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The International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals (IRPTC) of UNEP

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Alexander I. Kucherenko  and
Jan W. Huismans
Alexander I. Kucherenko
Affiliation:
Senior Scientific Officer, International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals, UNEP, Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Jan W. Huismans
Affiliation:
Director, International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals, UNEP, Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland.
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Until recently there has been no international register or international network linking national registers for the exchange of information on, and for, chemical hazard assessment and control. The International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals (IRPTC) was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1976 and is now in full operation.

The objectives assigned to the Register concern the establishment of a global network of contributing partners through which it can develop its data-bank containing relevant information for an assessment of environmental hazards caused by chemicals, and disseminate this information to decision-making bodies, national authorities, international organizations and other institutions, and to the scientific community that is concerned with the evaluation and control of chemicals in the environment.

The IRPTC operations involve preparation of data profiles for chemicals, the development of a computerized data storage and retrieval system, a query–response service, and the publication of a 4-monthly Register Index, a periodical Bulletin, and other documents. These contain information on chemicals, international and national activities related to issues of chemical safety, and also legislative and regulatory measures for protection of the health of humans and of the environment from the noxious effects of chemicals.

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Main Papers
Information
Environmental Conservation , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , Spring 1982 , pp. 59 - 63
Copyright
Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1982

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