California DTSC Announces Two-Day Workshop on Alternatives Assessment
Green Chemistry/Alternatives Assessment:
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has announced an upcoming two-day workshop on alternatives assessment, a key component of the department’s much-anticipated Safer Consumer Product Alternatives (SCPA) Regulations. Those regulations are in turn a key component of the state’s vaunted Green Chemistry Initiative. The timing of this announcement suggests that DTSC will soon release the official draft of the SCPA Regulations. The workshop will be held in Chatsworth, California from June 4 -5, 2012. Registration information and other details are set out below.
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Alternatives Assessment 101
What: Two-Day Training
When: June 4-5, 2012
Where: Chatsworth, CA
California’s Safer Consumer Products draft regulation requires alternative assessments for certain priority chemicals and products. Would you like to know more about alternatives assessment?
If you have not performed an alternatives assessment-
This training is for you! Gain practical, hands-on experience and insights.
If you have already conducted alternatives assessments-
Strengthen your understanding, exchange experiences, and learn from your peers through this two day training from specialists in alternatives assessments.
This two day training from the University of Massachusetts (UM) is in partnership with California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). Participants will be introduced to the process of assessing safer alternatives for chemicals and products through sharing experiences with researchers from UM’s Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) and the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production. DTSC staff will lead a discussion on the role of alternatives assessment in California’s draft Safer Consumer Products Regulation.
Visit for more information and to register:
http://sustainableproduction.org/proj.summerinstitute.overview.php