To manage the environmental impact of chemicals and products in the society i.e. to reduce and avoid hazardous effects of metal or different chemical substances and to reduce the adverse environmental impact of products throughout their entire life cycle on the environment and human health, the following methods are needed: Environmental risk management, Risk Assessment (RA) and life cycle analysis or assessment (LCA).

If you read the labels of certain products you may have noticed that some of them say “BPA free”. These are what you should be looking for, as many products that use plastic in their packing (such was water or soda bottles) contain Bisphenol A, commonly known as BPA. It is becoming increasingly evident that BPA is not good for us, and several countries have reacted by banning it. However the US has only banned it in baby bottles, so it is something that you still need to be watchful for.