this move by the eu is surprising as its a good one because there are rarely enough investigations and regulations on the large number of chemicals we're exposed to by corporations without sufficient or even any thoughts or actions about how they affect us. its virtually non-existent here in the empire to see 'our' government acting in our interest vs corporate interests, which make large amounts of money from these uninvestigated poisons;

Research has proven that numerous chemicals can and do make people sick (see 1, 2, 3, 4).  In fact, studies have already indicated that up to 25% of the U.S. population is affected by Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).  Of course, many organizations have been and continue to fight the production, sale, and use of harmful chemicals in the U.S and worldwide.  Recently the European Commission announced it’s planning to ban thousands of them.

From Sustainable Pulse:

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EU Announces Massive Ban on Harmful Chemicals

Thousands of the most notorious chemicals will be rapidly banned in Europe, the European Commission announced today, as part of the Zero-pollution goal in the EU Green Deal. The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) welcomed the move.

If implemented, the action will be the largest ever regulatory removal of authorised chemicals anywhere and covers chemicals that environmental, consumer and health groups have fought against for decades

The plan announced today, called the Restrictions Roadmap, is a political commitment to use existing laws to ban all flame retardants, chemicals that are frequently linked to cancer, and all bisphenols, widely used in plastics but which disrupt human hormones. It will also ban all forms of PVC, the least recyclable plastic that contains large amounts of toxic additives, and restrict all PFAS ‘forever chemicals’, plus around 2,000 harmful chemicals found in baby diapers, pacifiers and childcare products.......read more......