Over sixty US pressure groups as well as 10,000 individuals have backed controversial EU proposals to make companies responsible for proving the safety of the chemicals they produce or use.
In a joint declaration of independence sent to the European Commission and to the US President George W Bush, signatories urged the US to follow "Europe's lead" and bring US policy on chemicals "into the 21st century".
At the beginning of May the Commission unveiled a radical reworking of the U...
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