Risk Management Measures in the real world

At the end of October, I travelled over to Helsinki for a few days. I’d been invited to deliver a short course on “Risk management measures in a REACH context”  to personnel working for the European Chemicals Agency* (ECHA) who are responsible for evaluating the dossiers chemical manufacturers have to submit under the European REACH

REACH – Regulating chemicals in Europe

I’ve recently produced a brief presentation summarising the main requirements of REACH A version with some explanatory notes is available on Slideshare. REACH is the most important piece of legislation on the control of chemicals for a long time, certainly since COSHH was introduced in 1988. The Regulations are going to have a major impact

BOHS / NVVA conferece on REACH

Conferences ae always a “mixed bag” and this was the case with  the REACH meeting held in Brussels on 30 September/1 October. Overall, it was worthwhile attending and I certainly learned more about how the requirements of REACH relating to occupational exposures were being implemented in practice.  Some of he contributions were a little too

REACH out

Tomorrow I’ll be heading off to Brussels for the meeting on REACH (REACH: Registration and Beyond: Exposure Scenarios and safe handling advice) organised jointly by BOHS and their Dutch sister organisation, NVVA. The conference focuses on some important issues, including exposure assessment. REACH requires manufacturers and importers of substances and mixtures to develop exposure scenarios