Headline) European Union Warned ‘Lithium Hazard’ Classification Could Endanger Battery Investments

European Union warned ‘lithium hazard’ classification could endanger battery investments.

Draft proposals that might imply the lithium utilized in electric car batteries is designated as a hazardous materials within the EU may choke-off investments at an important time for the bloc’s nascent battery manufacturing business, a number one international chemical substances producer has instructed BESJ.

Battery business leaders have already condemned the proposals* by the European Chemical substances Company’s Committee for Danger Evaluation (RAC) that counsel lithium carbonate, chloride and hydroxide ought to obtain a ‘Class 1A’ (a recognized human carcinogen) classification.

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