Ebook: Chemical risk assessment: a manual for REACH

This book is an essential guide and support to understanding of the science and policy, procedure and practice that underpins the REACH risk assessments required for the use and placing on the market of chemicals in the European Union. A clear understanding of information provision and how this affects the assessment of chemical safety is fundamentally important to the success of policy on chemicals and ultimately to the sustainability of the chemicals industry. Within the book, the scientific processes that underpin the policy are explained in a practical way. Importantly, i.;Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction: Policy and Scientific Context of Chemicals Risk and Risk Management; 1.1 Overview of the Risk Assessment of Chemical Substances; 1.2 Chemical Hazard and Risk Programmes; 1.2.1 REACH Overview; 1.2.2 Registration; 1.2.3 Evaluation; 1.2.4 Authorisation and Restriction; 1.2.5 Hazard and Risk Communication; 1.2.6 Hazards; 1.2.7 Overview of Types of Exposure; 1.2.8 Overview of Risk Characterisation.