Regulations of new chemicals

Harmonizing the Regulation of New Chemicals in the United States and in the European Economic Community... 

Webster defines "harmony" to mean "correspondence, accord. . . [as in] lives in harmony with her neighbors. " Thus, to "harmonize is "to bring into consonance or accord. The term "accord" is defined as "balanced interrelationship harmony."(37) None of those persons active in international discussions concerning the regulation of new chemicals has argued that "harmonization" will result in the development of any standardized, world-wide scheme for the submission and review of PMN s. Rather, most have viewed harmonization as being goal-oriented — in the words of one OECD official,... 

With regard to the testing and regulation of new chemicals, it is not at all clear that, with the exception of the most fundamental goal of protecting man and the environment from certain chemical risks, the major parties involved in these issues have reached an accord on fundamentals. In fact, experience to date indicates that real "harmonization" often neither reflects nor... 

The inconsistent or conflicting regulation of new chemicals probably represents the most obvious manner in which the PMN laws can create barriers to trade. Given the fundamental differences between the U.S. and European PMN programs, as well as the inherent self-interests involved because the EEC and the U.S. are... 

However, the basic differences between the U.S. and EEC laws never will be reconciled in one common approach to the regulation of new chemicals, and it is highly improbable that major multilateral agreements will be reached on key regulatory issues. 

The TSCA is a very mature law with obvious deficiencies, but certainly a law that has been very successful in some areas, particularly in its premanufacture review and regulation of new chemicals under Section... 

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