Description
Chemicals Management Policy includes a broad array of voluntary and regulatory efforts regarding the safe and environmentally sound manufacture, distribution, handling and disposal of chemical products, intermediates and wastes. This encompasses testing products to assess hazards, evaluating potential exposures to products in intended applications to identify and manage risks, registering new products with proper authorities and notifying all interested parties of potential hazards and safe-handling procedures.
Dow’s Position
Dow is for chemical management policy that protects human health and the environment. We are committed to continually improving the safety of our products throughout their life-cycle. This is exemplified by Dow’s public reporting of our performance toward our 2015 Sustainability goals. More information on these goals is available at http://www.dow.com/commitments/goals/.
We strive to develop, manufacture, transport and market our products in a safe and responsible manner. We work to ensure our products are handled safely and recycled or disposed of appropriately. Dow welcomes appropriate review by governments to maintain and enhance public acceptance of its operations and products.
We support a consistent, coordinated regulatory environment for products at global, national and regional levels to complement industry voluntary efforts and to ensure a level playing field. Where new regulations are required, they should be based on established scientific risk assessment and risk management principles – predictable, flexible and capable of responsibly addressing society’s economic, environmental and safety requirements.
A more detailed description of our Principles for Chemicals Management Systems is available at http://www.dow.com/commitments/goals/principles.htm
Dow's Actions
- Dow is leading the global implementation of Responsible Care and product stewardship through the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA).
- Dow has long been recognized as a leader in the development and implementation of product stewardship to ensure the safe manufacture, distribution, sales, use and disposal/recycle of its products globally.
- Dow is constructively engaged throughout the world in working with key stakeholders to develop risk-based chemicals management regulatory policy (e.g., EU REACH, Canadian Environmental Protection Act, US TSCA, etc.) that meets societal expectations as well as the expectations of our customers .
- Dow has volunteered, either on its own or with other chemical producers, to provide health, safety and environmental information on more than 180 chemicals as part of the High Production Volume Challenge program and other voluntary test programs globally.
- Dow has been a leader and strong proponent of the industry’s Long-Range Research Initiative to ensure funding of basic toxicology, environmental and exposure test methods development.
Last Updated: January 07, 2008
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