NATIONAL PROFILE on Chemicals Management - UNITAR

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8 2 Procedures for the collection anddissemination of data● National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS)The National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS) publishes the following informationthrough the Internet.- Japanese translations of International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) documentsJapanese translations (abridged) of Environmental Health Criteria (EHC)Japanese translations (complete and abridged) of Concise International ChemicalAssessment Documents (CICAD)Japanese translations of International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC)- Information related to the management of health hazards (information regarding themanagement of health hazards, case examples of accidents caused by chemical substances,information regarding chemical disasters and chemical terror, etc.)- Laws regarding chemical substances- Global Information Network on Chemicals (GINC) Homepage- Chemical Substances Toxicity Database covering the reports of existing chemicalsubstances toxicity tests conducted in Japan, including the tests for the OECD’s HPV (HighProduction Volume) Project.● National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE)- The safety evaluations of existing chemical substances undertaken by the Ministry ofEconomy, Trade and Industry (METI) as part of the Law Concerning the Evaluation ofChemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture etc. of Chemical Substances,after discussion by the Review Committee of Chemical Substances Council, the results ofevaluation of chemical substances once published are updated on the homepage of theChemical Management Centre, NITE as Safety Evaluation Data Regarding ExistingChemical Substances.- The Chemical Substances Safety (Hazard) Sheets discussed and compiled for each chemicalsubstance by the Subcommittee for Safety Assessment and Management underManagement Committee/Review Committee of Chemical Substances Council had beenupdated and published. However, from FY2002 these sheets have developed into evenmore detailed Hazard Evaluation Reports that are published accordingly. Also the result ofrisk assessments which are conducted based on these reports are published as Initial RiskAssessment Reports.● Chemicals Evaluation and Research InstituteThe Chemicals Evaluation and Research Institute publishes the following databasesthrough the Internet.- Safety evaluation data- Safety evaluation sheets- Biodegradability estimation system● National Institute for Environmental StudiesNational Institute for Environmental Studies publishes the following databases through theInternet.- Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Database- Estrogen Activity by Chemical Sabstances Database- Chemical Substances Database (WebKis-Plus)57
- Environmental Chemical Fate Model Database- EnvMethod Database8 3 Chances to use international documentsA large number of international documents such as Environmental Health Criteria (EHC),Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents (CICAD) can be accessed via theInternet. Part of these is available in Japanese.Table 8-2Chances to use international documentsDOCUMENTLOCATIONACCESSACCESS METHODEnvironmental Health Criteria (EHC) (IPCS)NIHS(as IPCS participating organization.For some criteria, Japanese-translatedversions are available)PublicPrint, InternetHealth and Safety Guide (HSG) (WHO)CD-ROMConcise International Chemical AssessmentDocuments (CICAD)(IPCS)NIHS(as IPCS participating organization.For some criteria, Japanese-translatedversions are available)PublicPrint, InternetInternational Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC)(IPCS/EC)NIHS(as IPCS participating organization.For some criteria, Japanese-translatedversions are available)PublicPrint, InternetPrior Informed Consent (PIC) for InternationalTrade in Harmful Chemicals and Pesticides(FAO/UNEP)PublicPrint, InternetFAO/WHO Agricultural chemical safety datasheetPublicPrint, InternetDocuments related to the Joint FAO/WHOMeeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR)NIHSPublicPrint, InternetOECD Guidelines for the Testing of ChemicalsNIHS (For some criteria, Japanesetranslatedversions are available)PublicPrintGLP (Good Laboratory Practice) PrincipleNIHSNITE (published in Japanese as adocument related to GLP chemicalsubstances)PublicInternetGMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) PrinciplePublicInternet58
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CONTENTSINTRODUCTION ..............
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6.1.2.1. Japan Chemical Industry Ec
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11.2. The public ..................
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SummaryThe scope of this Profile is
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Chemical Substances and Promoting I
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1 1.2 Official language and educati
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1 1.4 Average life expectancyIn 200
Page 19 and 20: 1 2 Political structure1 2.1 Form o
Page 21 and 22: 1 3 The manufacturing and agricultu
Page 23 and 24: Chapter 2Production, import, export
Page 25 and 26: Cosmetics 404,260Paints 1,811,513Pr
Page 27 and 28: Beauty or make-up preparations 18,0
Page 29 and 30: 2 2 WasteIn the Waste Management an
Page 31 and 32: Chapter 3Issues regarding the produ
Page 33 and 34: 2000/12/6 Oita Explosives productio
Page 35 and 36: consumption, and also the regulatio
Page 37 and 38: Law for the Controlof HouseholdProd
Page 39 and 40: 4 2 Laws on the control of substanc
Page 41 and 42: 4 3 Overview of the main measures a
Page 43 and 44: 4 3.2 Notification, etc. Under the
Page 45 and 46: 4 4 Examples of voluntary activitie
Page 47 and 48: ● Voluntary management activities
Page 49 and 50: MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDU
Page 51 and 52: technological evaluation, analysis
Page 53 and 54: 6 1.1.3 Japan Plasticizer Industry
Page 55 and 56: 6 1.1.8 Federation of Pharmaceutica
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Page 67 and 68: Chapter 8Access to data and their u
Page 69: Table 8-1Sources of data in JapanDA
Page 73 and 74: Chapter 9Technological infrastructu
Page 75 and 76: Chapter 10International cooperation
Page 77 and 78: ● Despatch of experts to chemical
Page 79 and 80: 11 1.1.4 Labelling and notification
Page 81 and 82: Chapter 12Available and necessary r
Page 83 and 84: 12 2 Indispensable resources at gov
Page 85 and 86: Annex 2. Reports and articles servi
Page 87 and 88: Guideline to Make Product Safety Da
Page 89 and 90: Chemical Management Policy Division
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