Study on Strategies for Capacity Building of Chemicals Integrated Management (6)

A Proposal of Draft Framework for the Law on Integrated Management of Chemicals in Japan and Next Problems

Abstract

There are no legal systems concerning integrated and/or comprehensive chemical management in Japan, so we propose here a draft framework for the law on integrated management of chemicals. It is composed of objectives, basic strategies, definition of important processes of assessing chemical risks to the human health and the environment, a standardized procedure of risk management for protection of the health of people (workers, consumers and general publics) and the environment related to actual uses of chemicals, six basic systems for systematic management of chemicals, an independent administrative agency, a comprehensive evaluation institute and so on. We consider, further more, the way of introducing the law into Japanese existing regulatory systems related to chemical management.