Educational material
LCSP staff speak at many conferences and seminars; a selection of our presentations is given here, sorted by subject. This page also includes some key briefings which we have produced in order to explain specific aspects of chemicals policy. For more briefings and articles, see the Publications page.
Additional presentations explaining chemicals policies are available from News and Events.
European chemicals policy and REACH
An introduction to the current system for regulating chemicals use in the European Union (August, 2005)
A Michael Warhurst, PhD
A briefing outlining the current EU chemicals regulatory system.
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A brief introduction to the European Commission's regulatory proposal on Registration, Authorisation and Evaluation of Chemicals (REACH) (August, 2005)
A briefing outlining the proposed REACH regulatory system.
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Europe, Chemicals Policy and REACH - Why they are relevant to the USA (April, 2005)
A Michael Warhurst PhD
A presentation given to Tufts University Environmental Health students.
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The European Union's REACH Proposal: What does it mean for US Businesses, Sustainable Chemistry and Product Design? (May 2005)
A Michael Warhurst PhD
A presentation given at the Sustainable Solutions for Business Conference, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
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Impacts of the European Commission's REACH Proposal on Risk Assessment (April, 2004)
Joel A. Tickner, ScD and Ken Geiser, PhD
Powerpoint presentation outlining how the European Commission's REACH Proposal will change risk assessment in the United States and Europe. Presented at the US EPA's Regional Risk Assessment meeting.
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US Federal chemicals policy
US Federal Policy and TSCA (April 2005)
Joel Tickner ScD
A Powerpoint presentation outlining US federal chemicals policy, given at the training afternoon of the Framing a Future Chemicals Policy conference.
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Challenges and Opportunities for Effective Implementation of TSCA (July, 2004)
Joel A. Tickner, ScD
Powerpoint Presentation providing an overview of opportunities for chemicals policy reform within the statutory powers of the Toxics Substances Control Act. Presented to the US EPA National Pollution Prevention and Toxics Advisory Committee.
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Chemicals Policy: A View from the United States (January, 2004)
Joel A. Tickner ScD and Ken Geiser, PhD
Powerpoint presentation providing a U.S. perspective on chemicals policy reform and lessons from the U.S. experience for the implementation of REACH in Europe. Presented at German government conference on sustainable chemistry.
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Restructuring Chemicals Policy: The European Challenge (September, 2003)
Joel Tickner, ScD, and Ken Geiser, ScD
Powerpoint presentation on U.S. and European chemicals policies including overview of the REACH initiative and other European and US efforts.
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US State-level chemicals policy
The Landscape of State Chemicals Regulation (March. 2006)
Joel A. Tickner, ScD
Powerpoint Presentation providing an overview of state chemicals policy initiativesa. Presented at the California Chemicals Policy Symposium, March 2006.
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The Toxics Use Reduction Act in Massachusetts: A Successful Model in Toxics Substitution and Reduction (November, 2004)
Joel A. Tickner, ScD
Powerpoint Presentation providing an overview of the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Program and lessons learned for the REACH proposal. Presented at EU Conferences conference on sustainable chemicals management.
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