The European Commission is finalizing details of draft legislation on a system for testing the safety of chemicals used in printing inks, coatings and a vast range of other products. The Commission, the European Union’s executive, has hailed the plan, Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH), as a major step forward in the protection of people’s health and of the environment. However, ink and other downstream sectors which are customers of chemical makers warn that REACH cou...