Cancer increase prompts India, China to adopt Europe's chemical REACH
With dangerous chemicals causing about 4.9 million deaths a year – according to the World Health Organization (WHO) – and China and India both experiencing jumps in cancer rates, both countries have begun beefing up legislation regarding the production and marketing of chemicals.
The two are part of the group of emerging countries known as BRIICS (Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa) that now represents 28% of global chemical production, compared to only 13% ten years ago.