The EU's General Court on 11 July 2019 rejected a challenge by PlasticsEurope to the 2017 identification of bisphenol A as a substance of very high concern under REACH. The decision by the European Chemicals Agency to list the chemical used to produce the engineering plastic polycarbonate as well as in epoxy resins for can liners both as a SVHC and an endocrine disruptor drew on a dossier compiled by France and was unanimously approved by the EU’s Member State Committee. In its objection,... (18.07.2019)