Limiting lead use for outdoor shooting and fishing: Risk Assessment and Socio-Economic Analysis Committees

Safer Chemicals Podcast

Our scientific committees have had their last meetings of the year and in this episode we cover the outcomes of the Risk Assessment and Socio-Economic Analysis committees.

Tim, the Chair of the Risk Assessment Committee and Maria who chairs the Socio-Economic Analysis Committee join us.
We talk about the restriction of lead ammunition for hunting and outdoor sports shooting and lead used in fishing tackle. Here, the Socio-Economic Analysis Committee adopted its opinion on the costs and benefits and the Risk Assessment Committee carried out a further analysis of data from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on the risks from ingesting lead through game meat.
Also on the agenda were the restriction of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in clay targets for shooting and an opinion on occupational exposure limits for cobalt and inorganic cobalt compounds.

Tim also talks us through setting a derived no-effect level for DOTE to protect workers, a chemical which is on the REACH Authorisation List of substances of very high concern.
What the committees do
The two committees prepare scientific opinions that are used by the European Commission and EU member states when deciding how chemical risks need to be controlled. They are made up of scientists from EU Member States and have observers from EU organisations that represent different sectors and interests.
Related episodes:

• Risk Assessment and Socio-Economic Analysis Committees: Cancer-causing PAHs in clay targets need an EU-wide ban
  

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• ECHA’s scientific committees support limiting lead use for outdoor shooting and fishing - ECHA news, 30 November 2022
• Highlights from December RAC and SEAC meetings - ECHA update, 8 December 2022
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• Socio-Economic Analysis Committee

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Chapters

1. Restricting use of lead ammunition in outdoor shooting and fishing (00:00:44)

2. What was checked by the Risk Assessment Committee in relation to EFSA's data on lead in game meat and what was the outcome? (00:01:23)

3. Summary of the Risk Assessment Committee June opinion on lead (00:04:12)

4. Socio-Economic Analysis Committee conclusions on lead in outdoor shooting and fishing (00:05:35)

5. Derogation of lead gunshot for sports shooting (00:07:46)

6. What other aspects were looked at in addition to costs and emissions? (00:09:10)

7. Ensuring supply of lead ammunition for military use (00:13:00)

8. Alternatives to lead ammunition and their costs (00:14:03)

9. Impact of lead restriction on fishing (sinkers and lures) (00:15:15)

10. Alternatives to lead in fishing (00:17:05)

11. Next steps for committee opinions on lead (00:17:55)

12. Socio-Economic Analysis Committee opinion on PAHs in clay targets (00:18:17)

13. Transition periods and Russia trade sanction impacts on PAH restriction (00:19:20)

14. Risk Assessment Committee: occupational exposure limits for cobalt and inorganic cobalt compounds (00:21:29)

15. Setting a derived no-effect level for DOTE (00:28:56)