Health, Safety & the Environment
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| Chemicals offer enormous benefits to society - but along with the benefits come risks which the industry recognises and seeks to manage. |
We all know that nothing in life is 100% safe. Chemicals are no exception: indeed, some of the world's most hazardous substances occur naturally in certain forms of fungi and snake venom.
That said, we all want chemicals to be as harmless as possible to the environment and our own health. For this reason, the chemical industry has long sought to ensure that its products are safe. Like the rest of society, we want to be satisfied that chemicals, properly used, are as risk-free as possible.
Governments and the EU already have strict regulations on consumer and environmental protection, occupational health, chemical processes and transport and the management of chemical substances. But the industry goes further. As well as abiding by existing legislation, Cefic is committed to improving its management of chemicals and chemical processes through the worldwide Responsible Care programme and a combination of voluntary initiatives and specific action programmes.
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