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ArticleAmbio2022

Chemical risk governance: Exploring stakeholder participation in Canada, the USA, and the EU.

R G van der Vegt, Steven Maguire, Doug Crump, Markus Hecker, Niladri Basu, Gordon M Hickey

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Article in Ambio, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

R G van der VegtDepartment of Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University, Macdonald-Stewart Building, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada. Rens.vandervegt@mcgill.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4768-0408
Steven MaguireThe University of Sydney Business School, Room 4228 Abercrombie Building (H70), Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Doug CrumpNational Wildlife Research Centre, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Raven Road, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0H3, Canada.
Markus HeckerSchool of the Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, SK, Canada.
Niladri BasuDepartment of Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University, Macdonald-Stewart Building, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada.
Gordon M HickeyDepartment of Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University, Macdonald-Stewart Building, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada.
McGill University · CAEnvironment and Climate Change Canada · CAThe University of Sydney · AUUniversity of Saskatchewan · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hazardous chemicals are one of the greatest environmental challenges facing our planet, testing governments in the face of economic and social development. Chemical risks are often complex systemic risks, which require particular governance processes, stakeholder participation mechanisms, and communication procedures to manage. In this article we explore how such processes, mechanisms, and procedures could offer more effective pathways for international chemical risk assessment and management. Combining document analysis with 69 key informant interviews and four focus groups with experts from across government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and industry in Canada, the USA and Europe (n = 24), the results highlight the importance of increasing stakeholder participation and risk communication in existing chemical risk assessment and management frameworks. Similarities and differences between the three jurisdictions are discussed with a view to inform future risk governance strategies. The contemporary insights are of relevance to decision-makers seeking to improve the effectiveness of chemical risk governance in practice.

Indexed as

Hazardous SubstancesStakeholder ParticipationEuropeGovernmentRisk AssessmentHazardous SubstancesCanadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA)Chemicals Management Plan (CMP)EcotoxicologyRegistration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)Regulatory scienceToxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA)

Identifiers

PMID34870781
PMCPMC9110598
OpenAlexW4200217507

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