Management of hazardous chemicals suitable for academic education and research (1) - Risk assessment on chemical hazard

Abstract

The modification on Industrial Safety and Health Act (June 2014) compulsorily requires to carry out risk control based on risk assessment on selected 640-kinds of commonly used hazardous chemicals before use. In a working group of the meeting covering safety, health and environment at 7-major national university Japan, development of a new risk management system on those chemicals has been discussed. On the process, we have focused on the risk assessment procedure encouraging academic laboratories. Published herein is an interim report on my personal opinion for this theme.