Giving consumers the information they deserve

07.04.2005 / 00:00 CET

Public consultations and opinion polls have shown again and again that European citizens are concerned about chemicals and their potential impact on health. Those fears are often related to lack of information about chemical substances and their uses – more than 100,000 substances that are currently in use have never been tested. Given the current state of affairs, well-known chemicals – those produced in very high volumes – cannot be assessed for their risk in a meaningful way.

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