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Published | April 19, 2007 |
This report identifies best practices gleaned from a comparative look at the U.S., Canadian and EU approaches to chemicals assessment and management. These policies include a number of common elements related to the core functions they are intended to serve. This report is structured around the six functional elements listed below:
- Identifying and prioritizing chemicals of concern
- Identifying and tracking chemicals and their production and use
- Facilitating or requiring the generation and submission of risk-relevant information
- Assessing information to determine hazard/exposure/risk
- Imposing controls to mitigate risk
- Sharing and disclosing information and protecting confidential business information