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The UK government has announced plans to “capitalise on the freedoms from Brexit”, including liberalising gene editing and introducing a marketplace for biodiversity offsetting.
The chair of the UK’s post-Brexit body tasked with overseeing public bodies’ compliance with environmental law expects enforcement action to be “demonstrably more responsive and nimble” than is seen under the EU infringements process.
Lead ammunition is set to be subject to the first restriction under the UK REACH chemicals regulation, which took effect on 1 January, with the former EU member set to follow Brussels’ example again with measures targeting PFAS and certain tattoo inks expected.
Industry proposals that the UK’s post-Brexit chemicals regulator should rely on “basic and publicly available data” would be a “major weakening” of the chemicals regulation regime, a coalition of green groups and cancer charities has warned.
Two dozen industry associations have demanded fundamental change to the post-Brexit version of REACH now in force in the UK, pleading for a “more proportionate, effective, and efficient” system.
At least 2,900 REACH registrations made by UK entities, around 3% of the total number, are now void due to Brexit and will be revoked, the European Chemicals Agency has said.
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This post sits in the South West People and Places Team. The Team provides an “intelligence hub” to inform the delivery of sustainable management of natural resources within the place.
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