The production, transport, use, and disposal of industrial and consumer products may pose risks to human and environmental health. Workers have potential exposure to starting reagents, raw materials, and byproducts/intermediates during manufacture and transport, as well as to chemical agents in finished products. Consumers also may be exposed to chemicals from handling, using, or storing the finished product in commercial or residential settings. At each stage of a product's life cycle, potential exists for chemical release to the environment-whether through stack emissions at a production facility, spillage loss during transport, evaporative losses during use, or leaching of landfilled waste into soil or groundwater.
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