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Water will require EU authorisation - one of the REACH myths doing the rounds tonight (Photo: Notat)

MEPs face rough night ahead of REACH chemicals vote

by Andrew Rettman, Brussels,

It's dog eat dog in Strasbourg on Wednesday night (16 November) as MEPs' previous compromise deals on the EU chemicals law, REACH, come under attack just hours before Thursday's vote.

The REACH bill, standing for registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals, seeks to impose controls on substances used in everyday products - with the future of Europe's €440 billion a year chemicals industry and MEPs' environmental credentials at stake.

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

Water will require EU authorisation - one of the REACH myths doing the rounds tonight (Photo: Notat)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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