- Capacity: Member
- Country: Netherlands
Resumé
Richard Luit holds a degree in Environmental Sciences from the Wageningen University in The Netherlands with specialization in environmental toxicology and chemical risk assessment. He graduated in 1997 and worked for four years for a contract research organization as a study director responsible for mammalian and ecotoxicological studies on industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals and plant protection products. In 2001 he joined his current employer the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) where he worked in several jobs and roles in the area of Dutch national and European Union regulatory risk assessment for industrial chemicals. Since 2005 he has been actively involved in the early stages of implementation of the EU REACH and CLP Regulations and specifically in guidance development in accordance with the UN GHS and the CLP implementation thereof. In his current role he is member of the Dutch Bureau REACH and a member of the European Chemicals Agencies Socio-Economic Analyses Committee. Between 2012 and 2014 he was member of the Dutch administration in the IMO ESPH working group, deriving transport conditions for liquids and gases transported in bulk under the IBC Code based upon GESAMP-EHS hazard profiles. He joined GESAMP-EHS as a member in 2014 and was appointed chairman of that group in 2020.
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