Exposure Scenarios

REACH exposure scenarios - please send updates and new details to mamta.p@chemicalwatch.com
ProjectContactsCW articlesDetails
General industry workflow for ES preparation and communicationCEFICCW Briefing November 2008

CEFIC and downstream user bodies have agreed a workflow model for preparing ESs and communicating them to the supply chain.

Adhesives and sealantsFEICACW Briefing November 2008Developing guidance and fact sheet on ERCs; planning a GES database
DetergentsAISECW Briefing November 2008Use mapping, table of habits and practices (consumer), work on tier 2 assessments
Exposure scenario modifier toolDanish Paint Makers AssociationCW Briefing December 2007Tool to convert ESs from one set of conditions to another, aimed at formulators
Guidance: a practical guideVCICW 22 October 2008Practical guide to ECHA guidance on information requirements and chemical safety assessment planned for end-2008
LubricantsAtiel/ATCCW Briefing November 2008Use mapping, DPD+
MetalsEurometauxCW Briefing November 2008Use mapping, process characterisation and process grouping for GESs; DU exposure calculation tool
Paints, printing inks and coloursCEPECW Briefing November 2008Supply chain mapping, includes assigning SUs, PROCs, PCs and ERCs to each process step, establishing typical worst case uses, emissions and exposure routes, and current best practice/RMMs, DPD+
PlasticsPlastics Exposure Scenario TeamCW Briefing November 2008Use mapping, includes assigning SUs, PROCs and PCs and identifying RMMs and OCs. Developing initial ESs; planning a GES library.
PreparationsEuropean Solvents Industry GroupCW Briefing November 2008DPD+
Risk Management Library
CEFIC
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Excel spreadsheet providing links to sources of information on risk management measures for specific types of occupational exposures.
SolventsEuropean Solvents Industry GroupCW Briefing November 2008

GES titles; supply chain mapping; mapping ERCs; standard RMM and OCs phrases for eSDS; GES library planned first half 2009


Key

DPD+ = ES model for preparations based on EU dangerous products Directive

DU = Downstream User

ERC = Environmental Release Category

ES = Exposure Scenario

eSDS = extended Safety Data Sheet

GES = Generic Exposure Scenario

OC = Operating Condition

PROC = Process Category

PC = Process Condition

RMM = Risk Management Measure

SES = Specific Exposure Scenario

SU = Sector of Use