First REACH list of dangerous chemicals agreed. Euractiv. com. October 10,  2008.The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has agreed on the first group of 15 "very high concern" chemicals to undergo special health and safety scrutiny under the bloc’s chemical regulation REACH.These are "only the first substances of very high concern identified through the formal process," stressed ECHA Executive Director Geert Dancet, adding that new proposals were being prepared and that the candidate list would be updated. [ See ]. See related video in pour site: Safer chemicals within REACH. Image from  http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/reach/reach_intro.htm