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Human & Environmental Risk Assessment

An A.I.S.E and CEFIC initiative on focused risk assessment for ingredients

of household cleaning products

John SolbéChair: HERA Members Forum and Management Team

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HERA - SponsorsAkzo-NobelBASFBoraxCibaClariantCognisColgate PalmoliveDegussa-HülsDiverseyLeverDow CorningFMC ForetHenkelLever-Faberge

McBrideProcter & Gamble PetresaReckitt-BenckiserRhodiaRohm & Haas SasolShell ChemicalsSolvayWacker

AISE CEFIC Supplier Sector GroupsIn collaboration with JSDA, SDA, ACA

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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

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HERA Objectives

In today’s world, both the regulators and the general public rightly demand greater transparency of the information on the potential risks 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.

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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 Principles

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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 products ie 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 environment receiving domestic effluents and background levels.

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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.

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HERA - Focus

INGREDIENTArea forattention manufacture

HERA does not take into account these areas.

formulation

PRODUCT

Occupational exposure

Site-specific

effectively within HERA

Humanhealth

Environmentlocal

regional

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HERA - Focus

INGREDIENTArea forattention manufacture formulation

PRODUCT

Occupational exposure

Site-specific

effectively within HERA

Humanhealth

Environmentlocal

regional

PRODUCT

use

Household

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HERA - Focus

INGREDIENTArea forattention manufacture formulation

PRODUCT

Occupational exposure

Site-specific

effectively within HERA

Humanhealth

Environmentlocal

regional

PRODUCT

use

Household

treatment & disposal

Indirect

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Via the brochure

HERA - Progress in communication

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HERA web-site (www.heraproject.com)HERA - Progress in communication

Content:

Methods

Risk assessments

Public comment

Presentations

Links

Lists of substances

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HERA - Progress in communication- by dialogue

HERA Stakeholder workshop Oct ‘01

CED XXXI Mar ‘01

EU CA Feb ‘01

CESIO Congress May ‘00

CEFIC Stakeholders Dec ‘00National Authorities mid-2000

Informal discussions within and outside Europe.

National Authorities Apr ‘01

Also EU Institutions

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HERA - CommunicationExternal 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.

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