Toxic Chemical Composition Reporting

This chapter discusses three existing programs that require composition reporting on products. It explains steps of appropriately prioritizing the toxicity of various chemicals based on relevant toxicity data and for chemical composition reporting to assist individual consumers in making more efficient and informed decisions about the products that they are buying. The chapter provides a federal-level program that could be implemented to reduce the use of at least the most highly toxic chemicals used in the manufacturing process to reduce exposure in the first place. Registration requires a manufacturer or importer to notify an authority in advance of the intention to produce or import a substance and to submit required information in advance of importing a product. The chapter apportions all civil and criminal penalties collected pursuant. The Toxics Release Inventory is a US program that requires regulated entities to report on their environmental releases of approximately 650 chemicals.