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Chemicals and toxic pollution

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Preventing harmful exposure and cleaning up contamination.

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Principles

  • Assess chemical risk using toxicity, exposure, and dose, rather than a label alone.
  • Prevent harmful releases and assign responsibility for monitoring and cleanup.

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What is needed to assess a chemical exposure risk?
Whether the chemical has a natural-sounding name.
Whether its source lies outside the local boundary.
The substance's toxicity together with exposure and dose.

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