GHS Stocktaking Workshop For Southeast, East and Central Asia

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GHS as a Basis for a Sound Management of
Chemicals
REINER ARNDT, UNITAR
GHS Stocktaking Workshop For Southeast, East and
Central Asia 15-17 September 2010 Beijing,
Peoples Republic of China
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International Conventions/Activities 1

• Chapter 19 Agenda 21 Rio Declaration (1992)
• International Forum on Chemicals Safety for
  Implementation of Chapter 19 Agenda 21 6 Forum
  Meetings (19942008)
• Strategic Approach to International
  ChemicalsManagement (SAICM) (2006)
• ILO Conventions 170 Safety in the use of
  Chemicalsand 174 Prevention of Major Chemical
  Accidents
  (1990) (1993)

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International Conventions/Activities 2

• Basel Convention (BC) Trans-boundary Movements of
  Waste (1992)
• Rotterdam Convention (RC) on Banned and Severely
  Restricted Chemicals (2004)
• Stockholm Convention (SC) on Persistent Organic
  Pollutants, (2005)
• Globally Harmonized System for Classification and
  Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) (2003)

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Strategic Approach to International Chemicals
Management SAICM

• Global, voluntary, systematic approach to sound
  management of chemicals (SMC) internationally and
  nationally
• Intern. Conference Chemicals Management ICCM 1
  (2006),Dubai declaration (high level)
• Overarching policy risk reduction, knowledge
  and information, governance, capacity-building
  and technical cooperation and illegal
  international traffic, financial matters
• Global plan of action (273 activities/areas
  covering the full life cycle of
  chemicals/pesticides from production to waste)

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Globally Harmonized System for Classification and
Labelling of Chemicals

• Classification and labelling for hazardous
  chemical substances and mixturesPhysical
  hazards, health hazards and environmental hazards
• Information transfer via label and SDS
• Harmonises national chemical hazard communication
  systems world wide
• Avoids duplication of testing and evaluating
  chemicals and chemical mixtures
• Facilitates international trade
• Modular system of building blocks for target
  audiences consumer, worker, transport

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Use of GHS Information

• Raise awareness of target populations
• Train target populations to understand and apply
  safety information (personal risk management)
• Use as key element in sound management of
  chemicals (SMC)
• GHS as a contribution to implement other
  International Chemical Conventions and specific
  chemicals legislation(institutional risk
  management)

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Priorities for sound management of chemicals

• Banned, restricted Chemicals 100s
  (POP, Montreal, PIC) chemical specific
  action
• Hazardous chemicals (list?) 1000s
  (GHS) hazard/risk specific
  prevention/protection strategies
• All chemicals (inventory?) 10000s
  general pollution prevention/protection
  strategies

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GHS and life cycle of chemicals

• Life cycle of chemicals (supply chain)
  production of chemical, mixture with the
  chemicalstorage, transport, distribution
  (export/import) use of chemical or mixture
  (industrial use, use as a pesticide)production
  of articles (made from chemicals, given a shape
  or design that determines function more that
  chemicals composition)
• Recycling, recovery, waste treatment
• Information flow along the supply chain
  chemicals, mixtures classification and
  labeling (C/L), safety data sheet (SDS) according
  to GHSarticles - no C/L, no SDS

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Scope of sound management of chemicals

• Industrial Chemicals (all produced
  chemicals)New and existing chemicalsfor
  industrial use for example basic chemicals,
  solvents, colorants, additives
• Pesticides agricultural pesticides non
  agricultural pesticides (biocides)
• Cosmetics
• Food additives (not included in SAICM)
• Medical drugs (not included in SAICM)
• Research and development
• Laboratory chemicals

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Responsibilities for sound management
of chemicals

• Producer/Exporting CountriesGeneration of
  information (hazard)Risk assessments RA, Risk
  management RMInformation C/L, SDS, RA, RM,
  assistanceProduction of less hazardous products
• Importer/User/Importing CountriesAwareness
  raising (hazard, risk, C/L SDS) Availability of
  information Regulatory framework for safe
  useImplementation, Enforcement (resources)

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Chemicals Management Actors
From presentation W. Schimpf, GTZ


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General chemicals legislation

• Relation to down stream legislation (f.e. EU, US)
• Scope (regulated chemicals, new/exist.,
  exemptions)
• Data collection (Testing, evaluation, GLP)
• Risk assessment (Hazard GHS and exposure)
• Risk benefit analysis (socio economic factors)
• Risk management decision (criteria, priorities)
• Information (GHS classification/labelling safety
  data sheet, PIC decision guidance documents,
  POP risk profiles)
• Technical guidelines and standards, adaptation
• Awareness, participation of worker, public
• Enforcement (inspectorate, customs), sanctions

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Down stream (sector) chemicals legislation

• Workers, accidents work place
• Consumer (cosmetics, household, food, toys)
• Releases (pollution transfer register PRTR
• Releases to air (air emissions)
• Releases to water (water emissions) and soil
• Pollution prevention
• Accidents (industrial plants)prevention/emergency
  plans
• Transport, storage
• Recycling, recovery(production), waste
• Clean up contaminated sites

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Workers chemicals legislation (ILO 170)

• Information of hazard (GHS classification,labell
  ing, safety data sheet) from generallegislation
  is used for work place assessment
• Work place risk assessment (hazard GHS andactual
  or estimated work place exposure) simple
  control banding WHO/ILOsophisticated limit
  value, monitoring
• Tiered system for control approaches
  generalprevention, medium, high risk, special
• Technical guidelines and standards
• Awareness/participation, responsibilities worker
• Enforcement, monitoring (inspectorate)

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Implementation of SMC

• Analysis for example national Profile, SAICM/GHS
  project and implementation plan)
• Diagnosis chemical problems (type, size,
  priorities, solutions in other countries
  applicable?)
• Synthesis Solutions, country specific sound
  chemicals management (basic requirements, ideal
  system/vision)
• ImplementationPriorities (step wise tiered
  system implementation dependent on resources 5
  years plan/ regional differences)
• Responsibility, Enforceability
• Evaluation

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Example SMC in the European Union

• EU REACH Regulation 2007, GHS (Classification,
  Labelling CLP) Regulation December 2008
• - Substance information used from REACH, hazard
  assessment from CLP used in downs stream
  legislation with exposure and risk
  assessment/evaluation
• - Chemicals agent, carcinogens, young workers,
  pregnant workers directives
• - Seveso directive (industrial accidents)
• - Consumer products (children toys, cosmetics)
• - Biocides, pesticides
• - PIC regulation, air emission legislation
• - Hazardous waste

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• Thank you!

Chemicals and Waste Management ProgrammeUnited
Nations Institute for Training and Research
(UNITAR)Palais des Nations12-11 Geneva 10Tel
41 22 917 1234Fax [phone]Email
reiner.arndt_at_unitar.org
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European Union Chemicals Legislation REACH -
Content

• Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation of
  CHemicals
• - EU REACH Regulation June 2007
• - Register 30000 chemicals, new chemicals from
  June 2008, 2010/ HighProductionVolume HPV
  1000T and carcinogenic, mutagenic, reprotoxic
  2013/100T and 2018/1T
• - Chemicals safety report (responsibility of
  producer safe use conditions for down stream
  user) over 10 T, testing dependent on
  tonnage and expected risks
• - Evaluation by authorities test proposals,
  additional data, restrictions,
  classification/labelling
• - Authorisation (very high concern pbt
  persistent, bio- accumulative, toxic, vbvp
  very bioaccumulative and persistent, c, m, r
  and others), list Annex XIII and restriction
• - Responsible European Chemicals Agency
  (ECHA), Helsinki
• - National Authority, help desk BAuA, Dortmund

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EU workplace control hazardous chemicals

• Sequence of activities

Information
Risk assessment
Risk management
Efficiency control
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SMC workplace simple risk management

• Control banding

Risk manag. level
Haz. symbol
Hazard. subst.
R-phrase
Manag. needs 1,2,3,4 (Control strategy)
Control guidance (model solutions)
emission
quantity
additional Manag. needs Dermal risks
activity
Dermal contact
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Risk mangement levels/Control Strategy 1, 2, 3, 4
(for air emissions)
1. TRGS 500 (Minimum standard) Basic hygiene of
TRGS 500 sufficient 2. Engineering Control
(Emission reduction) technical measures
required 3. Closed system or procedures Measures
from risk management level 3 required 4. Special
advice required in depth risk assessment and/or
very sophisticated measures to reduce exposure