`Chemical Risk Appraisal and Management` where this involves the engagement of stakeholders and the building of consensus on regulatory issues. There are tens of thousands of industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals and naturally occurring compounds that collectively act as building blocks for many valuable and life enhancing products and services enjoyed by most societies.
Among the chemicals that we are currently working with are phenol, resorcinol, formaldehyde and alkyl phenols. This takes us into the `mysterious world` of endocrine disruption and the even more mysterious efforts to harmonise test protocols and regulatory approaches. Other areas of specific interest are halogenated chemicals and particularly their persistent and bio-accumulative characteristics. Of course, a sub-set of this sector is the family of chlorofluorocarbons, which as ozone depleting substances have become a business unit all of their own. |
