Chemical Substances Safety Control Systems

Abstract

Safety of synthetic organic compounds is recognized as one of the most important recent problems of chemical industry. Legal safety control system applied to chemicals is meeting to keep safety as well as voluntary restriction by industry. Present situation and trend of Japanese and international regulation systems on chemical substances is reviewed. Variety and classification of chemical substances, legal control systems, basic factors of safety evaluation, testing and standards of biodegradability, accumulation and toxicity, industrial activities on safety control are generally discussed and surveyed.