- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- 1 The Problem with Chemicals
- I Chemical Control Policies
- 2 Regulating Hazardous Chemicals
- 3 Reassessing Chemical Control Policies
- II Reframing Chemical Policies
- 4 Considering New Initiatives
- 5 Reframing the Chemicals Problem
- 6 Understanding the Chemical Economy
- III A Chemical Conversion Strategy
- 7 Driving the Chemical Market
- 8 Transforming the Chemical Industry
- 9 Designing Greener Chemistry
- IV Safer Chemical Policies
- 10 Characterizing and Prioritizing Chemicals
- 11 Generating Chemical Information
- 12 Substituting Safer Chemicals
- 13 Developing Safer Alternatives
- 14 Drafting Safer Chemical Policies
- V Chemicals without Harm
- 15 Reconstructing Government Capacity
- 16 Solving the Chemicals Problem
- Bibliography
- Index
- Urban and Industrial Environments
Reassessing Chemical Control Policies
Reassessing Chemical Control Policies
- Chapter:
- (p.37) 3 Reassessing Chemical Control Policies
- Source:
- Chemicals without Harm
- Author(s):
Ken Geiser
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
The chemical control approach has proven to be insufficient in the management of chemical risks. While the testing and management of drugs has been largely effective, the federal programs focused on pesticides, industrial chemicals and chemicals in products have been subject to broad criticism and dissatisfaction. The chemical-by-chemical, risk-based approach has not generated the necessary information, failed to adequately control the use of most hazardous chemicals, and done little to promote the development and adoption of safer substitutes.
Keywords: Chemical registrations, chemical bans, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, chemical tolerances, “unreasonable risks”, voluntary standards
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- 1 The Problem with Chemicals
- I Chemical Control Policies
- 2 Regulating Hazardous Chemicals
- 3 Reassessing Chemical Control Policies
- II Reframing Chemical Policies
- 4 Considering New Initiatives
- 5 Reframing the Chemicals Problem
- 6 Understanding the Chemical Economy
- III A Chemical Conversion Strategy
- 7 Driving the Chemical Market
- 8 Transforming the Chemical Industry
- 9 Designing Greener Chemistry
- IV Safer Chemical Policies
- 10 Characterizing and Prioritizing Chemicals
- 11 Generating Chemical Information
- 12 Substituting Safer Chemicals
- 13 Developing Safer Alternatives
- 14 Drafting Safer Chemical Policies
- V Chemicals without Harm
- 15 Reconstructing Government Capacity
- 16 Solving the Chemicals Problem
- Bibliography
- Index
- Urban and Industrial Environments
