Regional Workshop on Chemicals in Commerce: Using Data on High Production Volume (HPV) Chemicals

Presented by the NEWMOA and EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics

Workshop Goals:

• Educate stakeholders about the EPA High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program, as well as other sources of chemical toxicity & environmental information
• Share experiences about the use of HPV chemicals data
• Develop ideas on how agencies and programs in New England can use this data

Workshop Topics:

• Training on sources of publicly available HPV chemical toxicity & environmental data, including EPA’s HPV information system
• Data applications
• Data research and analysis
• Interpretation of data
• Use of chemical toxicity data for green chemistry
• International HPV chemical data efforts

Who attended?

• Federal, state, tribal, & local environmental & public health officials
• Academic researchers
• Non-governmental & community organizations

Workshop Co-sponsor:
Lowell Center for Sustainable Production (LCSP), University of Massachusetts Lowell

Key Workshops Organizers:
Julie Churchill and Suzanne Watson, ME DEP
Ken Geiser, Cathy Crumbley, and Joel Tickner, LCSP
Paul Richard, MA OTA
Gary Gulka, VT DEC
Dwight Peavey, EPA Region 1-New England
Karen Hoffman and Diane Sheridan, EPA HQs OPPT