The European Union introduced an ambitious roadmap to ban an record-large list of toxic substances in a move that could be transformative in countering pollution
The European Union has taken the biggest step towards banning thousands of toxic chemicals linked to major diseases, declining fertility rates and an estimated two million deaths globally every year. , if implemented, could lead to the banning of about 12,000 toxic chemicals within the next two years and all listed substances would be eliminated by 2030, according to the European Environmental Bureau .
“Thousands of new chemicals are coming onto the market every year, in addition to the 350,000 or so identified chemicals and mixtures of chemicals already in existence, most of which we know very little about in terms of their toxicity and harmfulness to the environment or human health,” says Charles Goddard, editorial director at Economist Impact.
Under the roadmap, around 12,000 chemicals could be banned, potentially covering up to 43 percent of the European chemical industry’s total turnover, according to the EEEB.
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