21st Century Approaches to Risk Sciences

• Emerging Technologies–Assessinginnovativetools,approaches,anddataforrobustevaluationsofchemicalsaswellasnewtechnologies,suchasnanotechnology

• Exposure Science–Improvingthetoolstoquantifyeverydayandincidentalexposurestoconsumerchemicalsandtoguideintelligenttesting

• Translation Relevant to Health and Environment–Developingapproachesandtoolstoimproveunderstandingoflinksbetweenexposurestochemicalsandhumanhealthandenvironmentaleffects

2010 ICCA-LRI Research Portfolio – Priority Areas

The innovative research program of the International Council of Chemical Associations’ Long-Range Research Initiative (ICCA-LRI) is designed to improve the quality of chemical safety assessments. Although societal and political drivers vary around the world, the three regional LRI programs in Europe, the US and Japan identify common scientific topic areas that industry regards as important to form the core of the global ICCA-LRI program. The program targets the science-policy interface to modernize and improve chemical management. The 2010 ICCA-LRI research portfolio, 21st Century Approaches to RiskSciences, represents nearly a $12 million investment in research that encompasses three priority areas: emerging technologies, exposure science, and translation relevant to health and environment. Much of this investment is leveraged through collaboration with publicly funded projects that can maximize project value up to five times. Through a rigorous governance structure involving CEOs and Director Generals from the three LRI regions, strategic alignment, complementarity, efficient use of financial resources, and effective dissemination of research results are achieved. The ICCA-LRI is recognized as a brand that demonstrates industry engagement within Responsible Care®, provides early warning on emerging issues, achieves outreach to opinion leaders through its network, and supports capacity building within industry to ensure knowledge-based decision-making by companies and by public policy-makers.

Thethreepriorityareasforthe2010ICCA-LRIresearchportfolioaresummarizedbelow.SupportforscientificresearchamongthethreeLRIregionsforthesepriorityareasisintentionallydesignedtofocusoncomplementaritywithoutredundancy.EffectivecommunicationandcoordinationamongtheregionsarethebasisfordevelopingandimplementingtheLRIresearchprogram.Theprogramoften involves collaborations and partnerships that increase knowledge networks and leverageindustryfundingwithexistingpubliclyfundedprojects.Suchpartnershipsenhancethequalityofthescience,increaseitsvisibilityanddisseminationaswellasitsinvestmentvalue,andimprovetheinterfacebetweenscienceandpolicy.

ICCA-LRI: A Global Program Addressing Key Issues in Chemical Management

TheInternationalCouncilofChemicalAssociation’sLong-RangeResearchInitiative(ICCA-LRI) isapartnershipthatfacilitatescollaborationamongtheindependentlymanagedLRIresearchprogramsoftheAmericanChemistryCouncil (ACC), theEuropeanChemical IndustryCouncil (Cefic), and the JapanChemical IndustryAssociation(JCIA).MoreinformationaboutICCA-LRIanditssupportingorganizationscanbefoundatwww.icca-chem.org.

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LRI Project Funding 2008 – 2010

Emer

ging

Tech

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gies

• Alternatives to Animal Testing• Genomics Approaches to

Understanding Disease

• Bioinformatics and Data Interpretation • High-Throughput Testing and Application

to Risk Assessment

• Intelligent Testing Strategies• Acceptance of New Products

and Technologies

Expo

sure

Scie

nce • Ecological Impacts of Chemical

Exposures • Relating Exposure to Dose for Risk

Assessment

• Indoor Air Assessment Framework • Aggregate Exposures

• Application of Biomonitoring to Exposure Assessment

• Improving Frameworks for Linking Exposure and Human Health Effects

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ndEn

viro

nmen

t • Children’s Health • Endocrine Disruptors and Human Health• Real Life Exposure, Cumulative Exposure

and Modeling

• Advancing Human Health Risk Assessment Methods

• New Tools for Interpreting Biomonitoring Data

• Sick Building Syndrome and Immune Responses

• Assessment and Application of Human Health Risk Assessment

Cefic PortfolioACC Portfolio JCIA Portfolio

22%

24%

54%

EmergingTechnologies

Translation Relevant toHealth and Evironment

Exposure Science

The pie chart in the figure above illustrates how ICCA-LRIfunding isdistributedbypercentageamongthethreepriorityareasfortheyears2008to2010.Asdetailedinthefiguretext,although each LRI region funds research in all three priorityareas, emphasis on particular research topics within thesepriority areas varies among the regions; this approach addsbothdepthandtexturetotheoverallICCA-LRIportfolio.

Intheareaofemerging technologies,JCIA(JapanChemicalIndustryAssociation)hastheleadinapplicationoftechnologiestounderstandhowchemicalsactonbiologicalsystems;ACC(AmericanChemistryCouncil)hasafocusondevelopingnewbioinformatic tools to interpret the data and apply it to riskassessment; andCefic (EuropeanChemical IndustryCouncil)leads in the development of predictive models and decisionframeworksthatcanguideintelligenttestingstrategiesaswellasinacceptanceofnewproductareas,suchasnanotechnology.

With regard to chemical exposures, ACC has a program tolink exposure to hazard assessment and improve chemicalsafety and risk assessments; JCIA’s research program hasa focusonecological impactsof chemical exposuresandonexposure-doserelationshipsforriskassessment;andCefichasaprograminreallifeexposuresandmodelinganddevelopingassessmentframeworksforexposuresfrommultiplesources,includingchemicalmixtures.

For translation relevant to health and environment,Cefichasafocusonchildren’shealth,includingrelevanceofclinicalindicators and improved assessment methods to reduceuncertainty, as well as on emerging issues, such as animal

welfare and endocrine disruptors; ACC’s research programaddresses methods and models for improving human healthrisk assessment; and JCIA’s research program addressessick building syndrome and immune responses as well asassessmentandapplicationofhumanhealthriskassessment.

Since2005,theICCA-LRIhasalsosponsoredannualworkshopson topics such as human biomonitoring and 21st centurymethods for risk assessment. These workshops providedynamic forums that foster interactions among industry andacademic researchers, governmental agencies, non-govern-mentalorganizationsandregulatorydecision-makersregardingareas of mutual interest in chemical management. Theystimulatediscussionsthatcanimprovethescientificbasisforpragmaticpolicy-makingandsupport consensusbuilding thatcanadvanceriskandsafetyassessmentsforchemicals.

GovernanceoftheICCA-LRIisledbycompanyCEOsaswellasDirectorGenerals from the threeLRI regionswhoensureoptimal return on industry’s investment. In addition, theICCA-LRIPlanningGroup,whichincludesseniormanagersfromthe three regions, is responsible for program management,efficientdeliveryofcontent,anddisseminationoftheresearchresults.

Insummary,theICCA-LRI,thequalityandcontributionsofitsresearch,anditseffectiveoutreachtoopinionleadersallfacil-itatetranslationofscientificinnovationsintoabasisforgloballyrobust and reliable knowledge-based chemical management,betterinformdecisionsaboutsafeuseofchemicals,andleadtoimprovedpublicconfidenceinourproducts.