The proposal for a multi-stage pilot study spanning two years, plans to not only establish system effectiveness, develop the tools used in the detection process, but also offers a further potential for creating a warning system for new chemicals.
The procedure will utilize established data from recent available sources to determine and prioritize substances that are considered ‘most harmful’, and eliminate those ‘least harmful’ from the study. Specific data that has been selected for use, has been founded upon research on industrial chemicals produced in the EU, the environmental occurrence of contaminants, and software models on the prediction of environmental, biological, and toxic activity according to molecular structure and chemical properties.
The list of chemical contaminants that include those already registered under REACH, and those consistently detected in the environment (Norman Network), termed by the EFS as ‘entry points’, will have the selection criteria of inclusions and exclusions applied; formed on the basis of multiple elements such as volumes of production/export, and persistence in the environment.
The initial stage will indicate procedure validity on identifying twenty known chemicals in the food chain that will increase to numbers in the hundreds for subsequent stages. Primary application proposes to elevate simple suspicion of emerging risks to scientific based conclusion, having collated information from the relevant authorities, Member States, other Community Agencies and the Commission.
As a secondary objective, performed in the latter stages of the procedure, attempts to identify emerging risks will be conducted, based on the possibility of harmful effects of humans/animals/plants, associated with exposure to specific hazards. Although the EFSA have stated that further testing may be required to carry out a full assessment.
Here is an infographic showing how the procedure will work.
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