UNASSIGNED: To implement the law, the Department of Ecology developed a hazard-based framework for identifying safer alternatives to classes of chemicals.
UNASSIGNED: We developed a hazard-based framework, termed the \"Criteria for Safer,\" to set a transparent bar for determining whether new chemical alternatives are safer than existing classes of chemicals. Our \"Criteria for Safer\" is a framework that builds on existing hazard assessment methodologies and published approaches for assessing chemicals and chemical classes.
UNASSIGNED: We describe implementation of our criteria using a case study on the phthalates chemical class in two categories of consumer products: vinyl flooring and fragrances used in personal care and beauty products. Additional context and considerations that guided our decision-making process are also discussed, as well as benefits and limitations of our approach. This paper gives insight into our development and implementation of a hazard-based framework to address classes of chemicals in consumer products and will aid others working to build and employ similar approaches. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP13549.
■为了实施法律,生态部制定了一个基于危险的框架,以确定化学品类别的更安全替代品。
■我们开发了一个基于危险的框架,被称为“更安全的标准”,“设置一个透明的条,以确定新的化学替代品是否比现有的化学类别更安全。我们的“更安全标准”是建立在现有危险评估方法和已发布的评估化学品和化学品类别的方法基础上的框架。
我们通过对两类消费品中邻苯二甲酸酯化学类别的案例研究来描述我们标准的实施:乙烯基地板和个人护理和美容产品中使用的香料。还讨论了指导我们决策过程的其他背景和考虑因素,以及我们方法的好处和局限性。本文介绍了我们开发和实施基于危险的框架,以解决消费品中的化学品类别,并将帮助其他致力于构建和采用类似方法的人。https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP13549.