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Chemical regulations in Switzerland are the responsibility of two institutions the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, Bundesamt fiir Gesundheitswesen (BAG), and the Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape, BUWAL (Bundesamt fur Umwelt, Wald und Landschaft). Although the requirements for the notification of new chemical substances are very similar to those of the EU, there are some specific features [34]. Any manufacturer or importer of a chemical substance has to perform an environmental compatibility assessment as part of a self-control according to the Ordinance on Substances [35]. This is not just for notified substances it includes all products. 

Permission granted by Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) via Nicole Reichen to reproduce information contained in Table 15 from Kuhn E, Amet R, Kanzig A, Frey T (2004) Bromierte flammschutzmittel in kunststoffprodukten des Schweizer marittes Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape Bern, Switzerland, http //www.bafii.admin.ch/... 

Kitamura S, Kato T, lida M et al (2005) Anti-thyroid hormonal activity of tetrabromobisphenol A, a flame retardant, and related compounds affinity to the mammalian thyroid hormone receptor, and effect on tadpole metamorphosis. Life Sci 18 1589-1601 Kuhn E, Arnet R, Kanzig A et al (2004) Bromierte flammschutzmittel in kunststoffprodukten des Schweizer marktes Swiss agency for the environment, forests and landscape. Bern, Switzerland. http //www.bafu.admin.ch/publikationen/publikation/00289/index.html lang=de. Accessed 01 May 2013... 

The present chapter deals exclusively with the scientific issues of point (2). It is based on the results of an extensive study under the authority of the Swiss Agency for Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL/BUWAL Perret et al. 2000,2002). The in-depth survey was performed on 23 HT materials originating from 16 different advanced thermal treatment facilities developed by 10 different companies in Switzerland, Germany, France, and Italy, and operated under realistic conditions (e.g., from wastes representative of average MSW). On the basis of the results, two options are tested to assess the long-term behaviour of HT materials ... 

The Swiss Agency for Environment, Forests and Landscape, Division Waste, is gratefully acknowledged for financial and scientific support of this study. The authors are grateful to the companies and plant operators for their collaboration, the sampling of the BA, and the supply of the requested information. 

Risk assessment activities of IPCS are supported financially by the Department of Health and Department for Environment, Food Rural Affairs, United Kingdom Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration, and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA European Commission German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Health Canada Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and Swiss Agency for Environment, Forests and Landscape. 

Schmidt TC, Haderlein SB (2000) Does the use of MTBE pose environmental problems in Switzerland Report for the Swiss Agency for Environment, Forests and Landscape AG 02-05... 

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