Finding essentiality feasible: common questions and misinterpretations concerning the "essential-use" concept

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/EM/D1EM00180A" target="_blank" >https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/EM/D1EM00180A</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1em00180a" target="_blank" >10.1039/d1em00180a</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Finding essentiality feasible: common questions and misinterpretations concerning the "essential-use" concept

Original language description

The essential-use concept is a tool that can guide the phase-out of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and potentially other substances of concern. This concept is a novel approach to chemicals management that determines whether using substances of concern, such as PFAS, is truly essential for a given functionality. To assess the essentiality of a particular use case, three considerations need to be addressed: (1) the function (chemical, end use and service) that the chemical provides in the use case, (2) whether the function is necessary for health and safety and critical for the functioning of society and (3) if the function is necessary, whether there are viable alternatives for the chemical for this particular use. A few illustrative examples of the three-step process are provided for use cases of PFAS. The essential-use concept takes chemicals management away from a substance-by-substance approach to a group approach. For PFAS and other substances of concern, it offers a more rapid pathway toward effective management or phase-out. Parts of the concept of essential use have already been widely applied in global treaties and international regulations and it has also been recently used by product manufacturers and retailers to phase out substances of concern from supply chains. Herein some of the common questions and misinterpretations regarding the practical application of the essential-use concept are reviewed, and answers and further clarifications are provided.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10406 - Analytical chemistry

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts

ISSN

2050-7887

e-ISSN

2050-7895

Volume of the periodical

23

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

1079-1087

UT code for WoS article

000668305300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85113400218