Dependable information from the Chemical Enquiries Help Desk in 48 hours.  Each month library staff look at one of the many enquiries received and highlight selected resources that provide relevant answers. 

The enquiry this month 

• I need advice on where to find information on REACH legislation and to see what impact it will have on my business                                                 

Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemical substances (REACH) is a European Union law, regulation 2006/1907 of 18 December 2006 whose implementation began on 1 June 2007. The legislation covers the production and use of chemical substances to address safety, to phase out the use of hazardous chemicals and to encourage innovation to replace these.

The documentation consists of 1,000 pages of text and 30,000 chemicals are to be registered over 11 years.  There are a number informative free of charge websites from authoritative sources to help with understanding this regime for the regulation of chemicals. 

Members will find that Chemical Business News Base (CBNB) through the ChemVillage platform and Business Source Corporate through the EBSCO platform in the Virtual Library are very useful for keeping up with chemical business literature on the commercial effects of REACH

CBNB

How do Chinese enterprises look at REACH?
China Chemical Reporter, v 18, n 21, 26 Jul 2007, p 22
 
Global system may hinder Reach.
ICIS Chemical Business Americas, 9 Jul 2007 

Domestic market may see surplus of products due to REACH: Brazil.
BNAmericas Petrochemicals News, 6 Jul 2007 

REACH service industry emerges.
Chemical Week, v 169, n 11, 28 Mar 2007, p 21

Business Source Corporate - full text records

Software Aid for Reach. 
ICIS Chemical Business, 6/4/2007, Vol. 2 Issue 69, p27

Reach is Likely to Challenge EU Competitiveness. (cover story) 
Chemical Week, 5/30/2007, Vol. 169 Issue 19, p29

Surviving Reach
CIS Chemical Business, 5/7/2007, Vol. 2 Issue 65, p32

Cefic helps firms with REACH. 
ICIS Chemical Business, 3/26/2007, Vol. 2 Issue 59, p32

The titles represent a small sample of the records covering issues stemming from REACH that could have an impact on chemical business.  These resources would cost thousands in individual subscriptions but are free to members at the Virtual Library

As part of the services of the Chemical Enquiries Help Desk we can supplement the information above with references retrieved from Chemical Abstracts, Scopus, Web of Science.

Members can carry out their own high quality research from the Virtual Library simply by logging in to a resource with their membership number and password.