Proactive measures help shape the EU candidate list of substances of very high concern

As experts who actively work with identification of substance of very high concern (SVHC) for inclusion in the European Union (EU)’s Candidate list (CL), we see the need to address several issues in Coria et al. 1 (further called “the article” or “the authors”), and object to the authors’ conclusion, which suggests that European regulatory authorities regulate chemical substances of secondary or no importance by letting economic factors influence which substances authorities propose for inclusion in CL.