Euroopan työterveys- ja turvallisuusvirasto (EU-OSHA) järjesti vuosina 2018-2019 Euroopan laajuisen kampanjan, jonka tarkoituksena oli edistää vaarallisten aineiden työpaikoilla aiheuttamien riskien ehkäisemistä. Tavoitteena oli vähentää vaarallisia aineita ja niille altistumista työpaikoilla li...
Tässä asiakirjassa annetaan tietoa, joka auttaa selvittämään, täytyykö sinun ilmoittaa aineesi Euroopan kemikaaliviraston (ECHA) luokitusten ja merkintöjen luetteloon. Asiakirjassa selitetään myös, miten ilmoitus valmistellaan ja lähetetään asetuksen (EY) N:o 1272/2008 (CLP-asetus) mukaisesti. O...
Additivity of substances in a mixture with known toxicity and classified for the same endpoint is applied for certain endpoints in the classification criteria of the UN GHS and the EU CLP Regulation. This is applied in cases where data on the mixture itself is not available, and classification i...
The Forum Working Group ‘Survey on OSH-REACH Enforcement Interactions’ was established at the Forum-31 plenary meeting. The Working Group (WG) prepared a survey on OSH-REACH enforcement interactions, collected the responses and prepared the report following the Forum-34 plenary meeting. The surv...
In 2011 the European Commission Joint Research Centre (EC-JRC) published the International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook recommendations on the use of Impact Assessment models for use in LCA (EC-JRC, 2011a). This created the basis for the Product and Organisation Environmental...
The SCHEER was requested to provide Guidelines on the benefit-risk assessment (BRA) of the presence, in the medical devices specified in the regulation, of phthalates, which have one or more of the following properties: carcinogenic, mutagenic, toxic to reproduction (CMR) or endocrine-disrupting...
The EU legislative framework that addresses occupational exposure to Carcinogenic, Mutagenic and Reprotoxic substances includes Directive 98/24/EC (Chemical Agents Directive, CAD) and Directive 2004/37/EC (Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive, CMD). All reprotoxic substances are currently dealt wi...
This study assesses the impacts of the establishment of Occupational Exposure Limit Values (OELVs) and/or Biological Limit Values (BLVs) for a number of substances. These include OELVs for trichloroethylene, 1,2-dichloroethane, beryllium and inorganic beryllium compounds, 1,2- dibromoethane, 1-c...