Decision tool – Work out your human health exposure band
This decision tool is related to step 4.3 of the process to categorise your chemical introduction.
Optional: If you’d like to save or print your completed decision tool for your own records, click on ‘Chemical identity’ before Question 1 and enter your chemical’s name or CAS number. Note that a copy of a completed decision tool is not sufficient to meet your record-keeping obligations. To save as a PDF, select the print option in your browser and choose ‘Save as PDF’ or ‘Microsoft Print to PDF’. For Safari users, click 'File' and 'Export to PDF'.
Who should use this?
This decision tool will help you work out if your human health exposure band (HHEB) is 1, 2, 3 or 4. There are 1‐6 questions depending on your circumstances.
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What you need to know
Information about the following hazard characteristics for your introduction:
- if your introduction involves a designated kind of human exposure
What you might need to know
Information about your introduction:
- your chemical's human health categorisation volume (HHCV)
- your chemical's concentration at introduction and end use
Note: You can use Decision tool – Work out your human health categorisation volume to find your chemical's HHCV.