Voluntary initiatives Evaluation Program

Yet another initiative is the Voluntary Children s Chemical Evaluation Program , which has been running since 2000 as a pilot project and centres on 20 chemicals that children are exposed to.30 In a recent evaluation, the program was commended by industry and criticized by civil society (GAO 2007). 

A component of EPA s Chemical Right-to-Know Initiative, the Voluntary Children s Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP) was intended to encourage the development of information about the health effects, exposures and risks of industrial chemicals to children. While the VCCEP is a voluntary program that focuses on the development of data and assessments, as with the HPV program, EPA indicated that it would consider whether a test rule... 

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