Knowra Regulation of chemicals Regulation of chemicals Regulation of chemicals comprises government rules governing chemical manufacture, sale, use, and disposal to protect human health and the environment.
Chemical risk assessment : A process that estimates the likelihood and severity of harm from exposure to a chemical. Risk assessments help regulators decide which substances and uses require controls.
REACH : The European Union regulation on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals. REACH combines industry registration with evaluation and controls on chemicals in the EU.
Chemical hazard : The inherent capacity of a chemical to cause harm to people or the environment. Hazard identifies harmful properties, but does not alone establish the risk from a particular use.
Occupational safety and health : The policies and practices that prevent injury and illness arising from work. Workplace protections address employee exposure, while chemical laws can regulate substances across their life cycle.
Hazard classification : The assignment of hazard categories and labels to substances based on their harmful properties. Standardized classifications communicate chemical dangers across regulated products and workplaces.
Toxic Substances Control Act : A United States federal law authorizing the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate chemical substances and mixtures. This law provides the central US framework for assessing and controlling industrial chemicals.
Chemical exposure : Contact between a chemical and a person, organism, or environmental compartment. Exposure pathways determine who or what encounters a regulated substance, and how.
Product safety : Rules and practices intended to prevent consumer products from causing harm during use. Product safety regulates goods as products; chemical rules may also cover ingredients and industrial uses.
Safety data sheet : A document describing a chemical product’s hazards, safe handling, emergency measures, and disposal. Regulations require these documents to convey handling and hazard information through supply chains.
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals : A United Nations system for harmonizing chemical hazard classification and communication. Its common labels and hazard categories support consistent rules across national jurisdictions.
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