Key messages: The production of chemicals hazardous to health has been decreasing relative to the total production of chemicals, reaching its lowest point in 2022. Such production peaked at 241 million tonnes in 2007 and decreased to 190 million tonnes in 2022. This is 22 million tonnes less than in 2021 and about 47 million tonnes less than in 2004.

Effective changes in the production of chemicals hazardous to health and chemicals not hazardous to health and absolute production of chemicals hazardous to health

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References and footnotes

  1. EU, 2008, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, pp. 1-1355).
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