ECHA nanomaterial registration 90% lower than expected

4-Mar-2020
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The registration of nano materials is now mandatory, but the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has only received 10% of the number it anticipated

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has revealed it has received very few registrations for nanomaterials.

Without such registrations, nanomaterials are now illegal but by

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