PRODUCT-SAFETY, RISK ASSESSMENT, AND RESPONSIBLE CARE IN THE BIOCIDE CHEMICAL-INDUSTRY

Manufacturers of biocides recognize a need to control the risk from th eir products. This paper discusses some of the history and critical as pects of these activities and outlines the needs under the current ini tiatives of Responsible Care. Biocide product safety risk assessment i s operationally defined in this context and presented as the fundament al tool of the process. The need for data and the criteria for its dis semination are discussed along with the requirement that the data-gath ering effort be combined in joint efforts with scientists in industry, academia, and the regulatory community. (C) 1996 Academic Press, Inc.