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Chemical Control Policy in Sweden, What is Next?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Ragnar Lofstedt
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Abstract

Sweden has long been seen as a pioneer in the area of chemical control policy. In 1995 it put forward a so called “generation goal” which called for a phasing out of all human made chemicals within a 25 year period. The Swedish Government took up the challenge of how to best reach this goal by putting forward a number of environmental quality objectives, which were approved by the Swedish Parliament in 1999. What has happened since then? Will Sweden reach its proposed generation goal? This paper addresses these two questions.

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European Journal of Risk Regulation , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , September 2014 , pp. 351 - 358
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014

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