A Comparative Review on Chemical Registration Management Regulations

Abstract:

Inappropriate production, storage and use of chemical could cause chemical incident. Chemical registration will contribute to the safe management of chemical. Represented by U.S. TSCA (Toxic Substances Control Act) regulations and the European REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals), the awareness of building chemical registrations or chemical database is raising. By carrying out extensive research and comparing the chemical registration regulation status of eight selected countries/regions, the study is to compare the current management status of chemical registration in different developed and developing countries, which may provide information and overview for preventing, controlling and reducing chemical incident, improving safe management of chemical, and supporting the development of chemical registration database.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 768)
• Pages: 820-827
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.768.820
• Online since: June 2015
• Authors: Jie Cong Wang, Na Na Zhao*, Yuan Chen, Jin Hui Li
• Keywords: Chemical, Comparative, Management Regulation, Registration

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