OECD High Production Volume Chemicals Programme

Summary of 28th SIDS Initial Assessment Meeting

Abstract

The 28th SIDS (Screening Information Data Set) Initial Assessment Meeting was held in Paris, France on 15th-17th April, 2009. The initial assessment documents of 29 substances (31 CAS) were discussed, and the conclusions of initial assessment for 28 substances (29 CAS) were approved at the meeting. The Japanese Government submitted the initial assessment documents for three substances, 2-(1-methylethoxy)ethanol (CAS: 109-59-1) and Fluorescent-271 (CAS: 41267-43-0) prepared by the Japanese Government and 2-tert-butyl-6-(5-chloro-2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4-methylphenol (CAS: 3896-11-5) prepared by International Council of Chemical Association (ICCA), and all of them were approved at the meeting. This paper reports the summary of the 28th SIDS Initial Assessment Meeting.