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COTANCE believes ECHA correction should go further

30/04/2024
Industry body COTANCE has stated that the European Chemical Agency (ECHA)’s acceptance that it miscommunicated when it linked leather to Chrome VI and cancer does not go far enough, and that it should publish a formal correction.

COTANCE and the European Footwear Industries Association (CEC), along with French leather research organisation CTC, said an infographic on the ECHA web page of its "Preventing Cancer" campaign was inaccurate and misleading.

ECHA removed the infographic and issued an apology: “We apologise for this error and have corrected the infographic, as soon as our attention was drawn to it, to reflect the actual situation. We have also removed the LinkedIn post referred to in your letter.”

COTANCE and CEC said they appreciate ECHA’s “swift action” to erase the information, but believe it should run “a formal corrigendum for repairing the unintended consequences of its actions”.

Gustavo González-Quijano, secretary general of COTANCE, said: "This would evidence much more ECHA's claimed commitment to accuracy, transparency and accountability." 
 

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