Targeted Risk Assessment
Targeted Risk Assessment and REACH
REACH is the Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals. It entered into force on 1st June 2007. It streamlines and improves the former legislative framework on chemicals of the European Union. One of the key challenges of REACH is that it envisages the registration and evaluation of approximately 30,000 chemicals by producers and importers. Many of these chemicals will be classified and will require Chemical Safety Assessments to support their registration. Faced with such a challenge, both practically and scientifically, suitable tools that are accessible to non-experts are a key need of the REACH process.
To achieve these aims, ECETOC has developed a tiered (step by step) approach for calculating the exposure to and risks from chemicals that might reasonably be expected in defined circumstances of use. The approach addresses exposure to consumers, workers and the environment.
The general concept of ECETOC's targeted risk assessment (TRA) is based on the premise that, by making suitably conservative assumptions, broad exposure/risk models can be applied to identified uses to determine where any further detailed assessment of risks may be required.The tools
The tools
The TRA assessment tools are made available as two individual assessment tools for worker or consumer assessment. Alternatively, the two tools, completed by the environmental tool, are provided in an integrated version which allows the user to perform the assessments via one interface. All ECETOC TRA tools can be downloaded free of charge.
Procedure:
- Click on the "download icon" for the required tool.
- Complete the download request form.
- You will receive an email containing a download link. This should arrive within a few minutes; if it does not appear in your inbox then please check your spam mail settings and spam/junk mail box.
- The TRA Tools open in MS Excel and depend upon macros to function; the procedure to enable macros varies according to the version of MS Excel that you are using; if unsure please go to the help section of your program and search for macro security.
Only available through the integrated tool
Please contact us if you require further information about the tools:
Prof. Dik van de Meent and Anne Hollander from Radboud University Nijmegen (www.cem-nl.eu), who are the co-developers of the ECETOC TRATool, have been endorsed by the TRA Task Force to provide support and trainings for TRA users. There are possibilities for in-house trainings in companies and individuals.
For more information please contact: