European NGOs
BEUC- The European Consumers' Organization
BEUC was created on 6 March 1962 by the consumer organizations of Belgium, Luxembourg, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Germany. After working together for a number of years, these organizations decided to create a European association, based in Brussels.
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British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV)
BUAV is dedicated to reducing the use of animals in toxicity experiments. The organization provides input to improve the European chemicals policy process.
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CHEM Trust
CHEM Trust is working to raise awareness of the role chemical exposures may play in ill health, to improve chemicals legislation and to protect future generations of humans and wildlife.
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COSHH Essentials
Database of UK health and safety legislation, guidance and publications for professional in the chemicals handling and processing industries.
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Eurogroup for Animal Welfare
The Eurogroup for Animal Welfare is the most influential European lobbying group in the field of animal welfare. Its objective is to work towards "..the introduction, implementation and enforcement of animal welfare legislation in the European Union". For the last 16 years Eurogroup has worked exclusively on political lobbying and has become very effective at making its voice heard in European politics.
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European Coalition to End Animal Experiments
The Coalition is dedicated to reducing the use of animals in toxicity experiments.
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European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
EEB is a coordinating body for European advocacy organizations, based in Brussels. EEB has taken a lead in supporting environmental organizations at the member state level in chemicals policy and has issued several reports on the European White Paper process.
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European Health and Environment Alliance
The Health and Environment Alliance aims to raise awareness of how environmental protection improves health. It achieves this by creating opportunities for better representation of citizens’ and health experts’ perspectives in the environment and health-related European policy-making.
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European Trades Union Confederation (ETUC)
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) was set up in 1973 to promote the interests of working people at European level and to represent them in the EU institutions.
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Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth is a grassroots environmental advocacy organization which has produced several reports on chemicals policy, testing, and right to know, particularly in the UK.
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Greenpeace International Toxics Campaign
Greenpeace has taken a lead on reduction of organochlorine compounds, including PVC plastics as well as a focus on protection of the marine environment. Greenpeace’s laboratory at Exeter University in the United Kingdom has conducted extensive research on chemical contamination and health effects of chemicals.
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Instituto Sindical de Trabajo, Ambiente y Salud of Comisiones Obreras (ISTAS)
ISTAS is a research institute of the Spanish trade union confederation Comisiones Obreras which has an active program in Cleaner Production and chemical substitution. Site includes ISTAS publication Daphnia International (in English).
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International Chemical Secretariat
The International Chemical Secretariat is a joint venture between four Swedish environmental organizations; the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, WWF Sweden, Fältbiologerna and Friends of the Earth Sweden dedicated to advancing chemicals policies at the Member State and EU levels through information, education, and coordination of other NGO efforts.
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NewS (A New Strategy for the Risk Management of Chemicals)
NewS is a Swedish research program dedicated to creating a scientific base for the international work on controlling chemical substances.
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Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) is an environmental organization with power to bring about change. SSNC spreads knowledge, maps environmental threats, creates solutions, and influences politicians and public authorities, at both national and international levels.
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Women in Europe for a Common Future
Women in Europe for a Common Future - WECF - was created in 1994 following the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, to give women a stronger voice in sustainable development and environmental policy, with the aim of balancing environmental, health and economic perspectives. WECF strives for a healthy environment for all.
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World Wildlife Fund Global Toxics Initiative
WWF’s Global Toxics Initiative has played an international leadership role in assessing the global risks posed to health and wildlife by exposure to persistent organic chemicals, including endocrine disrupting. WWF seeks public policies to prevent such exposures and develop alternative substances.
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