A set of mostly voluntary initiatives recently announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to identify and manage the risks of thousands of chemicals will provide far less protection than the more comprehensive approach taken under the European Union's new REACH Regulation, according to Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). EDF is presenting its critique of EPA's Chemical Assessment and Management Program (ChAMP) at a meeting being held today by EPA to receive input on its initiatives. "ChAMP just doesn't have the reach of REACH, despite EPA's efforts to claim otherwise," said Dr. Richard A. Denison, EDF Senior Scientist. "It will yield far less data on far fewer chemicals. In its haste to catch up with other global initiatives, EPA intends to make decisions about risk using incomplete or poor quality information, especially with respect to how chemicals are used and how people and the environment are exposed to them."
EDF is presenting its critique of EPA's Chemical Assessment and Management Program (ChAMP) at a meeting being held today by EPA to receive input on its initiatives.
"ChAMP just doesn't have the reach of REACH, despite EPA's efforts to claim otherwise," said Dr. Richard A. Denison, EDF Senior Scientist. "It will yield far less data on far fewer chemicals. In its haste to catch up with other global initiatives, EPA intends to make decisions about risk using incomplete or poor quality information, especially with respect to how chemicals are used and how people and the environment are exposed to them."
"The ECHA will handle registration applications and safety data for around 30 000 widely used substances as Reach is phased in over the next 11 years." You can't be me, I'm taken
