"Chemicals as Regulatory Targets"

Description

This incisive volume of the Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law offers a broad analysis of the foundations, main concepts, and substantive and procedural requirements of selected chemical law regimes as they pertain to the environment. Featuring contributions from more than 40 expert scholars and practitioners in the field, the volume focuses on chemical regulatory systems from representative jurisdictions, including the EU and the US, to provide a coherent overview of this expansive and often fragmented area of law.

Divided into five thematic parts, the volume first examines the fundamental concepts of chemical law, addressing topics including risk assessment, nomenclature, environmental justice and animal testing. Entries then discuss types of chemicals and exposures, regulation of chemicals in products and manufacturing, and waste and contamination, as well as covering liability rules as they apply to chemicals.

This volume will be an essential resource for scholars and students looking for a clear understanding of chemicals regulation and governance from environmental and public health perspectives at both national and international levels. Its insights into policy developments and liability issues will also be of interest to policymakers and practitioners.

Includes the chapter, "Chemicals as Regulatory Targets: by Maurer Professor John S. Applegate.

ISBN

9781785360350 (hb.), 9781785360367 (ebook)

Publication Date

2023

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing

City

Cheltenham, UK

Keywords

Chemical regulation, TSCA, REACH, prevention, priority setting, data gap, protective regulation

Disciplines

Law | Science and Technology Law

Comments

Adam D.K. Abelkop, Lucas Bergkamp, Lynn L. Bergeson and Bethami Auerbach, eds. Chemical Risk Governance. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Full bibliographic details available in IUCAT

Copies available in the Jerome Hall Law Library K 3672.5 .C33 2023

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