The Government's Chemicals Strategy:
Sustainable Production and Use of Chemicals -
A Strategic Approach
Contents
Chapter 1: Setting the Scene
1.1: Introduction
1.2: The objective of the Strategy
1.3: Scope of the Strategy
1.4: Related chemical reviews
1.5: Causes for concern
1.6: Understanding chemical impacts
1.7: Assessing chemical impacts
1.8: Chemical characteristics which can be used to predict the likelihood of environmental damage
1.9: The need for a holistic approach
1.10: SummaryChapter 2: Current Policies
2.1: Introduction
2.2: Risk management
2.3: Legislative measures
2.4: UN Conventions
2.5: Voluntary action by industryChapter 3: The Strategy
3.1: Introduction
3.2: Speeding up risk assessments
3.3: Industry responsibility: the duty of care
3.4: Risk management and the precautionary principle
3.5: Stakeholder Forum
3.6: Timeline for assessment and control of existing chemicals
3.7: The cost of self-assessment of chemicalsChapter 4: Other Legislation Affecting the Control of Hazardous Chemicals
4.1: Export and import of chemicals
4.2: Transport of dangerous goods
4.3: Major accidents
4.4: Worker protection
4.5: Control over releases to air, water and land
4.6: Emissions to water
4.7: Emissions to air and integrated pollution control
4.8: Public registers
4.9: Other powers under the Environmental Protection Act 1990Chapter 5: Action Being Taken on Chemicals Within the Scope of the Strategy
Charts and Boxes
Box 1.1: Scope of the Chemicals Strategy
Box 1.2: A positive approval regime: the pesticides authorisation process
Box 1.3: Endocrine disruption
Box 1.4: Mixtures
Box 1.5: Brominated flame retardants
Box 2.1: Principles underpinning Government policies on the sustainable production and use of chemicals
Box 2.2: Chapter 19 of Agenda 21
Box 2.3: The OSPAR Convention
Box 2.4: POPs persistent organic pollutants
Box 3.1: Government expectations
Box 3.2: Consequences for animal testing
Chart 3.1: Summary of procedure for assessing existing chemicals
Box 3.3: Practical application of the precautionary principle within the Strategy
Chart 3.2: Summary of risk management strategy process
Box 3.4: OSPAR hazardous substances strategy
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Page published 17 December
1999;
Page last modified
22 September, 2002