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Non-Government Organizations

Environmental Groups

All the main environmental NGOs have REACH campaigns - WWF Detox, Greenpeace "Chemicals out of Control," and Friends of the Earth's Safer Chemicals Campaign. Each of these campaign web sites includes policy reports, research on chemical problems, etc. The Chemical Reaction site is a joint NGO campaign on REACH.

The European Environmental Bureau is a Brussels-based NGO that works exclusively at EU, and helps in coordinating environmental NGO work at the EU level. Their web site has a REACH section with many publications. It also lists the five key demands that environment and health NGOs are making from the REACH process:

1. An authorisation for the use of ‘chemicals of very high concern' should only be granted if no safer alternatives are available and the use is essential to society. We believe the substitution principle must be mandatory in this process.
2. Registration procedures must close the existing gap in safety information.
3. Industry information needs independent quality control.
4. Chemicals used in imported articles must have the same information requirements as those in EU-made articles.
5. There must be a public right to know and improved procedures on access to information throughout the supply chain.

Consumer, Women's, and Health Groups

Consumer groups across Europe are represented at EU level by BEUC, and they have a section of their web site devoted to REACH.

Health groups across Europe are represented by the European Public Health Association, and their Environmental Network works on REACH.

Women's groups working on sustainability are represented by Women in Europe for a Common Future.

Unions

Trade Unions in the EU are coordinated by the European Trades Union Confederation (ETUC), and their site also has a REACH section.

Animal Welfare and Animal Rights Groups

The animal rights coalition European Coalition to End Animal Experiments and the animal welfare coalition Eurogroup for Animal Welfare are both campaigning for REACH to use non-animal tests.