| Document ID (ISN) | 64798 |
| CIS number |
95-1465 |
| Year |
1995 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Title |
Risk-benefit analysis of existing substances |
| Bibliographic information |
Department of the Environment, Room A334, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY, United Kingdom, Feb. 1995. vi, 69p. Illus. 32 ref. |
| Abstract |
This guide was elaborated by a joint government-industry working group in the United Kingdom in application of the European Union's Council Regulation (EEC) No.793/93 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances (CIS 93-1430). Contents: introduction; principles of risk-benefit analysis; valuation of environmental and human health risks; economic consequences of control measures; steps in risk-benefit analysis. Annexes: US approach to analyzing the risks of dangerous substances; discounting; techniques for monetary valuation of environmental effects; the example of tributyltin. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
dangerous substances; United Kingdom; hazard evaluation; chemical safety; harmful substances; European Communities |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
alkyltin compounds; description of technique; manuals |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Chemicals, plastics and rubber
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Risk evaluation
|
