HA12 Environmental Risk Assessment: Global Perspectives
B115 & B116
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Thursday
() Environment Canada's Screening Assessment of Existing Substances: A Pilot Project.
Windle, W1, Eggleton, M1, Chénier, R1, 1 Environment Canada, Gatineau, Quebec, CANADA
ABSTRACT- Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999 (CEPA 1999), all substances found to be persistent and /or bioaccumulative and inherently toxic during the "categorization" of Canada's Domestic Substances List (DSL) must undergo a screening assessment to determine whether a substance is "toxic" as defined under CEPA 1999. The DSL contains about 23,000 substances and numerous screening assessments are expected to be prepared. Therefore a Pilot Project involving 123 substances was initiated to develop science, policy, and administrative approaches and methods for assessing substances identified through categorization. This poster will present an overview and update on the Pilot Project screening assessments.
Key words: approaches, screening assessment