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Controlled chemicals, drug precursor chemicals and hazardous chemicals.
Guidance for those producing, processing, consuming, importing or exporting chemicals covered by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
Resource for the public and those professionals responding to chemical incidents, including emergency services and public health professionals.
Get help to classify organic chemicals that contain certain permitted additives or can be dissolved in water, for import and export.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
This series brings together all documents relating to Chemicals: risk reduction strategies
Details about the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) defence exemption process within the MOD.
Advice and guidance on implications of the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals legislation.
The scale and impact of chemicals in the water environment. How the challenges are addressed and future challenges and actions.
This report (HPA-CHaPD-001) is a review of environmental chemicals and neurotoxicity focusing on neurological diseases.
The Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM) assesses and advises on mutagenic risks to humans.
Chemical hazards and poisons information for health and emergency professionals involved in chemical incident response and preparedness.
How the UK government and devolved governments propose to work together on chemicals and pesticide policies and regulation.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
This section describes the range of mechanisms that control the use, reduction and cessation hazardous chemicals and priority substances.
This document (RCE-3) presents the conclusions of a review of the basis for establishing health-based protection criteria in the areas of chemicals, ionising radiation, and non-ionising radiation.
This report series contains substantial scientific work carried out by the Health Protection Agency Chemical Hazards and Poisons Division.
The Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM) assesses and advises on mutagenic risks to humans. COM is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care and the...
The CMA has launched an investigation into suspected anti-competitive conduct in relation to the supply of chemicals for use in the construction industry.
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