Chemical safety of cereal-based foods: risk management considerations

During the past five years, a broad international consensus has emerged in many 24/7 industries regarding the optimal way to manage and reduce employee fatigue risk: via a process called a fatigue risk management system (FRMS). Government regulatory agencies, industry associations and many businesses with 24/7 operations have recently incorporated an FRMS into their regulations, industry standards, and their corporate policies. The development of the American Petroleum Institute (API) and American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) standard for FRMSs in the refining and petrochemical industries began after the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released its report on the 2005 Texas City Refinery explosion. The CSB report highlighted concerns about some of the operators on duty being on their 30th consecutive 12-hour shift. API decided to take a proactive approach and develop an industry standard by forming a committee of industry managers from many of the oil companies, union representatives, industry associations and scientific experts in circadian sleep physiology and fatigue in shiftwork operations. During the course of extensive consultations during a two year period, a clear consensus emerged that hours of service rules would be inadequate by themselves. A clear consensus emerged that a comprehensive scientifically-based, data driven FRMS was a superior and feasible tool for effectively managing fatigue risk. API developed a standards document published in April 2010 as API/ANSI RP-755 that makes FRMS the operating standard for managing employee fatigue risk in the refining and petrochemical industry. The extended abstract reviews the considerations that went into developing the ANSI standard, issues that were resolved and progress and hurdles faced by the many petrochemical companies as they are now progressively implementing ANSI RP-755 as a continuously-improving FRMS process.

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Risk management in chemical safety: Some general observations relating to the state of the art

The Science of The Total Environment ◽

10.1016/0048-9697(86)90289-5 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

pp. 1-17 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Alex P. Rice

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

State Of The Art ◽

The State ◽

Chemical Safety

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Enhancing the use of exposure science across EU chemical policies as part of the European Exposure Science Strategy 2020–2030

Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology ◽

10.1038/s41370-021-00388-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Yuri Bruinen de Bruin ◽

Antonio Franco ◽

Andreas Ahrens ◽

Alick Morris ◽

Hans Verhagen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Exposure Assessment ◽

Management Practices ◽

Chemical Safety ◽

Public And Private ◽

Exposure Science ◽

Common Framework ◽

Effective Use ◽

Private Actors ◽

The Eu

Abstract Background A scientific framework on exposure science will boost the multiuse of exposure knowledge across EU chemicals-related policies and improve risk assessment, risk management and communication across EU safety, security and sustainability domains. Objective To stimulate public and private actors to align and strengthen the cross-policy adoption of exposure assessment data, methods and tools across EU legislation. Methods By mapping and analysing the EU regulatory landscape making use of exposure information, policy and research challenges and key areas of action are identified and translated into opportunities enhancing policy and scientific efficiency. Results Identified key areas of actions are to develop a common scientific exposure assessment framework, supported by baseline acceptance criteria and a shared knowledge base enhancing exchangeability and acceptability of exposure knowledge within and across EU chemicals-related policies. Furthermore, such framework will improve communication and management across EU chemical safety, security and sustainability policies comprising sourcing, manufacturing and global trade of goods and waste management. In support of building such a common framework and its effective use in policy and industry, exposure science innovation needs to be better embedded along the whole policymaking cycle, and be integrated into companies’ safety and sustainability management systems. This will help to systemically improve regulatory risk management practices. Significance This paper constitutes an important step towards the implementation of the EU Green Deal and its underlying policy strategies, such as the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability.

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Annex: Risk management in chemical safety — Conclusions and recommendations

The Science of The Total Environment ◽

10.1016/0048-9697(86)90303-7 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

pp. 261-263 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Chemical Safety

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Notice of Duplicate Publication: Perspectives on trace chemical safety and chemophobia: risk communication and risk management

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A ◽

10.1080/15287394.2019.1618680 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 82 (2) ◽

pp. (113)-(127) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Risk Communication ◽

Chemical Safety ◽

Duplicate Publication

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Regulation of Chemicals

The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Law ◽

10.1093/law/9780198790952.003.0026 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 577-606

Author(s):

Lucas Bergkamp ◽

Adam Abelkop

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Toxic Substances ◽

Chemical Safety ◽

Chemical Risk ◽

Chemicals Regulation ◽

The Us ◽

Key Concepts ◽

Chemicals Policy ◽

Toxic Substances Control Act ◽

Reach Regulation

This chapter examines the regulation of chemicals, with emphasis on commonalities and differences in regulatory approaches. It begins with a brief overview of key concepts that underlie chemicals regulation, explaining what chemicals regulation is, the hazards and risks associated with chemicals, policy principles, informational inputs, and how chemicals are identified. The chapter then considers the general components of chemicals regulation, namely: screening and prioritization, risk assessment and decision analysis, and risk management. It also discusses regulatory fragmentation, risk management through the supply chain, and the complementary roles of regulation and liability systems. Finally, it shows how common aspects of chemical risk laws fit into the EU’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation and the US Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (LCSA).

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