Visualizing the US EPA Sustainable Futures Program

Under the US New Chemicals Program, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must determine the potential risk of a new substance before it enters commerce. The program functions as a ”gatekeeper” to identify conditions, up to and including a ban on production, to be placed on the use of a new chemical before it enters commerce. Without base set testing requirements, the EPA uses screening-level tools and conservative assumptions to conduct an initial risk assessment and identify additional testing needs or risk mitigation options. Using the tools and educational materials available on the EPA’s Sustainable Futures website, submitters can access these predictive models, default assumptions, and risk assessment approaches before submission to help anticipate risk concerns and potential regulatory decisions.

Katherine Sullivan, Kelly E. Mayo, Jeffrey Hafer, Elizabeth Dederick, PhD (knoell USA)

Event: SCHC Spring Meeting 2018