REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authoring and Restriction of Chemicals) compliance is a new European Community Regulation on chemicals and their safe use (EC1907/2006).The main goal of this regulation is to improve the protection of human health and the environment while identifying the properties of chemical substances in an appropriate manner.
Manufacturers and importers will be required to gather information on the properties of their chemical substances, which will allow their safe handling. The chemical substance must be registered with the central database run by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki in order to be legally used on the market. The Agency will act as the central point in the REACH system. It will manage the databases necessary to operate the system, co-ordinate the in-depth evaluation of suspicious chemicals, and run a public database in which consumers and professionals can find hazard information.
The Regulation also calls for the progressive substitution of the most dangerous chemicals when suitable alternatives have been identified. One of the main reasons for developing and adopting the REACH Regulation was that a large number of substances have been manufactured and placed on the market in Europe for many years, sometimes in very high amounts, and yet there is insufficient information on the hazards that they pose to human health and the environment.
It has been known and accepted since the drafting of REACH that the need to fill the data gaps would result in an increased use of laboratory animals for the next 10 years. At the same time, in order to minimize the number of animal tests, the REACH compliance Regulation provides a number of possibilities to adapt the testing requirements and use existing data and alternative assessment approaches instead.
Manufacturers and importers will be required to gather information on the properties of their chemical substances, which will allow their safe handling. The chemical substance must be registered with the central database run by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki in order to be legally used on the market. The Agency will act as the central point in the REACH system. It will manage the databases necessary to operate the system, co-ordinate the in-depth evaluation of suspicious chemicals, and run a public database in which consumers and professionals can find hazard information.
The Regulation also calls for the progressive substitution of the most dangerous chemicals when suitable alternatives have been identified. One of the main reasons for developing and adopting the REACH Regulation was that a large number of substances have been manufactured and placed on the market in Europe for many years, sometimes in very high amounts, and yet there is insufficient information on the hazards that they pose to human health and the environment.
It has been known and accepted since the drafting of REACH that the need to fill the data gaps would result in an increased use of laboratory animals for the next 10 years. At the same time, in order to minimize the number of animal tests, the REACH compliance Regulation provides a number of possibilities to adapt the testing requirements and use existing data and alternative assessment approaches instead.
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