Archive:Chemicals - monitoring REACH with indicators

  

Data from July 2010, most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables and Database.

 

Since June 2007, REACH, the European Union 'Regulation on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals', is in force. The major objective of REACH is to ensure a high level of protection for human health and the environment, by increasing knowledge about the hazardous properties of chemicals.

Eurostat has developed a baseline study, providing a set of indicators that will monitor the effectiveness of REACH.

This article explains the main statistics used and the indicators developed, illustrated by tables and graphs.

 

 

Main statistical findings

 

The REACH baseline study, a tool to monitor the new EU policy on chemicals

Previous work carried out by Eurostat in the field dates back to the period from the mid-1990s to 2000 when some Environmental Pressure Indicators (EPI) related to chemicals were developed. One of the recent priorities of Eurostat has been the development of indicators on toxic and environmentally harmful chemicals in order to be able to measure progress towards the headline objective for ‘public health’ established in the EU - Sustainable Development Strategy and the 6th EU Environment Action Programme.

The European Commission and scientific experts expressed the need for developing a baseline before REACH came into force, and an instrument to monitor the effectiveness of REACH. To do so Eurostat proposed the development of a set of risk-based (and not damage-based) indicators.
A REACH Baseline Study with the aim of setting the baseline 2007 of the potential risk for consumers, workers, and the environment was carried out. With the developed methodology, the calculations of the potential risks will be repeated for the 5-year assessment of REACH due in June 2012. 

 

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