HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct Human & Environmental Risk Assessment An A.I.S.E and CEFIC initiative on focused risk assessment for ingredients of household cleaning products John Solbé Chair: HERA Members Forum and Management Team

HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct HERA - Sponsors Akzo-Nobel BASF Borax Ciba Clariant Cognis Colgate Palmolive Degussa-Hüls DiverseyLever Dow Corning FMC Foret Henkel Lever-Faberge McBride Procter & Gamble Petresa Reckitt-Benckiser Rhodia Rohm & Haas Sasol Shell Chemicals Solvay Wacker AISE CEFIC Supplier Sector Groups In collaboration with JSDA, SDA, ACA

HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct Presentation Outline: – Objectives – General principles including scope – Communication – Organisation – Selection of substances – Risk assessment process – Consistency with EU White Paper – Acknowledgements and next steps today

HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct HERA Objectives In today’s world, both the regulators and the general public rightly demand greater transparency of the information on the potential risks posed by the ingredients of products used in the home. There is now a call for these data to be published, so that the need for more information if required can be debated in public.

HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct We aim to publish our methods and our risk assessments and eventually to cover all the most important substances used in Household Cleaning Products. We do this as a contribution to the need to assess existing substances and to demonstrate our principles of partnership, open dialogue, transparency, having no preconceptions about the outcomes of our assessments but being committed to the use of sound science. HERA Principles

HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct HERA Scope: our focus We are assessing and publishing the risk to human health and the environment of major chemicals used in AISE household detergent and cleaning products ie chemicals in wide dispersive use. Not everywhere; we focus on consumers: direct exposure in the home from use and indirect exposure from the environment; and on the environment receiving domestic effluents and background levels.

HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct HERA Scope: our focus Why not in factories and Industrial & Institutional products too? We have more control systems and legislation in place (Safety Data Sheets, training, Personal Protective Equipment etc) in such places than for our domestic customers.

HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct HERA - Focus INGREDIENT Area for attention manufacture HERA does not take into account these areas. formulation PRODUCT Occupational exposure Site-specific effectively within HERA Human health Environment local regional

HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct HERA - Focus INGREDIENT Area for attention manufactureformulation PRODUCT Occupational exposure Site-specific effectively within HERA Human health Environment local regional PRODUCT use Household

HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct HERA - Focus INGREDIENT Area for attention manufactureformulation PRODUCT Occupational exposure Site-specific effectively within HERA Human health Environment local regional PRODUCT use Household treatment & disposal Indirect

HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct Via the brochure HERA - Progress in communication

HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct HERA web-site ( ) HERA - Progress in communication Content: Methods Risk assessments Public comment Presentations Links Lists of substances

HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct HERA - Progress in communication - by dialogue HERA Stakeholder workshop Oct ‘01 CED XXXI Mar ‘01 EU CA Feb ‘01 CESIO Congress May ‘00 CEFIC Stakeholders Dec ‘00 National Authorities mid-2000 Informal discussions within and outside Europe. National Authorities Apr ‘01 Also EU Institutions

HERA European Stakeholders Workshop: Brussels, Oct HERA - Communication External Advisory Panel: Role: review and advise on the methodology; review and advise on the1A and (some of the) 1B risk assessments; participate in this Stakeholders Workshop; ensure that HERA risk assessments reflect and respect the needs of stakeholders and that our risk assessments are open, transparent and balanced by consideration of external perspectives; advise the HERA Team on maintaining, improving and developing the HERA process. European Stakeholder Workshop