Chemicals risk assessment program

The various issues concerning the possible use of biocides often form part of a company s chemicals risk assessment program, and thus may involve the following considerations ... 

International Uniform ChemicaL Information Database (lUCLID) is the basic tool for data collection and evaluation within the EU risk assessment program for existing substances and has also been accepted by the OECD as the data exchange tool under the OECD Existing Chemicals Program (see Section 2.4.1.6 for details). 

Material/Chemical Risk Assessment Working Group Advisory and Coordinating Committee Environmental Risk Assessment Program... 

Epoxy coupling agent, 171 Epoxy resin, 83 Equistar Chemical, 166 Equistar HDPE, 500 Ethanox-330, 548, 549 Ethylene plastics, 67 Ethyl-vinyl acetate (EVA), 89 European Union Risk Assessment program, 471... 

International Programs in Chemical Risk Assessment Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)... 

Ecological Structure-Activity Relationships (ECOSAR) This model is used to predict aquatic toxicity, an increasingly important component of the EPA risk assessment program. The EPA has a large information database for chemicals that have been the subject of PMN, but for which the PMN was submitted as confidential business information (CBI). This represents just one example where relying on the model alone will not predict the EPA s response to the submission. 

Today, the evaluation of risk and the systematic targeting of high-risk areas for elimination or reduction are ongoing components of managerial responsibility, which is framed by competitive forces that demand continuous improvement in operational performances. Administration of risk embraces all components of an effective risk management program—risk identification, risk analysis, risk reduction or elimination, and risk financing. However, specific steps or functions of each component may vary somewhat from industry to industry. For example, a widely used process of chemical risk assessment, as specified by the National Academy of Sciences (1983), has four steps ... 

Chemical reactivity risk. See Risk assessment Chemical reactivity tests, 84-90 decision point, 90 deflagration screening tests, 85,87 reaction calorimetry, 88-90 screening data interpretation, 85, 86 small-scale screening tests, 87-88 Chemical structure and bonds, hazards identification, 80, 82 CHETAH program (ASTM), 79,82 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990, 174... 

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