| Title | A New Online Database on Chemicals in Accordance with REACH Regulation |
| Abstract | The need for comprehensive and reliable riskmanagement of chemicals requires appropriate information, data integration, and sharing, as suggested in Europe by Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of CHemicals (REACH) regulation. REACH requires more sharing of responsibilities among authorities, chemical manufacturers, importers, and users to manage the risks that chemicals canpose to human health and the environment throughout their life cycle. This has obviously enlarged the audience of people who could be interested in gathering this information. A major bottleneck is that information sources on chemicals are frequently sparsely distributed, collected, and managed by different institutions, with different aims, resulting in several practical problems. This article describes the conceptual design and implementation of a free online access Database (DESC) as an integrated information system on chemical substances in compliance with the REACH regulation. An interdisciplinary approach was applied by involving several experts from different disciplines (ecotoxicologists, chemists, information technology specialists, regulators). DESC contains relevant environmental and toxicological data (physico-chemical and ecotoxicological data, inclusion in priority lists, current classification and labeling, etc.) on more than 651 chemicals, which can be easily consulted by people with different degrees of expertise interested in knowing the risk from exposure to chemicals and their safe use. |
| Source | Human and ecological risk assessment 19 (6), pp. 1682–1699 |
| Keywords | chemical substancesecotoxicological testslabeling and classificationphysico-chemical propertiespollutant lists. |
| Journal | Human and ecological risk assessment |
| Editor | Amherst Scientific Publishers,, Amherst, MA, Stati Uniti d'America |
| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| DOI | 10.1080/10807039.2012.708271 |
| Authors | Barra Caracciolo A., De Donato G., Finizio A., Grenni P., Santoro S., Petrangeli A.B. |
| Text | 226724 2013 10.1080/10807039.2012.708271 ISI Web of Science WOS 000321813500019 chemical substances ecotoxicological tests labeling and classification physico chemical properties pollutant lists. A New Online Database on Chemicals in Accordance with REACH Regulation Barra Caracciolo A., De Donato G., Finizio A., Grenni P., Santoro S., Petrangeli A.B. Water Research Institute IRSA , National Research Council , Rome , Italy. Department of Environmental and Landscape Sciences DISAT , University of Milano Bicocca , Milan , Italy. Directorate for the Environmental Assessments , Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea , Rome , Italy. Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research IIA , National Research Council , Rome , Italy. The need for comprehensive and reliable riskmanagement of chemicals requires appropriate information, data integration, and sharing, as suggested in Europe by Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of CHemicals REACH regulation. REACH requires more sharing of responsibilities among authorities, chemical manufacturers, importers, and users to manage the risks that chemicals canpose to human health and the environment throughout their life cycle. This has obviously enlarged the audience of people who could be interested in gathering this information. A major bottleneck is that information sources on chemicals are frequently sparsely distributed, collected, and managed by different institutions, with different aims, resulting in several practical problems. This article describes the conceptual design and implementation of a free online access Database DESC as an integrated information system on chemical substances in compliance with the REACH regulation. An interdisciplinary approach was applied by involving several experts from different disciplines ecotoxicologists, chemists, information technology specialists, regulators . DESC contains relevant environmental and toxicological data physico chemical and ecotoxicological data, inclusion in priority lists, current classification and labeling, etc. on more than 651 chemicals, which can be easily consulted by people with different degrees of expertise interested in knowing the risk from exposure to chemicals and their safe use. 19 Published version http //www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10807039.2012.708271#.Ulll09K 0do Articolo pubblicato A_New_Online_Database_on_Chemicals_in_accordance_with_REACH_Regulation.pdf Articolo in rivista Amherst Scientific Publishers, 1080 7039 Human and ecological risk assessment Human and ecological risk assessment Hum. ecol. risk assess. Human and ecological risk assessment HERA DE DONATO GIULIO anna.barracaracciolo BARRA CARACCIOLO ANNA annabruna.petrangeli PETRANGELI ANNA BRUNA paola.grenni GRENNI PAOLA serena.santoro SANTORO SERENA TA.P04.005.011 Vulnerabilita degli ecosistemi delle acque sotterranee e attenuazione naturale degli inquinanti nel suolo e nel sottosuolo |
