GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals List Translator Scores for Fragrance Chemicals

Published Sept. 2018

This data is included in Women’s Voices for the Earth’s report, Unpacking the Fragrance Industry, as Appendix C. Please cite accordingly.

GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals List Translator Scores for Fragrance Chemicals

Of note:

• None of the 11 fragrance chemicals rated Benchmark 1 have been assessed for safety with a published safety assessment by RIFM.
• None of the 31 fragrance chemicals rated LT-1 have been assessed for safety with a published safety assessment by RIFM.
• Less than one third of the 1,201 fragrance chemicals rated LT-P1 have been assessed for safety with a published safety assessment by RIFM.
• The fragrance chemicals prioritized for safety assessment by RIFM largely do not reflect the lists of chemicals of concern prioritized around the world by scientists, governments and NGOs working on chemical safety.

GreenScreen® Definitions

GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals is a method for chemical hazard assessment designed to identify chemicals of high concern and safer alternatives. In an assessment, a chemical is assigned hazard levels for each of 18 human and environmental health endpoints such as carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, endocrine activity, aquatic toxicity, persistence and others. Those hazard level assignments are then rolled up into a benchmark score indicating preferability.

Benchmark 1 (BM-1): Avoid – Chemical of High Concern
A score of “Benchmark 1 (BM-1): Avoid – Chemical of High Concern” means the chemical has been found to meet the GreenScreen Benchmark-1 criteria, and indicates the highest level of concern. Currently, full GreenScreen assessments are only available for a limited number of chemicals. In lieu of complete assessments, the GreenScreen List Translator provides preliminary information to help screen for potential chemicals of concern. The GreenScreen List Translator assesses hazards of a chemical using information from over 40 chemical hazard lists developed by international, national, and state governmental agencies, intergovernmental agencies, and NGOs. The authoritative lists used by GreenScreen include the European Union Substances of Very High Concern Candidate List, both the IARC Carcinogens and National Toxicology Program (NTP) Report on Carcinogens (RoC) lists, the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling (GHS) lists of several countries, and many more.

LT-1 – List Translator Likely Benchmark 1
A List Translator score of “LT-1” means the hazard classifications for a given chemical meet one or more of the GreenScreen Benchmark-1 criteria and would most likely be a Benchmark-1 chemical.

LT-P1 – List Translator Possible Benchmark 1
A List Translator score of “LT-P1” means the chemical is a “possible benchmark 1”. Further research is needed to determine if the chemical is indeed a GreenScreen Benchmark-1.

Fragrance Chemicals rated Benchmark 1:  “Avoid – Chemical of High Concern”

Fragrance Chemicals rated LT-1: “List Translator Likely Benchmark 1”

Fragrance Chemicals rated LT-P1: List Translator Possible Benchmark 1