Products & Chemicals

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

Highly toxic chemicals in the seas around the UK are threatening the fertility of porpoises and other marine mammals and could lead to a decline in their populations, according to a new study

DEFRA’s decision to permit the use of an otherwise banned neonicotinoid pesticide has been condemned by 32 environmental organisations and the Labour party

Environmentalists have questioned the credibility of the government’s environmental objectives following its decision to permit the use of a normally banned neonicotinoid pesticide and the failure to call in a planning application for a new coal mine

The leaders of 250 businesses have been asked by prime minister Boris Johnson what rules and regulations they would like to see the back of now that Brexit is complete

DEFRA has granted an emergency authorisation for an insecticide to combat a sugar beet disease spread by aphids. Here's what you need to know

The UK will have a significant degree of freedom to depart from existing EU-based rules, say experts, but the UK-EU trade deal will still place constraints on government policy. Here’s what you need to know

After a Covid-induced malaise, the next 12 months is set to be a bumper period for strategies and consultations on the swathe of policies needed to address Brexit, climate change, air pollution and biodiversity in the UK

The UK's replacement for the EU's REACH chemical regulation system has gone live. Here's what you need to do and when in order to comply with it, and the risks you face if you don't

With just days until the transition period ends, there are fears that powers being transferred to the devolved administrations on hazardous substances could spark a race to the bottom on environmental standards. Conor McGlone reports