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LAB DE-CLASSIFICATION Benzene, C10-C13-alkyl derivatives
Linear alkylbenzene is one of the few compounds whose risk towards the environment and human health has been extensively evaluated in accordance with the Council Regulation 793/93 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances. The report was prepared by the Italian National Health Institute following the principles for the assessment of risks to man and the environment, laid down in Commision Regulation (EC) 1488/94. The evaluation considers the emissions and the resulting exposure to the environment and to the human population in all life cycle steps. Following the exposure assessment, the environmental risk characterization for each protection target in the aquatic, terrestrial and soil compartment was determined. For human health the scenarios for occupational exposure, consumer exposure and human exposure indirectly via the environment have been examined and the possible risks have been identified. The report concludes that "there is no concern for the environment and/or for human health. There is at present no need for further information and/or testing or for risk reduction measures beyond those which are being applied already". The whole report is accessible at the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities (ISBN 92-828-8452-X) LAS RISK ASSESSMENT Updated HERA-LAS risk assessment available since October 2007 This report includes important new information concerning terrestrial risk assessment of LAS reflecting the latest studies conducted on this field. For more information, please read the full executive summary or the full risk assessment report. HERA project on LAS concluding no risk The HERA (Human and Environmental Risk Assessment) project, as European voluntary industry programme on ingredients of household cleaning product, concluded:
ROBUST SUMMARIES ON LAS STUDIES IN SEDIMENTS AND SOILS As part of the update of HERA-LAS report recently completed by ECOSOL team, a set of robust summaries on key studies concerning LAS have been developed by Gent(Belgium) University according to US-EPA guidance that can be found at: http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemrtk/robsumgd.htm. Robust summaries have been conducted on sediments and soil studies. Related documents: SOIL SUMMARIES SEDIMENT SUMMARIES OECD LAS SIDS Dossier An industry consortium , lead by CLER, of LAB suppliers and LAS manufacturers was formed in 1996 to compile the necessary documents for the SIDS program under the sponsorship of US-EPA.
SIAM-17 (November 2003) agreed with the human health assessment of LAS and complimented the consortium on the extent of health data and exposure information provided.
SIAM-20 (April 2005) agreed with the Environmental part of the LAS dossier presented at the meeting held in Paris and concluded that LAS is "Low priority for further work" and therefore of low regulatory concern. A summary report (SIAP) of the LAS assessment will be posted to the OECD website within the next few months, and supporting documents will also be posted at a later stage. Related documents: |
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