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April 26, 2023

EC Publishes Report on Developing the Essential Use Concept

By Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton The European Commission (EC) has published a report entitled Supporting the Commission in Developing an Essential Use Concept. The report presents the outcome of a project to support the EC to define further the essential use concept and associated criteria to help phase out the most harmful chemicals. According to the abstract, the report investigates how the essential use concept could be implemented in European Union (EU)...