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Human & Environmental Risk Assessment An A.I.S.E and CEFIC initiative on

Human & Environmental Risk Assessment An A.I.S.E and CEFIC initiative on focused risk assessment for ingred ients of household cleaning product s John Solbé Chair: HERA Members Forum and Management Team. HERA - Sponsors. Akzo-Nobel BASF Borax Ciba Clariant Cognis

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Human & Environmental Risk Assessment An A.I.S.E and CEFIC initiative on

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  1. Human & Environmental Risk Assessment • An A.I.S.E and CEFIC initiative on • focused risk assessment for ingredients • of household cleaning products • John Solbé • Chair: HERA Members Forum and Management Team HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct 2001

  2. HERA - Sponsors Akzo-Nobel BASF Borax Ciba Clariant Cognis Colgate Palmolive Degussa-Hüls DiverseyLever Dow Corning FMC Foret Henkel Lever-Faberge McBride Procter & Gamble Petresa Reckitt-Benckiser Rhodia Rohm & Haas Sasol Shell Chemicals Solvay Wacker AISE CEFIC Supplier Sector Groups In collaboration with JSDA, SDA, ACA HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct 2001

  3. Presentation Outline: • Objectives • General principles including scope • Communication • Organisation • Selection of substances • Risk assessment process • Consistency with EU White Paper • Acknowledgements and next steps today HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct 2001

  4. HERA Objectives In today’s world, both the regulators and the general public rightly demand greater transparency of the information on the potentialrisks posed by the ingredients of products used in the home. There is now a call for these data to be published, so that the need for more information if required can be debated in public. HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct 2001

  5. HERA Principles We aim to publish our methods and our risk assessments and eventually to cover all the most important substances used in Household Cleaning Products. We do this as a contribution to the need to assess existing substances and to demonstrate our principles of partnership, open dialogue, transparency, having no preconceptions about the outcomes of our assessments but being committed to the use of sound science. HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct 2001

  6. HERA Scope: our focus • We are assessing and publishing the risk to human health and the environment of major chemicals used in AISE household detergent and cleaning productsie chemicals in wide dispersive use. • Not everywhere; we focus on consumers: • direct exposure in the home from use and • indirect exposure from the environment; • and on the environmentreceiving domestic effluents and background levels. HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct 2001

  7. HERA Scope: our focus • Why not in factories and Industrial & Institutional products too? • We have more control systems and legislation in place (Safety Data Sheets, training, Personal Protective Equipment etc) in such places than for our domestic customers. HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct 2001

  8. HERA - Focus Human Occupational exposure health Environment Site-specific local regional effectively within HERA INGREDIENT PRODUCT Area for attention manufacture formulation HERA does not take into account these areas. HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct 2001

  9. HERA - Focus Human health Environment local regional INGREDIENT PRODUCT PRODUCT Area for attention manufacture formulation use Occupational exposure Household Site-specific effectively within HERA HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct 2001

  10. HERA - Focus INGREDIENT PRODUCT PRODUCT Area for attention treatment & disposal manufacture formulation use Human Occupational exposure Household Indirect health Environment Site-specific local regional effectively within HERA HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct 2001

  11. HERA - Progress in communication Via the brochure HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct 2001

  12. HERA - Progress in communication HERA web-site (www.heraproject.com) Content: Methods Risk assessments Public comment Presentations Links Lists of substances HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct 2001

  13. HERA - Progress in communication- by dialogue CEFIC Stakeholders Dec ‘00 EU CA Feb ‘01 National Authorities mid-2000 CED XXXI Mar ‘01 CESIO Congress May ‘00 National Authorities Apr ‘01 HERA Stakeholder workshop Oct ‘01 Also EU Institutions Informal discussions within and outside Europe. HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct 2001

  14. HERA - Communication • External Advisory Panel: • Role: • review and advise on the methodology; • review and advise on the1A and (some of the) 1B risk assessments; • participate in this Stakeholders Workshop; • ensure that HERA risk assessments reflect and respect the needs of stakeholders and that our risk assessments are open, transparent and balanced by consideration of external perspectives; • advise the HERA Team on maintaining, improving and developing the HERA process. European Stakeholder Workshop HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct 2001

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