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A Program to Reduce Toxic Chemical Use
reporting requirements and assistance in the general procedures for performing a
pollution prevention opportunity assessment.
A technology clearinghouse would provide information on toxic chemical use
reduction methods and best management practices in an industry sector-by-sector
basis. These efforts would be based on the most toxic chemicals, similar to the state
of Washington mercury effort, which provided best management practice training to
hospitals and dentists on methods to eliminate mercury use.
Individual company technical assistance could be accomplished by similar types
of programs successfully implemented in New Jersey and Massachusetts, where
an institute, funded by fees collected from the regulated community, provides
company-specific pollution prevention assessments and analysis of alternatives to
reduce toxic chemical use. These have been most useful for small businesses that
lack specialized technical staff. By having technical assistance provided by an entity
that is not charged with enforcement of environmental regulations, the technical
assistance staff can have access to the information needed to perform toxic chemical
use reduction analyses without compromising a regulatory enforcement imperative.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mahan, S., and J. Savitz. 2007. Cleaning Up: Taking Mercury-Free Chlorine Production to the
Bank. http://oceana.org/fileadmin/oceana/uploads/mercury/FINAL_Cleaning_Up.pdf
(accessed January 24, 2010).
McLees, L. 1995. Pollution Prevention: People Are the Key. Georgia Tech Research News.
http://gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/PREVENT.html (accessed January 24, 2010).
Nikolova, N., and J. Jaworska. 2004. Approaches to Measure Chemical Similarity—A Review.
QSAR and Combinatorial Science, 22(9–10): 1006–1026.
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 Of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December
2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), Annex VII, p. 167. Brussels, BE: Council of the European Union.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2009a. Analog Identification Methodology. http://aim.
epa.gov./ (accessed January 24, 2010).
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2009b. The Analog Identification Methodology, a Fact
Sheet. http://www.epa.gov/oppt/sf/pubs/aim_factsheet.pdf (accessed January 24, 2010).
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. 2009c. Nanomaterial Case Studies: Nanoscale
Titanium Dioxide in Water Treatment and in Topical Sunscreen. Washington, DC:
EPA/600/R-09/057.
A Program to Reduce Toxic Chemical Use
reporting requirements and assistance in the general procedures for performing a
pollution prevention opportunity assessment.
A technology clearinghouse would provide information on toxic chemical use
reduction methods and best management practices in an industry sector-by-sector
basis. These efforts would be based on the most toxic chemicals, similar to the state
of Washington mercury effort, which provided best management practice training to
hospitals and dentists on methods to eliminate mercury use.
Individual company technical assistance could be accomplished by similar types
of programs successfully implemented in New Jersey and Massachusetts, where
an institute, funded by fees collected from the regulated community, provides
company-specific pollution prevention assessments and analysis of alternatives to
reduce toxic chemical use. These have been most useful for small businesses that
lack specialized technical staff. By having technical assistance provided by an entity
that is not charged with enforcement of environmental regulations, the technical
assistance staff can have access to the information needed to perform toxic chemical
use reduction analyses without compromising a regulatory enforcement imperative.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mahan, S., and J. Savitz. 2007. Cleaning Up: Taking Mercury-Free Chlorine Production to the
Bank. http://oceana.org/fileadmin/oceana/uploads/mercury/FINAL_Cleaning_Up.pdf
(accessed January 24, 2010).
McLees, L. 1995. Pollution Prevention: People Are the Key. Georgia Tech Research News.
http://gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/PREVENT.html (accessed January 24, 2010).
Nikolova, N., and J. Jaworska. 2004. Approaches to Measure Chemical Similarity—A Review.
QSAR and Combinatorial Science, 22(9–10): 1006–1026.
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 Of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December
2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), Annex VII, p. 167. Brussels, BE: Council of the European Union.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2009a. Analog Identification Methodology. http://aim.
epa.gov./ (accessed January 24, 2010).
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2009b. The Analog Identification Methodology, a Fact
Sheet. http://www.epa.gov/oppt/sf/pubs/aim_factsheet.pdf (accessed January 24, 2010).
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. 2009c. Nanomaterial Case Studies: Nanoscale
Titanium Dioxide in Water Treatment and in Topical Sunscreen. Washington, DC:
EPA/600/R-09/057.