The mission of the Chemical and Material Risk Management (CMRM) Program is to protect readiness, people and the environment by identifying and managing risks associated with the chemicals and materials DoD uses. We do this by enabling more effective management of current and future risks from chemicals and, in so doing, we lower lifecycle costs, drive innovation, and avoid the need for future crisis-driven retooling to comply with new regulations.
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The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists proposes to lower the threshold limit value-time-weighted average from 10 parts per million (ppm) to 0.1 ppm. If implemented, this change presents a risk to certain DoD industrial operations and may require actions to meet occupational health standards.
In response to regulatory pressures and resulting market changes, some phthalates are being phased-out of production. Unique defense or mission-critical phthalates, or products containing phthalates, may not be available.
International and Federal regulatory pressures are resulting in a phase-out of one of the world’s most widely used flame retardants. Components in DoD combat systems could be affected.
Some legacy Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF)formulations contain chemicals that present human health and environmental risks and require special handling and disposal.
While the human health and environmental risks related to hexavalent chromium have been known for years, new scientific studies and risk assessments are resulting in even stricter standards that may result in higher life cycle costs for processes, controls and monitoring.
Revised Blood Reference Value for Lead New information about the health effects associated with lead exposure influence blood lead levels (BLLs) of concern for adults and children. The resulting progressively lower BLLs may impact air quality standards, soil screening concentrations, and occupational exposure limits.