5.3: Product Risk Assessment

(19 maximum points possible)

Screening-Level Product Risk Assessment (19 points)

GREEN GLOBES #5.3.1.1 - ANSI #10.3.1.1 How many formulated products or articles have a completed first, second, or third party screening-level product risk assessment?

• ≥15 (19 points) 
• 14 (14 points) 
• 13 (13 points) 
• 12 (12 points) 
• 11 (11 points) 
• 10 (10 points)
• 9 (9 points) 
• 8 (8 points) 
• 7 (7 points) 
• 6 (6 points)
• 5 (5 points)
• 4 (4 points) 
• 3 (3 points) 
• 2 (2 points) 
• 1 (1 points) 
• 0 (0 points)

Assessment Guidance

Product risk assessments must be in accordance with the chemical characteristics identified in NSF/GCI/ANSI 355: Greener Chemicals and Processes Information Standard, based on the product’s intended use, concentration of each chemical constituent within the product, and completion of a peer reviewed exposure model in accordance with 10.3.2; including, as a minimum, the following technically supported and applicable exposure scenario factors for either interior or exterior product categorized products: frequency, duration, amount utilized, ventilation rate, wind speed, and room/space size, or unlimited for unconfined spaces.

Points are earned for discrete products with different functional uses and not variations of the same product, unless the manufacturers show substantial difference between the chemical constituents or components. Where a product has both interior and exterior exposure, the screening-level product risk assessment is required for the interior exposure only.

Product Screening-Level Product Risk Assessment Reporting: The product manufacturer provides a screening-level product risk assessment report that includes the following elements: 

• Certification that their full product formulation underwent the screening-level product risk assessment, including each constituent chemical identified by applicable Chemical Abstract Service Number (CAS number) and the percentage (actual, estimated, or range %) of each constituent chemical in the formulation (de minimus of 0.1% for carcinogens and 1% for other hazardous ingredients); and 
• Each screening-level product risk assessment for human health, safety and ecological impacts, is required based upon the NSF/GCI/ANSI-355 Chemical Characteristics, and the results are reported in the generic classification of Green (least risk), Yellow (second least risk), Orange (second most risk), and Red (most risk).

Note: Human health and safety risk and ecological screening-level product risk assessments may be completed separately by different entities.

References 

• Screening-level product risk assessment tools referencing NSF/GCI/ANSI 355: Greener Chemicals and Processes Information Standard AND/OR processes allowed by regulatory authorities, e.g. REACH, EPA, Health Canada or other sources (2011)

Recommended Documents

• The product screening-level product risk assessment report additionally includes documentation of the worst case constituent chemical acute and chronic exposure concentration and/or dosage and Risk Characterization Ratio (RCR). 
• Description of how the product risks were converted into the Green, Yellow, Orange and Red classifications 
• Underlying assumptions and other relevant information needed for an independent validation of the assessment process 
• Applicable routes of exposure (i.e., inhalation, dermal, oral) and exposure scenario factors used in the calculation 
• Description of how the screening-level product risk assessment system/tool calculated the overall product risk, including both human health and safety, and ecological risks

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