Background and Scope of the Study
At the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), which was held in Johannesburg in 2002, participating countries committed “to achieve, by 2020, that chemicals are used and produced in ways that lead to the minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, using transparent sciencebased risk assessment procedures and science-based risk management procedures (WSSD 2020 goal).” All countries in the world need to take necessary measures to achieve this goal. Following the commitment, Japan amended its major regulation for industrial chemicals, the “Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL)” in May 2009. The European Commission has already introduced the REACH system, which places greater responsibility on industry to manage the risks that chemicals may pose to human health and the environment. The United States also announced in September 2009 that they would revise the US chemical regulation, TSCA (Toxic Substances Control Act). In the case of Asian countries, many of them started considering the revision of their chemical management systems. For example, the revised regulation on the registration of new chemicals came into force on October 15, 2010, in China.
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