Abstract
In modern days, chemicals are extremely important raw material that generate products with high additional value in various industries. Their kind and production volume increased explosively in the latter half of the 20th century. On the other hand, many unacceptable accidents have been caused based on terrible hazard of chemicals to human health and environment all over the world. In this study, at first, systems and trends concerning environmental safety management of chemicals in Japan were researched. Next, an international current concerning strategic collection and maintenance of environmental information was considered. And then, an opinion concerning collection and maintenance of environmental information for environmental risk management of chemicals in a future was presented.
