UK to loosen post-Brexit chemical regulations further

Experts warn UK's regulations now lag behind those of the EU and that Britons will be exposed to more toxic chemicals as a resultThe government is to loosen EU-derived laws on chemicals in a move experts say will increase the likelihood of toxic substances entering the environment.Under new plans the government will reduce the "hazard" information that chemical companies must provide to register substances in the UK. The safety information provided about chemicals will be reduced to an "irreducible minimum", which campaigners say will leave the UK "lagging far behind the EU". Continue reading...