Prohibited chemicals regulations

The industrialized countries also oversee emissions and effluents that issue from manufacturing sites and research buildings. Pharmaceutical companies control effluent content to eliminate or minimize the release of harmful or potentially harmful chemicals. Regulations prohibit the discharge of, for example, heavy metals into sewage or storm run-off waters, fipcos therefore monitor their aqueous effluents, sometimes continuously. 

Regulations generally prohibit disposal of lubricants in streams, chemical dumps, or other environmental channels. Over half of disposed lubricants are burned as fuel, usually mixed with virgin residual and distillate fuels (77). 

As part of TSCA, EPA can require the testing of any chemical if there is the possibiUty of an unreasonable risk to health or environment or if there is significant human or environmental exposure. If the substance poses an unreasonable risk, EPA can prohibit the manufacture, processing, or distribution of the substance limit the amount of the substance that can be manufactured, processed, or distributed prohibit a particular use for the substance limit the concentration of the substance during manufacture, processing, or distribution regulate disposal methods for the substance and require manufacturers to maintain records of process and to conduct tests to assure compliance with EPA rules. 

Actual regulations cone, the subsequent formaldehyde emission from wood-based panels (Germany) according to the German Regulation of Prohibition of Chemicals (former Regulation of Hazardous Substances)... 

The new Polish Waste Act (issued May 2001) strictly regulates sludge application. The disposal of sludge to the land used for vegetable cultivation as well as to pastures and meadows is prohibited, what minimizes the possibility for persistent chemicals to enter the food chain. 

Annex to 1 of the Chemicals Prohibition Regulation (Chemikahen-Verbotsverordnung) of the Federal Republic of Germany (2002). 

In the EU and several other countries the legislation regulates the notification of new substances, classification, packaging, labeling and possible prohibition of dangerous substances, the safety of the work place, and the use of chemicals for more sensitive purposes, such as in foodstuffs, drugs, cosmetics, and consumer goods. 

Improvements in analytical techniques and the ability to accurately and readily detect chemicals to extremely low levels (parts per trillion) have sparked fear at the mention of detection of any chemical, regardless of the risk associated with it.6 7 Governmental, environmental group, and consumer concerns have led to a considerable amount of pressure being placed on regulators to prohibit the use of chemicals that are detected in the environment, including particular flame-retardants or classes of flame-retardants. 

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