Less toxic
Europe's proposed chemicals regulations are less nasty than feared
MAMMON has won a victory of sorts over the tree-huggers. Plans to regulate the chemicals industry in Europe approved by the European Commission on October 29th amount to a minor triumph for industrial lobbyists over environmental campaigners. “I can live with it,” was the less-than-warm endorsement from Margot Wallström, the environment commissioner, who had wanted something far more ambitious. Her colleague, Erkki Liikanen, the commissioner for enterprise, was happier, claiming that the right balance had now been struck between growth and employment on the one hand and health and the environment on the other.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Less toxic”
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