抄録
Discussion was conducted at a national investigative commission on the Tone River system water pollution accident by formaldehyde occurred in May 2012. The objectives of the commission were establishment of preventive and restoration measures against this water pollution case based on the appropriate legislation development. Discussion results at the commission and the following countermeasures were summarized from the viewpoint of chemical and waste management in this paper. Briefly, aqueous monitoring for hexamethylenetetramine (HMT), a precursor of formaldehyde and information transfer of HMT-containing wastes during waste treatment processing have been strengthened.
