Study on Strategies for Capacity Building of Chemicals Integrated Management (10)

Consideration on the Problems related to the Revision of the Kashin-hou and the most important points of implementing the Diet's supplementary resolutions

Abstract

We here deal with issues related to the new version of the Kashin-hou in Japanese and consider concrete and right ways of implementing the two most important items in the Diet's supplementary resolutions, which were explained on our prior report of the series. Concerning the issues related to the amended Kashin-hou, we picked up four points which are 1) not to be reconsidered the definition of chemical substance, 2) to be controlled biodegradable substances under the Kashin-hou strictly, and so on, and then we picked up two most important points of the Diet's supplementary resolutions which are 1) the consideration of how to realize integrated or unified regulatory systems and 2) the clarification of national responsibility about the fulfillment of international agreements and its concrete schedule, and propose concrete or right ways from the point of the integrated management of chemicals, referring to the advanced achievement in Canada.