Human

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Human Environmental Risk Assessment An A.I.S.E
and CEFIC initiative on focused risk assessment
for ingredients of household cleaning
products John Solbé Chair HERA Members Forum
and Management Team
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HERA - Sponsors
Akzo-Nobel BASF Borax Ciba Clariant Cognis Colgate
Palmolive Degussa-Hüls DiverseyLever Dow
Corning FMC Foret Henkel Lever-Faberge
McBride Procter Gamble Petresa Reckitt-Benckise
r Rhodia Rohm Haas Sasol Shell
Chemicals Solvay Wacker
AISE CEFIC Supplier Sector Groups In
collaboration with JSDA, SDA, ACA
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• Presentation Outline
• Objectives
• General principles including scope
• Communication
• Organisation
• Selection of substances
• Risk assessment process
• Consistency with EU White Paper
• Acknowledgements and next steps today

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HERA Objectives
In todays world, both the regulators and the
general public rightly demand greater
transparency of the information on the potential
risks posed by the ingredients of products used
in the home. There is now a call for these data
to be published, so that the need for more
information if required can be debated in public.

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HERA Principles
We aim to publish our methods and our risk
assessments and eventually to cover all the most
important substances used in Household Cleaning
Products. We do this as a contribution to the
need to assess existing substances and to
demonstrate our principles of partnership, open
dialogue, transparency, having no preconceptions
about the outcomes of our assessments but being
committed to the use of sound science.
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HERA Scope our focus

• We are assessing and publishing the risk to human
  health and the environment of major chemicals
  used in AISE household detergent and cleaning
  products ie chemicals in wide dispersive use.
• Not everywhere we focus on consumers
• direct exposure in the home from use and
• indirect exposure from the environment
• and on the environment receiving domestic
  effluents and background levels.

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HERA Scope our focus
Why not in factories and Industrial
Institutional products too? We have more control
systems and legislation in place (Safety Data
Sheets, training, Personal Protective Equipment
etc) in such places than for our domestic
customers.
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HERA - Focus
INGREDIENT
PRODUCT
Area for
attention
manufacture
formulation
HERA does not take into account these areas.
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HERA - Focus
INGREDIENT
PRODUCT
PRODUCT
Area for
attention
manufacture
formulation
use
Occupational exposure
Household
Site-specific
effectively within HERA
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HERA - Focus
INGREDIENT
PRODUCT
PRODUCT
Area for
attention
treatment disposal
manufacture
formulation
use
Human
Occupational exposure
Household
Indirect
health
Environment
Site-specific
local
effectively within HERA
regional
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HERA - Progress in communication
Via the brochure
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HERA - Progress in communication
HERA web-site (www.heraproject.com)
Content Methods Risk assessments Public
comment Presentations Links Lists of substances
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HERA - Progress in communication- by dialogue

CEFIC Stakeholders Dec 00
EU CA Feb 01
National Authorities mid-2000
CED XXXI Mar 01
CESIO Congress May 00
National Authorities Apr 01
HERA Stakeholder workshop Oct 01
Also EU Institutions
Informal discussions within and outside Europe.
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HERA - Communication

• External Advisory Panel
• Role
• review and advise on the methodology
• review and advise on the1A and (some of the) 1B
  risk assessments
• participate in this Stakeholders Workshop
• ensure that HERA risk assessments reflect and
  respect the needs of stakeholders and that our
  risk assessments are open, transparent and
  balanced by consideration of external
  perspectives
• advise the HERA Team on maintaining, improving
  and developing the HERA process.

European Stakeholder Workshop