Research on International Alternative Risk Assessment and Preliminary Study of Key Assessment Points in China
In order to address the environmental and health issues of toxic and harmful chemicals while meeting the needs of industrial development,various alternatives have been developed and widely used.To avoid the regrettable substitution,the international community has developed a series of technical guidelines for alternative assessment,and clarified the assessment technical methods and requirements.This article summarizes the content of assessment frameworks issued by international organizations/institutions such as the United Nations Environment Programme,the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,the European Chemical Agency,the United States Environmental Protection Agency,etc.,compares and analyzes the core technical methods of each framework,and preliminarily proposes the technical key points of the alternative environmental risk assessment in China,providing technical support for strengthening the environmental risk management of toxic and harmful chemicals.