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Protecting our patients’ health – supporting new legislation that will reduce exposure to hazardous chemicals (2004)

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Protecting our patients’ health – supporting new legislation that will reduce exposure to hazardous chemicals (2004)

Published on 03 Oct 2004

This four page fact sheet from ChemSec and Health Care Without Harm explains what what chemical exposure means for our health and highligts REACH out of a health perspective. Here it is stated that 15 percent of couples in Europe are infertile, that more and more children are suffering from allergies and that nearly 23 percent of all employees in Europe are exposed to carcinogenic substances at work. Concrete examples of what health care professionals can do regarding this is also listed.

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