The challenge of substances of emerging concern in the Great Lakes Basin: a review of chemicals policies and programs in Canada and the United States
"This report was commissioned by the International Joint Commission (IJC) Work Group on Chemicals of Emerging Concern in order to assess the ability of existing policy structures to identify, assess, control, and prevent exposures to chemicals of emerging concern in the Great Lakes. In conjunct...
| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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Lowell, MA
2009
Lowell Center for Sustainable Production |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19182570124919007529-The-challenge-of-substances-of.htm |
| Summary: | "This report was commissioned by the International Joint Commission (IJC) Work Group on Chemicals of Emerging Concern in order to assess the ability of existing policy structures to identify, assess, control, and prevent exposures to chemicals of emerging concern in the Great Lakes. In conjunction with the Canadian Environmental Law Association and the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, the Work Group defined the scope of policies and programs that were to be included in this analysis. Given time and limited funding for the analysis, this scope included only policies and programs that broadly address the inherent hazards and exposures to a particular substance or group of substances (including identification, testing, and prevention – also called “chemicals policy” or “chemicals management policy”) and excluded media-specific policies and programs (i.e., water, air, sediment) as well as those that address only the end-of-pipe management of emissions. Although the report is substantially dedicated to the analysis of a limited number of policies and programs, the companion inventory highlights over 50 Canadian policies (including regulations and statutes) and programs, and over 200 U.S. municipal, state, regional, and federal policies and programs. This inventory provides a robust high-level summary of the breadth and depth of existing policy structures in the U.S. and Canada. Due to the sheer number of these policies, the inventory does not include an analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, or adequacy of each one, but rather summarizes areas where policies do exist. We recognize that, given the wide range of policies and programs in the Great Lakes region, there may be some policies and programs that were not identified in our research." |
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| Physical Description: | 173 p. Digital |