EU Parliament and Council negotiators have reached a provisional agreement on new rules to improve EU standards protecting workers from exposure to certain dangerous substances.
The EU offers few incentives for farmers to reduce their dependency to pesticides, and has been unable to substantially reduce and control risks…
PVC (BRUSSELS) – MEPs on the European Parliament’s Environment Committee objected Tuesday to a Commission proposal allowing lead in recycled PVC, citing the need to protect human health and the…
Photo by Brian Robert Marshall (BRUSSELS) – The EU Commission unveiled a long-awaited strategy on endocrine disrupting chemicals Wednesday, with the aim of protecting consumers against harmful chemicals which change…
Ttoxic phthalates (BRUSSELS) – The EU Commission took action Wednesday to restrict the placing on the market of articles containing four phthalates found in a wide variety of everyday plastic…
The EU should launch a diplomatic drive for a global ban on testing cosmetics on animals before 2023, MEPs urged Thursday. The…
A committee of EU member states’ representatives have backed a proposal for a near-total ban of three bee-killing neonicotinoid insecticides which a…
