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Title: Viewpoint: Derek Eddowes, editorial consultant for Specialty Chemicals Magazine reviews the Biocidal Products Directive.(Brief Article)
Author: Derek Eddowes
Publication: Speciality Chemicals (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2002
Publisher: DMG World Media Ltd.
Volume: 22 Issue: 1 Page: 2(1)Article Type: Brief ArticleDistributed by Thompson Gale
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We apologise to readers for returning yet again to the Biocidal Products Directive but it continues its inexorable march. The next "milestone" is that all applications to identify or notify active substances must be made to the European Chemical Bureau, who will co-ordinate this phase of the process, by 28 March 2002. IUCLID software has to be used, via the "Oracle" database. No one would disagree with the intentions of the Directive, to ensure maximum safety in the choice and use of biocides and to minimise risk to the environment. It is worth remembering in this connection that many manufacturers and distributors of biocidal products have already voluntarily discontinued the production of a number of products deemed to pose...
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