5B a - RA: Ranking and Chemical Specific
Hall 6
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM, Tuesday, 29 April 2003
Co-chair: Loonen, H.¹, McCarty, L.², ^{1 2}

8:35 AM -

TU6/1 Major changes in the revised EU TGD for risk assessment and its use under REACH. Loonen, Helene1, de Bruin, Jack1, Hansen, Bjorn1, Kaland, Toralf2, Paya Perez, Ana1, 1 European Chemicals Bureau, Ispra, Italy2 Norwegian Pollution Control Authority, Oslo, Norway

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8:55 AM -

TU6/2 Relative Risk Indexes in Ranking Schemes for Health and Ennvironmental Regulations. McCarty, L.1, Power, M.2, 1 L.S. McCarty Scientific Researcy & Consulting, Markham, ON, Canada2 Biology Dept., University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

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9:15 AM -

TU6/3 Perspectives on an Eco(toxico)logical Assessment of Persistent and Bioaccumulative Substances. Ahlers, Jan1, Beulshausen, Tessa1, 1 Umweltbundesamt, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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9:35 AM -

TU6/4 Toxic ratio: an indicator of the inherent toxicity for PBT classification. Maeder, Valérie1, Scheringer, Martin1, Escher, Beate2, Hungerbühler, Konrad1, 1 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), Zurich, Switzerland2 Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Sciences and Technology (EAWAG), Dübendorf, Switzerland

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9:55 AM -

TU6/5 Case Study: Use of the USEPA PBT Profiler to screen the chemical inventory of a consumer products company. Weeks, John1, Tunkel, Jay2, Martin, Frederick1, Guiney, Patrick1, 1 S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc., Racine, WI, USA2 Syracuse Research Corporation, Syracuse, NY, USA

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10:15 AM -

Coffee Break.

10:50 AM -

TU6/6 Maximising the use of existing and new degradation data in overall persistence assessments. Snape, Jason1, Marie-Libre, Jean2, van Wijk, Dolf3, Douben, Peter4, Murray-Smith, Richard1, Whelan, Mick4, Cowan, Christina5, Mackay, Donald6, Holt, Martin7, 1 AstraZeneca Global SHE, Brixham, Devon, UK2 AtoFina, Paris, France3 EuroChlor, Brussels, Belgium4 Unilever, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, UK5 The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH, US6 Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada7 ECETOC, Brussels, Belgium

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11:10 AM -

TU6/7 The Added Risk Approach - Perspectives on the Application in Risk Assessment of Chemicals. Müller, Birgit1, Beulshausen, Tessa1, 1 Federal Environmental Agency, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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11:30 AM -

TU6/8 Integration of the environmental bioavailability of metals in Risk Assessment - the copper example. Delbeke, K.1, Van Sprang, P.2, 1 European Copper Institute, Brussels, Belgium2 Euras, Zwijnaarde, Gent, Belgium

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11:50 AM -

TU6/9 Mixtures of pesticides: development of a gis-based methodology to asses the ecotoxicological risk for surface water at a river basin scale. Sala, Serenella1, Verro, Roberto 1, Finizio, Antonio 1, Vighi, Marco 1, Auteri, Domenica2, 1 Environment and Landscape Departement - University of Milan Bicocca, Milano, Milano2 International Centre for Pesticide Safety, Busto Garolfo, Milano, Italy

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12:10 PM -

TU6/10 Identification of substances of very high concern among Biocides. Aschberger, Karin1, Chyla, Marta 1, Pedersen, Finn1, Paya-Perez, Ana 1, Rasmussen, Kirsten1, 1 European Commission, Joint Research Centre, European Chemicals Bureau, Ispra, (VA), Italy

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