Product safety, risk assessment, and responsible care in the biocide chemical industry.
Manufacturers of biocides recognize a need to control the risk from their products. This paper discusses some of the history and critical aspects of these activities and outlines the needs under the current initiatives of Responsible Care. Biocide product safety risk assessment is operationally defined in this context and presented as the fundamental tool of the process. The need for data and the criteria for its dissemination are discussed along with the requirement that the data-gathering effort be combined in joint efforts with scientists in industry, academia, and the regulatory community.
Weiler
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Product Integrity Department, Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105, USA.
Jayjock
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Levy
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D001682:Biological Availability; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D002617:Chemical Industry; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D008956:Models, Chemical; D016272:Occupational Health; D011634:Public Health / Q000592:standards*; D018570:Risk Assessment
D002273:Carcinogens; D015386:Hazardous Substances