Table 1.
Alternative assessment frameworks reviewed and general characteristics (n = 20).
| Framework name (reference) | Publication type | Publication source | Primary focus | Purpose | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White paper/report/online source | Journal | Government agency | NGO | Academia | Chemicals management | Occupational health | Environmental protection | Regulatory | General guidance | Internal protocol | Research/case study | |
| Goldschmidt 1993 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| U.S. EPA CTSA (Kincaid et al. 1996) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Rosenberg et al. 2001 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Lowell Center for Sustainable Production (Rossi et al. 2006) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| MA TURI (Eliason and Morose 2011; MA TURI 2006) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| P2OSH (Quinn et al. 2006) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC 2007) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| TRGS 600 (BAuA AGS 2008) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| UNEP Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee’s General Guidance on Alternatives (UNEP 2009) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| U.S. EPA DFE Program (Lavoie et al. 2010; U.S. EPA 2011a) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| BizNGO (Rossi et al. 2011) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| German Guide on Sustainable Chemicals (Reihlen et al. 2011) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| UCLA Sustainable Policy & Technology Program (Malloy et al. 2011, 2013) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| REACH (ECHA 2011) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| U.S. EPA SNAP Program (U.S. EPA 2011b) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| European Commission DGE (Gilbert et al. 2012) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Ontario Toxics Use Reduction Program 2012 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| OSHA 2013 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse (IC2 2013) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| National Academy of Sciences (NAS) (NRC 2014) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| NGO, nongovernmental organization. | ||||||||||||