Assessment of the risk for human health or the environment is a fundamental part of the chemicals legislation of the European Union.
Risk assessments or Chemical Safety Assessments is required for the registration process under REACH, the Biocides Directive, Plant Protection Products Directive, Cosmetics Directive.
Risk assessments or Chemical Safety Assessments is required for the registration process under REACH, the Biocides Directive, Plant Protection Products Directive, Cosmetics Directive.
The experts of the Royal Haskoning Chemicals Management Department can undertake a risk assessment of your products.
Components of risk assessment are:
- exposure assessments: emission estimation, behaviour and distribution in the environment, estimation of exposure concentrations
- effect assessment: estimation of effects on the basis of substance's characteristics and propertie
- risk characterisation for human health as well as the environment
Risk assessment is a broad subject, requires an interdisciplinary approach and is continually evolving. Chemicals Management has worked on a wide variety of projects in this field.