Euro Chlor risk assessment for the marine environment OSPARCOM region: North sea - Principles and purposes

A voluntary programme on risk assessment for chlorinated chemicals was init iated by Euro Chlor (the European Chlorine Producers Federation). The study was targeted on the marine environment, starting with the North Sea, and t he methodology used was based on the European Union risk assessment princip les. Details of the method used are described in this paper. A first set of five compounds is published in this special issue: chloroform, 1,2-dichlor oethane, 1,1,2-trichloroethane; trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene.