Chemical & Environment Considerations in Product Safety: Current research, legislation, and the public and industry response Chemical Safety Regulations – An overview ICPHSO's 2010 Annual Meeting & Training Symposium February 15 - 18, 2010 Washington, D.C. Sanjeev Gandhi, Ph.D. SGS Consumer Testing Service, USA
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Chemical & Environment Considerations in ProductSafety: Current research, legislation, and the public
“… to ensure that REACH Authorization procedure indeed will be an effective tool to fast-track the most urgent SVHC for substitution, & to facilitate toxic use reduction by businesses”A
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The Substitute It Now List (SIN List) is an NGO (ChemSec) driven project intended to speed up the transition to a toxic free world.
309 Cat. 1&2 CMR
17 PBT
30 Equivalent Level of Concern
Substances
SIN List Updated October 2009: 355 SVHC
CMR: Carcinogenic, Mutagenic and toxic to Reproduction substances; PBT: Persistent, Bioaccumulative & Toxic substances; POP: Persistent Organic Pollutants
Source: http://www.chemsec.org/
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Shift in Chemical Policy
Prescriptive to Performance based
Comprehensive and integrated approach towards toxic and hazardous substances
Assessment based on inherent toxicity (hazards), uses, functions, and potential exposures
Prioritize phase out higher toxicity chemicals first