Screening Information Dataset
A Screening Information Dataset (SIDS) is a study of the hazards associated with a particular chemical substance or group of related substances. The substances studied are High Production Volume (HPV) chemicals, that is chemicals which are manufactured or imported in quantities of more than 1000 tonnes per year for any single OECD market.
The list of HPV chemicals is prepared by the Secretariat of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and updated regularly. As of 2004, there were 4843 chemicals on the list.[1] Of these, roughly 1000 have been prioritised for special attention, and it is for these chemicals that SIDS are prepared,[2] usually by an official agency in one of the OECD member countries with the collaboration of the UN International Programme for Chemical Safety (IPCS).
The procedures for investigating the risks of an HPV chemical are described in the OECD Manual for Investigation of HPV Chemicals.[3]
References
- ↑ OECD Secretariat The 2004 OECD List of High Production Volume Chemicals; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Paris, 2004, <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/55/38/33883530.pdf>.
- ↑ Description of OECD Work on Investigation of High Production Volume Chemicals, <http://www.oecd.org/document/21/0,3343,en_2649_34379_1939669_1_1_1_1,00.html> (accessed 26 August 2009), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, December 2005.
- ↑ OECD Secretariat Manual for Investigation of HPV Chemicals; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Paris, July 2007, <http://www.oecd.org/document/7/0,3343,en_2649_34379_1947463_1_1_1_1,00.html>.
Further reading
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Decision-Recommendation of the Council on the Co-operative Investigation and Risk Reduction of Existing Chemicals C(90)163/Final, 31 January 1991.
External links
- List of Screening Information Datasets (SIDS)
- Chemical Safety page of the OECD Environment Directorate
- International Programme on Chemical Safety
- Harmful Substances page of the Chemical Branch of the UNEP
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