Industry publishes study on PBT priority setting

Unilever’s Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre in the UK has published a study called The Precautionary Principle and Environmental Persistence: Prioritizing the Decision-Making Process. The report notes that often reliable data to assess if substances are persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) are not readily available. It suggests that chemical partitioning properties and environmental persistence information can be effectively combined to provide guidance for regulatory priority setting. The study is published in Environmental Science & Policy.

• Study abstract