Pre-emptive risk management option analysis (PRMOA) under REACH
As part of the European Commission’s SVHC Roadmap to 2020, the risk management option analysis (RMOA) has been introduced as a step in the decision-making process for the authorities, although there is no legal...
Embattled chemicals: how does this affect my business?
What are embattled chemicals? Substances can become embattled in a number of ways. Many find their way into this arena because of known chemical/hazard properties. However, the embattled substance arena is not just driven...
Supporting the UK chemical sector
The performance of the UK chemical industry, including pharmaceuticals, has made it one of the world’s top chemical-producing nations.
Indeed, it is the second largest industry in the UK, in terms of both turnover and...
Nanomaterials under REACH: progress and opinion
The purely exploratory period for nanomaterial (NM) technologies is now over and they are becoming commonplace in industry due to their revolutionary potential.
For a company to widely and sustainably release NM innovations into the...
Easier access to information and registration of chemicals
With the beginning of the new calendar year, the REACH deadline in 2018 is approaching even faster. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has repeatedly urged industry to prepare for the registration deadline. A number...
Safe chemicals through effective communication of REACH data
One of the main goals of REACH is to ensure the safe use of substances. This goal will only be achieved if the wealth of information on hazard and risks gathered into the registration...
Hydrogen Technology comes of age
There was a time in the 1950s when hydrogen was associated with threatening the planet in the form of the hugely powerful H-Bomb. The connotations were as negative as you can get.
Today, though, it...
Staggering breakthroughs yet to be made
Many of the major scientific breakthroughs over recent centuries have been down to chemistry but where will the science be tomorrow? What challenges remain? We dusted off our crystal ball to predict where some of...
Chemistry for an urban world
More than three billion additional city-dwellers are expected to emerge in the next 40 years, driving up demand for a whole range of resources.
To manage natural resources and cope with demand, cities will have...
Improving on nature
Photosynthesis may be a marvel of Nature but it is actually a relatively inefficient process, usually capturing only about five per cent of available energy.
Scientists have long sought ways to increase the efficiency of...