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| | BUA Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | At the end of 1997, the Committee was renamed 'GDCh Advisory Committee on Existing Chemicals' (abbreviation 'BUA' as before) and the statutes were revised to include EU level aspects of occupational safety for the handling of existing chemicals. |
 | | Moreover, the BUA, as an expert committee, is addressing scientific questions and problems such as endocrine disruptors, selection criteria for persistent organic pollutants (POPs), risk assessment of substances in soils, evaluation criteria for the marine sector and safety factors within the framework of toxicological risk assessment. |
 | | The aim of BUA is to develop assessment concepts, determine data gaps, point out the need for further research and, last but not least, also to reduce information deficits in the general population. |
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