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Chemicals are everywhere in the lives of Europeans. In industrial processing, construction materials,

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agriculture, or in everyday items such as paints, sprays, cleaning products or motor

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oils. Tough new EU rules now ensure that chemicals are safe for consumers and the environment.

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The end of 2008 is the deadline for pre-registering all the chemicals that companies produce,

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import or use. The new regime, known as REACH, for the registration, evaluation, authorisation

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and restriction of chemicals, puts the onus on companies which have to show that their

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products are safe. Europe's citizens can now be confident that chemicals in Europe are

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fully controlled.