By 2015, Dow will make publicly accessible safety assessments for its products globally, and in doing so will address relevant gaps in hazard and exposure information. It will continue to take appropriate action based on the assessments to protect human health and the environment throughout the life cycle.
Dow will complete its work on high priority products by 2010 and for its remaining products by 2015. Dow will update the safety assessments as new information becomes available.
Dow is commited to publicly sharing its view on the principles on which product safety legislation or regulation should be based. By 2007, Dow will seek external evaluation of the robustness of its product safety assessment processes, including its processes for making product stewardship decisions, and will be responsive to the feedback received.
Dow will make its product safety assessments accessible to the public by providing a summary on www.dowproductsafety.com with detailed information links. Summaries will be written in non-technical language and will cover topics such as basic hazards, risk and risk management. Dow will close gaps in hazard and exposure information to meet requirements to register a substance for compliance with REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals) legislation. Dow will conduct product risk characterizations for all of its saleable products globally and initiate any risk management, including evaluation of potential for human exposure throughout the life cycle of Dow products.
