Essential-use questions for chemicals of concern. (IMAGE)

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Essential-use questions for chemicals of concern.

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This figure shows a process for implementing the essential-use approach by triaging decisions about the necessity of chemicals of concern in specific consumer products and industrial processes. Once any question is answered no, the process concludes.

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Balan et al. (2023) Optimizing Chemicals Management in the United States and Canada through the Essential-Use Approach. Environ. Sci. Technol. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c05932

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