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I have often though of changing majors from Chemical Engineering to International Business. I never really wanted to be an engineering major anyway. Lately I have been following the EU's attitude about chemicals.

The EU seems to believe that testing every chemical for every ailment will resolve everything from falling sperm counts anong Europen men to hyperactivity in children. This draconian measure is called REACH: Essentially every chemical in use in Europe will need to be registered and evaluated for every potential problem in the environment.

Many chemicals will be withdrawn from the market not because they are dangerous. They will be withdrawn because the costs of testing them will outweigh the costs of withdrawl. The additional costs for remaining chemicals will be passed to European consumers.