moving in that direction, too. Liam Moriarty has this report:
Info on REACH from the European Union
A related article on chemicals from the New York Times
Producer: Liam Moriarty
Release Date: January 4, 2010
Running Time: 3:41