Managing undesirable substances Danish risk management strategies for
Managing undesirable substances Danish risk management strategies for 40 undesirable substances Peter H. Schaarup – Danish EPA Chemicals
Background for the list of undesirable substances • First published in 1997 • A guidance to developers in the industry and to importers • Revised 3 times • The current 2009 -list contains 40 substances THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES PAGE 2
Criteria • Properties of concern as SVHC. Including CMR cat. 2(3) • CMR identified using QSAR • PBT/v. Pv. B as identified by EU • Substances on EU ”Priority list for further evaluation as endocrine disruptors • Subject of particular focus in DK • Used in more than 100 tons pr. year • According to Danish Product Register. THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES PAGE 3
The LOUS-project Budget: 6, 4 million € in the period 2012 -2015 Political status: agreement from all political parties Phase 1 - Survey Data collection/review/RMO of all 40 substances/groups of substances 10 substances/groups of substances each year Phase 2 - Strategy Based on phase 1, development of future strategy for each substance/groups of substances (e. g. regulation, classification, substitution, information, waste strategy etc. ) Phase 3 - Implementation of strategy THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES PAGE 4
Strategies - Method THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES PAGE 5
A blended cocktail The first round (Group I) • Alkylphenols og alkylphenolethoxylates • 2, 5 Di-tert-butylhydroquinone • Bisphenol A • Bisphenyl-A diglycidylether polymer (BADGE) • Cadmium and cadmium compounds • 1, 6 hexandioldiglycidylether • Methanol • Parabens • PFOS/PFOA and other perfluorinated compounds • N-tert-butyl… (Cybutryne) THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES PAGE 6
Initiatives in the LOUS-strategies REACH-initiative (+ CLP) 1. Alkylphenols/-APE Product- and wasteregulation Int. conventions REACH-Restriction REACH-Evaluation Classification 2. 2, 5 Di-tertbutylhydroquinone 3. Bisphenol A Productregulation 4. BADGE-polymer REACH-Evaluation 5. Cadmium and cadmium compounds REACH-”Candy list” 6. 1, 6 hexandioldiglycidylether REACH-Evaluation 7. Methanol 9. 2. PFOA Emission survey Technology development Industrial partnership REACH-Evaluation Inspection & consumerinformation Inspection Survey of uses Environmental and health risk evaluation Evaluation of new thresholds Evaluation of the basis for regulation in other countries Evaluation of alternatives Productregulation (Batteries & Fertiliser) Basel-Convention Health evaluation of crops Consumerinformation Survey of uses Consumerinformation Productregulation (Cosmetics & Farmaceuticals) Survey of uses Wasteregulation POP-Regulation Monitoring of soil and groundwater Evaluation of alternatives REACH-Evaluation REACH-Restriction and “Candy list” Technology development Inspection Monitoring of soil and groundwater 9. 3. Other perfluorinated REACH-”Candy list”, compounds REACH-Registration Classification 10. Cybutryne Grants and partnerships Classification 8. Parabens 9. 1. PFOS Surveys Survey of uses Productregulation (Biocid) Technology development THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES PAGE 7
To come • Next step: • Implementation of 43 projects • The transformation of strategies to RMO’s THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES PAGE 8
Second Round Group II of the list of undesirable substances • Survey end 2013 - Strategies early 2014 • Phenol • Mineral turpentine, solvent naphtha (crude oil) • Lead and lead compounds • Copper(I)oxide, copper (II)sulphate, copper(I)chloride • Trisodium nitrilotriacetate • DEP; DIPP; DPHP; DMEP; 1, 2 -benzendicarboxylic acid (di-C 8 -10 branched alkyl esther); 1, 2 benzendicarboxylic acid (di-C 9 -11 -branched alkyl esther) • Isocyanates – MDI and TDI • Certain brominated flame retardants • Mercury and mercury compounds • MTBE • Tris(2 -chloro-1 -methyl)phosphate THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES PAGE 9
Third Round Group III of the list of undesirable substances • Survey mid 2014 - Strategies early 2015 • n-hexane • 2, 2’-Iminodiethanol • Styrene, toluene • N, N-dimethylformamide • C. I. Pigment yellow 34 (lead sulfochromate) • Chloroparaffins (short-chained and medium-chained) • Fluorinated greenhouse gases (HFC’s, PFC’s, sulphurhexafluoride) • Benzyl chloride • Formaldehyde THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES PAGE 10
Fourth Round Group IV of the list of undesirable substances • Survey end 2014 - Strategies end 2015 • Perfumes • Boron compounds • 2, 3 epoxypropyl neodecanoate • Manganese(II)sulfate • 1 -Methyl-2 -pyrrolidone • Molybdenum trioxide • Naphtalene • Sodium and calcium hypochlorite • Nickel • Biphenyl THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES PAGE 11
Follow us on: http: //www. mst. dk/English/Chemicals/ assessment_of_chemicals/LOUS_2012_2015/ Peter H. Schaarup Principal Consultant Strandgade 29 DK-1401 Copenhagen K Denmark Phone: +45 72 54 41 46 E-mail: pehsc@mst. dk www. mst. dk THE LOUS-PROJECT – STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE S SUBSTANCES PAGE 12
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