Chemical & Environment Considerations in ProductSafety: Current research, legislation, and the public

and industry response

Chemical Safety Regulations – An overview

ICPHSO's 2010 Annual Meeting & Training SymposiumFebruary 15 - 18, 2010

Washington, D.C.

Sanjeev Gandhi, Ph.D.SGS Consumer Testing Service, USA

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Outline:

GLOBAL DRIVERS FOR RESTRICTION ON CHEMICALS

REGULATORY DRIVERS

PUBLIC, PRIVATE, INVESTOR DRIVEN PRESSURES

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Global Pressureson Chemical Users

X SVHC

X CMR

X PBT

2009

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US Federal Laws U.S. Consumer Product Safe

ty Commission (CPSC) Environmental Protection Ag

ency (EPA) – Kid-safe chemicals act?

(US proposal)

Regulatory Drivers ─ US

• Federal Hazardous Substances Act• Consumer Product Safety Improve

ment Act• TSCA Reform

• Kid safe Chemicals Act (proposed)• EPA chemical action plan

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Regulatory Drivers ─ US

• CA Green Chemistry• WA High Priority Chemicals List• Alternatives Assessment • Toxic Use Reduction

US State Laws

• CA Proposition 65

• Kid-safe products act (Maine)

• Various State laws

• Similar laws Michigan, Massachusetts

http://www.chemicalspolicy.org/home.php

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EU Directive

Dangerous substances and preparations Directive

Market and Use Directive (76/769/EEC) e.g. Azo (2002/61/EC), Nickel release (94/27/EC), NP/NPEO (2005/53/EC)

Regulatory Drivers ─ EU Market

• REACH• Classification, Labeling and Packaging (CLP)

Member State Laws Swedish Product Safety

Ordinance EEA Norway POHS

POHS: Prohibition on hazardous substance

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Green / ECO Labels

Brand Differentiation

Business ethics and social responsibility

Greater awareness of eco-brands

Under pressure from consumer-protection advocates

Other Drivers ………..Other Drivers ………..

EUEco-Label

GermanyBlue Angel

JapanEco-Mark

USGreen Seal

NordicEnvironmental Label

Oko-Tex Standard 100Eco-Label

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Other PressuresCLIENT, PUBLIC, INVESTOR DRIVEN

World’s largest retailer

US $375 billion sales

7,250 stores

WAL MART

“Provide to our customers affordable and effective products where all chemical

ingredients are preferred for Mother, Child

and the Environment”

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Global Pressures: Investors

Shareholder resolutions on chemicals (2006-08): 2: Chemical makers10: Product makers16: Retailers28: Total

Competitive advantage: who wins, who loses?

Source: http://www.ciel.org/Publications/pubpops.html

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“Whack a Chemical”

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SIN LIST

“… to ensure that REACH Authorization procedure indeed will be an effective tool to fast-track the most urgent SVHC for substitution, & to facilitate toxic use reduction by businesses”A

im

The Substitute It Now List (SIN List) is an NGO (ChemSec) driven project intended to speed up the transition to a toxic free world.

309 Cat. 1&2 CMR

17 PBT

30 Equivalent Level of Concern

Substances

SIN List Updated October 2009: 355 SVHC

CMR: Carcinogenic, Mutagenic and toxic to Reproduction substances; PBT: Persistent, Bioaccumulative & Toxic substances; POP: Persistent Organic Pollutants

Source: http://www.chemsec.org/

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Shift in Chemical Policy

Prescriptive to Performance based

Comprehensive and integrated approach towards toxic and hazardous substances

Assessment based on inherent toxicity (hazards), uses, functions, and potential exposures

Prioritize phase out higher toxicity chemicals first

Safer alternatives

Drive innovation through policy

Benign by design