Study Finds Discrepancies in Chemical Hazard Evaluation Tools
A comparative analysis of leading chemical assessment tools found that, when evaluating the same chemical, individual tools come to different conclusions regarding the hazard categorization of each chemical.
A comparative analysis of leading chemical assessment tools found that, when evaluating the same chemical, individual tools come to different conclusions regarding the hazard categorization of each chemical, according to the American Chemistry Council.
Such discrepancies, published in the IntegratedEnvironmental Assessment and Management journal, may call into question the extent to which such tools can provide stakeholders, including consumers, retailers and product manufacturers with definitive and actionable information about chemical substances in consumer products without further analysis and contextual information.