I have read the REACH documentation. It brought up so many unanswered
questions that it boggles the mind. Does the EU ever perform any due
diligence or even initial investigation before they direct this type of
legislation?  
The loss of jobs to other countries will be more than made up by the
number of people who will need to be hired to help analyze and
coordinate the chemical use applications. I predict a severe shortage of
chemical engineers available to general industry in Europe in 2008. 

They will all be working for the government.

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From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brian Ellis
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 3:28 AM
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Subject: Re: [LF] REACH

No, it's not going to be like RoHS, it's going to be far worse :-(
You'll see this when speciality chemicals you use are no longer
available because the cost of homologating them will push the price up
by a few hundred pounds or euros/kg, so manufacturers just won't do it.
The biggest effect it will have is to force European manufacturers to
export their processes (where the chemicals are used as a process agent
and do not remain in the finished product) to countries where such
regulations do not exist, such as the Far East or South Asia.

As I have said before, I would welcome REACH, provided it was introduced
globally and not just in one economic region. This would put everyone on
an equal footing. As it is, it will create unemployment in many European
industries.

Brian

Paul Jackson wrote:
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