REACH Metals Gateway

MEED (Metals Environment Exposure Data ) program

Eurometaux, in close cooperation with the consortia/commodities/associations/companies, designed a comprehensive “environmental exposure gathering program” covering today’s and expected needs for tomorrow to comply with the Zero Pollution Ambition and biodiversity objectives. For finding more information on the program, please click here

The program is composed of two “data gathering packs” driven by the following regulatory concerns: the Mixture Assessment Factor (MAF) proposed under REACH by the CSS, and, the Zero Pollution Action Plan /MISA/REACH pack, covering in total six projects. They all contribute in a stepwise and tiered way to the demonstration that metals environmental exposures are not expected to be harmful to health and the environment.

For more information on the interactive scheme below:

MIXTURE ASSESSMENT
FACTOR (MAF)
REACH / ZPAP
ENV:
Reality check
PROJECT 1
Regional exposure assessment
PROJECT 2
STP exposure assessment
PROJECT 3
Ecological relevance
PROJECT 4
Mixture effects of metals with organics
PROJECT 5
Mixture effects of metals
PROJECT 6
MAF level 2

The projects will run between 2022 and 2024 (for 3 years). The timeline has been defined to be able to feed the deliverables in due time into regulatory debates (e.g., REACH Revisions, MAF impact assessments and debates, Zero Pollution Action Plan activities, Water Framework Directive etc.)

The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe 32nd Annual Meeting poster can be downloaded here

The MEED 3 year program is sponsored by the following consortia/associations/commodities and companies:

Albemarle: Global Specialty Chemicals Company 
Arsenic Consortium – As consortium 
Cobalt Institute
Copper Compounds Consortium 
Eurofer 
European Aluminium 
European Copper Institute 
European Precious Metals Federation 
Finnish Steel and Metal Producers 
International Molybdenum Association 
International Antimony Association 
International Tungsten Industry Association 
International Zinc Association 

International Lead Association 
NiPERA INC - Nickel Institute 
Reach Borates Consortium 
Reach Indium Consortium Reach Germanium 
Reach Selenium & Tellurium Consortium 
Reach Zinc Consortium & Reach Cadmium Consortium

Rare Earth Consortium 
The Vanadium Consortium 
Titanium Dioxide Industry TDIC - Reach Centrum 

The MEED 3 year program will cover the following metals substances:

Aluminium
Antimony
Arsenic
Borates 
Cadmium
Cobalt
Copper Compound
Copper
Germanium
Gold 
Indium
Iridium
Lead
Molybdenum
Nickel 
Palladium
Platinum 
Rhenium
Rhodium
Ruthenium
Selenium
Silver
Tellurium
Tungsten
Titanium dioxide 
Vanadium
Zinc

The program is still open to anyone who wishes to become a sponsor. 

For more information please contact us at: meed@eurometaux.be

Last page update: 21 May 2024