NOVA Chemicals conducts strategic testing and science-based risk assessments of our products through participation in industry association work groups. As a member of the American Chemistry Council's (ACC) Olefins Chemical Product Division (formerly the Olefins Panel), NOVA Chemicals was one of the first companies to commit to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program.

This program has been completed and hazard data along with exposure and use information has been submitted to the EPA and posted on the HPV Information System (HPVIS) where it is publicly available. It provides the US government with useful information for developing screening-level hazard and risk characterizations. Further, as a member of the Olefins Chemical Product Division, NOVA Chemicals is actively involved in generating toxicological data for ethylene, a high production volume chemical.

Along with industry peers, NOVA Chemicals supports the ACC's Long-Range Research Initiative (LRI). This initiative sponsors independent, third-party research at the Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology Centers for Health Research and at other prominent research centers and universities. The focus of this research is the health and environmental impacts of basic chemicals. For additional information, please visit the LRI website.

In addition to industry-sponsored research efforts, NOVA Chemicals also conducts product risk reviews. For a summary of our process for prioritizing, characterizing and managing risk for the products we make, see "Managing Products Through Their Lifecycles."