Task force members are nominated by sponsoring companies and are drawn from company staff or academic consultants. Task force topics and terms of reference are selected by a Scientific Committee. Topics selected can cover any point concerning the practices of the chemicalindustry and their interaction with any environmental parameter.
Task forces review existing knowledge and compile critical reviews.
These reviews may simply be an assessment of current knowledge, compilation of data, or development of new experimental techniques in members laboratories followed by ring testing. Pollutant control monitoring. Identification of pollutant sources. Verification of models.