Chemical substances fact sheets and frequently asked questions
Chemicals at a glance
Get at-a-glance information on chemicals. Check out these short fact sheets about chemical substances, like Bisphenol A (BPA), and micro-organisms.
Risk assessment fact sheet series
- Risk assessment
- Application of weight of evidence and precaution in risk assessment
- Approaches for addressing data needs in risk assessment
- Assessing exposure of Canadians and the environment to substances in products
- Canadian exposure factors used in human health risk assessments
- Consideration of endocrine-related effects in risk assessment
- Consideration of vulnerable populations in risk assessment
- The ecological risk classification of organic substances approach
- Identification of risk assessment priorities
- Public comments on risk assessment documents
- Risk assessment toolbox
- Species sensitivity distributions for water quality guidelines and ecological risk assessment
- Types of risk assessment documents
- Use of analogues and read-across in risk assessment
- Use of assessment factors in ecological risk assessment for deriving predicted no-effect concentrations
- Uses of human biomonitoring data in risk assessment
- Use of margins of exposure risk quotients in risk assessment
- Use of new approach methods (NAMs) in risk assessment
Other fact sheets
- Overview of Canada's Chemicals Management Plan
- Risk management
- Chemicals and Children's Health (available in multiple languages)
- 中文 (简体) (Simplified Chinese) (PDF Version - 144 K)
- 中文 (繁體) (Traditional Chinese) (PDF Version - 193 K)
- ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (ᓄᓇᕕᒃ) (Inuktitut (Nunavik)) (PDF Version - 102 K)
- Italiano (Italian), (PDF Version - 63 K)
- Portugêse (Portuguese), (PDF Version - 63 K)
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Punjabi), (PDF Version - 59 K)
- Español (Spanish),(PDF Version - 89 K)
- Chemicals and Our Environment (available in multiple languages)
- 中文 (简体) (Simplified Chinese) (PDF Version - 131 K)
- 中文 (繁體) (Traditional Chinese) (PDF Version - 219 K)
- ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (ᓄᓇᕕᒃ) (Inuktitut (Nunavik)) (PDF Version - 148 K)
- Italiano (Italian), (PDF Version - 85 K)
- Portugêse (Portuguese), (PDF Version - 63 K)
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Punjabi), (PDF Version - 80 K)
- Español (Spanish),(PDF Version - 65 K)
- Chemicals and Your Health (available in multiple languages)
- 中文 (简体) (Simplified Chinese) (PDF Version - 131 K)
- 中文 (繁體) (Traditional Chinese) (PDF Version - 219 K)
- ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (ᓄᓇᕕᒃ) (Inuktitut (Nunavik)) (PDF Version - 148 K)
- Italiano (Italian), (PDF Version - 85 K)
- Portugêse (Portuguese), (PDF Version - 63 K)
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Punjabi), (PDF Version - 80 K)
- Español (Spanish),(PDF Version - 65 K)
- Monitoring and Research Under the Chemicals Management Plan (available in multiple languages)
- 中文 (简体) (Simplified Chinese) (PDF Version - 161 K)
- 中文 (繁體) (Traditional Chinese) (PDF Version - 142 K)
- ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (ᓄᓇᕕᒃ) (Inuktitut (Nunavik)) (PDF Version - 164 K)
- Italiano (Italian), (PDF Version - 67 K)
- Portugêse (Portuguese), (PDF Version - 67 K)
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Punjabi), (PDF Version - 77 K)
- Español (Spanish),(PDF Version - 66 K)
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