Data gaps threaten chemical safety law

Data gaps threaten chemical safety law
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110712/full/475150a.html

"Europe's sweeping chemicals law, sometimes described as its most complex piece of legislation, was meant to regulate thousands of common substances to protect people and the environment from harm. But four years after REACH (registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals) came into force, the burdensome, costly law is beginning to look strangely toothless. Evidence seen exclusively by Nature shows that companies have failed to fill gaps in safety data — and European regulators have done little to pressure them."