13 Jul 2022 --- EU officials currently take over a decade to ban hazardous chemicals from consumer products despite evidence they cause cancer, infertility and other grave health problems. Loopholes, delays and over-analysis mean that thousands of chemicals have continued to contaminate products years after politicians were made aware of the dangers, according to a recent European Environment Bureau (EEB) study. The report, titled “Need for Speed,” examined how long it took for all 1,109 chemical dossiers since 2007 to pass through the two main EU chemical regulations or remain pending. It found that EU laws are “broken from the start,” forcing officials to allow chemicals on the market within just three weeks, often without a basic understanding of their hazards.
