Regulation of hazardous chemicals should not be viewed as a rich country's luxury imposed on low income countries;
Some of the greatest beneficiaries of REACH could be businesses and workers in developing countries.
Businesses will gain access to crucial information about the effects of their products, and the materials and substances they use;
this will help them to identify and adopt safer alternatives, when appropriate, and to avoid future liability for damages.
Workers will benefit because many chemicals pose greater hazards to the employees who handle them on a daily basis than to the consumers of finished products.
This could be particularly important in industries that are increasingly concentrated in developing countries.
For example, textile production has shifted steadily toward developing countries over a period of decades; thus, chemical exposures associated with textile production now occur primarily in developing countries. If REACH generates important health and environmental safety information about a chemical used in textile production, the new information will allow developing countries to adopt occupational exposure standards that ensure worker safety and avoid unnecessary occupational illness.
Regulation of hazardous chemicals should not be viewed as a rich country's luxury imposed on low income countries;
Some of the greatest beneficiaries of REACH could be businesses and workers in developing countries.
Businesses will gain access to crucial information about the effects of their products, and the materials and substances they use;
this will help them to identify and adopt safer alternatives, when appropriate, and to avoid future liability for damages.
Workers will benefit because many chemicals pose greater hazards to the employees who handle them on a daily basis than to the consumers of finished products.
This could be particularly important in industries that are increasingly concentrated in developing countries.
For example, textile production has shifted steadily toward developing countries over a period of decades; thus, chemical exposures associated with textile production now occur primarily in developing countries. If REACH generates important health and environmental safety information about a chemical used in textile production, the new information will allow developing countries to adopt occupational exposure standards that ensure worker safety and avoid unnecessary occupational illness.
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