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The Voluntary
Children's Chemical Evaluation
Program
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The Voluntary Children's
Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP) was called for
by the 1998 Chemical Right to Know Initiative, the
goal of which was to give citizens information on
the effects of chemicals to enable them to make
wise choices in the home and
marketplace.
VCCEP is the portion of
that initiative that deals with risks to
children.
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In implementing VCCEP, EPA asked
companies that manufactured or imported one or more
of 23 chemicals to which children have a high
likelihood of exposure, to volunteer to provide
information on health effects, exposure, risk, and
data needs.
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One of its goals was to ensure that adequate data be made
publicly available to assess the special impact that
industrial chemicals may have on children. Toward meeting
this goal, EPA identified industrial/commercial chemicals to
which children have a high likelihood of exposure and the
information needed to assess the risks to children from
these chemicals
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