Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution

The Twenty-fourth Report, Chemicals in Products - Safeguarding the Environment and Human Health is available via the links listed below. The full report is also divided up into sections, as indicated. A 20 page summary of the full report is also available. The number of pages and approximate file sizes are given in brackets after each item.

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A limited number of copies of the summary are available free of charge. To request a copy, please contact enquiries@rcep.org.uk.

For details of the conduct of the Chemicals Study, go to the Chemicals Study homepage.

Twenty-fourth Report (complete report)

Complete report   (291pp, 1522Kb)

Twenty-fourth Report (divided into sections)

Front covers   Covers and fronting pages (6pp, 626Kb)
Contents list   Contents, lists of figures, boxes and tables (8pp, 116Kb)
Chapter 1   Introduction (10pp, 161Kb)
Chapter 2   Evaluating the risks from chemicals (36pp, 286Kb)
Chapter 3   National and international approaches to chemicals evaluation and risk management (51pp, 334Kb)
Chapter 4   Informing decisions: a better approach to chemicals management (29pp, 260Kb)
Chapter 5   Towards environmentally sustainable products (32pp, 237Kb)
Chapter 6   Summary and conclusions (8pp, 135Kb)
Chapter 7   Recommendations (7pp, 149Kb)
Signatories to the Report   (1pp, 76Kb)
References   (20pp, 185Kb)

Appendices

Appendix A   Announcement of the study and invitation to submit evidence (6pp, 128Kb)
Appendix B   Conduct of the study (5pp, 111Kb)
Appendix C   Seminar: fresh approaches to chemical use and control (2pp, 128Kb)
Appendix D   European Union testing requirements for chemicals (7pp, 115Kb)
Appendix E   Monitoring the effects of chemicals on the environment (20pp, 239Kb)
Appendix F   Further international chemicals programmes (2pp, 122Kb)
Appendix G   Hazardous waste classification (2pp, 108Kb)
Appendix H   Genomics (4pp, 113Kb)
Appendix I   Comparison of Royal Commission's proposals with other schemes (5pp, 114Kb)
Appendix J   Computational approaches to to the safety assessment of pharmaceuticals (2pp, 115Kb)
Appendix K   Members of the Royal Commission (4pp, 109Kb)
Index   (33pp, 191Kb)
Back cover   (1p, 325Kb)

Summary of the Twenty-fourth Report

Summary report (20pp, 826Kb)

For details of the conduct of the Chemicals Study, go to the Chemicals Study homepage.

Page last updated 26 June 2003.