The UK government is pursuing a consultation aimed at deregulating chemicals, which could significantly relax public safety protections. This consultation is unusually short, running for only eight weeks. It intends to lower costs for businesses by allowing chemicals approved in unspecified foreign jurisdictions to be used in the UK without thorough evaluations. The consultation document presents contradictory assurances regarding standards and lacks transparency regarding the selection of these foreign jurisdictions. This move could lead to a situation where potentially unsafe chemicals enter the market without proper UK assessments.
The government is consulting on deregulating chemicals to reduce costs to business, proposing that chemicals approved by trusted foreign jurisdictions should be used in the UK.
The consultation document lacks clear safeguards, is opaque and contradictory, allowing for minimal parliamentary scrutiny over chemical approvals.
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