On January 27, 2021, AICM and the Shanghai Society of Environmental Science jointly held a workshop on chemical environmental management and risk assessment in Shanghai. This workshop focused on the newly released " Environmental Management and Registration Measures of New Chemical Substances " and the chemical risk assessment and polymer registration and testing schemes under the new regulations. Besides meeting venue provided by Shanghai Academy of Public Measurement, virtual meeting was alo established through online joining, which attracted more than 60 representatives from 40 member companies.
Mr. Bill Zhou Jibiao, Deputy Chair of AICM Industrial Policy Advocacy Committee, delivered a speech and welcomed Professor Yin Haowen and Director Chen Xiaoqian, as well as other experts and member representatives. He also expressed gratitude to the support of Shanghai Society of Environmental Science and Shanghai Academy of Public Measurement. Bill also briefed participants on epdemical control measures.
This workshop was coordinated with concerted efforts from AICM IPAC and TERA special project, and also Shanghai Society of Environmental Science and Shanghai Academy of Public Measurement. During the preparation, Ms. Huang Mei from AICM member company contributed a lot.
The morning session was chaired by Ms.Huang Mei from BASF. Professor Yin Haowen from Shanghai APM introduced the principles and methods of chemical environmental risk assessment; Then, Director Chen Xiaoqian introduced the application of ecotoxicological data in hazard assessment; Mr. Steven Zou from AICM member company ExxonMobil shared the application of QSAR in complex toxicological endpoints .
Dr. Zhao Yu , Sub-chair of AICM IPAC Environmental Management Chemical Sub-committee led the session in the afternoon. The colleagues from AICM member companies Eastman and Dow Chemical shared the experience of Japanese polymer registration and isocyanate polymers; experts from Shanghai Testing Center discussed the exemption clauses of new polymer substance registration and polymer ecology Formulation of testing plan.
Mr. Lu Shuyu, executive vice chairman of the Shanghai Society of Environmental Sciences delivered a closing; He expressed sincere gratitude to the experts for sharing and all members for their active participation , At the same time, He hoped that cooperation with AICM and other corporate institutions would be continued to promote environmental science and environmental protection.
2021 marks the first year after the "Measures for the Environmental Management and Registration of New Chemical Substances" becoming effective. All parties paid close attention to the requirements and implementation details of the new regulations. The AICM will continue to serve member companies, build internal communication and exchange platforms, and continue to dialogue with policy makers to build a scientific, reasonable, and risk prevention and control-based system of regulations and standards.