This book is an essential guide and support to understanding of the science and policy, procedure and practice that underpins the REACH risk assessments required for the use and placing on the market of chemicals in the European Union. A clear understanding of information provision and how this affects the assessment of chemical safety is fundamentally important to the success of policy on chemicals and ultimately to the sustainability of the chemicals industry. Within the book, the scientific processes that underpin the policy are explained in a practical way. Importantly, it includes coverage of techniques to help solve the problems of using potentially risky and hazardous chemicals through the use of less hazardous alternatives and green chemistry , and also the analysis of the risks of the use of the most hazardous substances against the social and economic benefits of use. Chemical Risk Assessment: A Manual for REACH covers the following main themes: i) Assessment of chemical risk; ii) Risk management; iii) Hazard reduction, substitution and green chemistry; iv) Risk versus benefit socio-economic analysis. The book acts as a practical guide and overview to chemicals risk assessment and risk management (in the EU context), as well as a support text for planning for the challenges of the future, which will see ever-increasing pressure to withdraw hazardous substances from the EU (and global) market, balanced against opportunities for innovation in the development of less hazardous chemicals.

This book is an essential guide and support tounderstanding of the science and policy, procedure and practicethat underpins the REACH risk assessments required for the use andplacing on the market of chemicals in the European Union. A clearunderstanding of information provision and how this affects theassessment of chemical safety is fundamentally important to thesuccess of policy on chemicals and ultimately to the sustainabilityof the chemicals industry.Within the book, the scientific processes that underpin thepolicy are explained in a practical way. Importantlyit includes coverage of techniques to help solve the problems ofusing potentially risky and hazardous chemicals through the use ofless hazardous alternatives and 'green chemistry', andalso the analysis of the risks of the use of the most hazardoussubstances against the social and economic benefits ofuse.Chemical Risk Assessment: A Manual for REACH coversthe following main themes: i) Assessment of chemical risk; ii)Risk management; iii) Hazard reduction, substitution and greenchemistry; iv) Risk versus benefit - socio-economicanalysis.The book acts as a practical guide and overview tochemicals risk assessment and risk management (in the EU context)as well as a support text for planning for the challenges of thefuture, which will see ever-increasing pressure to withdrawhazardous substances from the EU (and global) market, balancedagainst opportunities for innovation in the development of lesshazardous chemicals.