Environmental Project, 942 – Substance flow analysis of resorcinol

Substance Flow Analysis of Resorcinol

Preface

In the past years there has been an increasing focus on chemical substances with a potential for endocrine disruption. Resorcinol has been listed as a category 1 substance in the EU priority list of substances for further evaluation of their role in endocrine disruption, mainly because epidemiological investigations has shown that resorcinol has an effect on the thyroid gland.

As a follow-up on the report on endocrine disrupters from September 2002 prepared by the Parliament's Environmental and Regional Planning Committee, the Danish Environmental Protection Agency has initiated an investigation of applications of and exposure to resorcinol in Denmark in order to evaluate whether there is a need for regulatory measures regarding its use.

The report presents the results of this investigation that has been performed by dk-TEKNIK ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT in close collaboration with the Confederation of Danish Industries. In the project, all available statistical sources have been reviewed and relevant Danish companies have been surveyed by questionnaires and telephone interviews.

For dk-TEKNIK ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Anders Schmidt and Jan Poulsen have been responsible for compilation of information and preparation of the report. The Confederation of Danish Industries has been responsible for the industrial surveys, with the help of relevant branch organisations (The Danish Plastics Federation, Association of Danish Processindustries, Danish Paintmakers Association, The Association of Danish Cosmetics, Toiletries, Soap and Detergent Industries, The Danish Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry and The Danish Chamber of Commerce (chemical branch). For The Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Frank Jensen has been responsible for the project and has also provided the contacts to the Danish Product Register.

The project was performed in the autumn of 2003.