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Chemicals as Regulatory Objects
Author(s) -
Fisher Elizabeth
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
review of european, comparative and international environmental law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2050-0394
pISSN - 2050-0386
DOI - 10.1111/reel.12081
Subject(s) - malleability , business , political science , epistemology , environmental ethics , computer science , computer security , philosophy , ciphertext , encryption
This reflective article explores how different regulatory regimes concerned with the industrial use of chemicals conceptualize chemicals as regulatory objects in different ways. The U nited S tates T oxic S ubstances C ontrol A ct characterizes chemicals as risky objects, the E uropean U nion's REACH regime characterizes chemicals as market objects and the C alifornian G reen C hemistry I nitiative characterizes chemicals as scientific objects. The malleability of chemicals as regulatory objects has implications for debates about international chemicals regulation, including the need for a more nuanced debate and greater regulatory imagination.