PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CONTAMINATION (PART III)

Table of Contents

1. Index
2. UNIT 9 - Environmental risk assessment
3. UNIT 10 - Environmental risk communication
4. UNIT 11 - Modelling in Ecotoxicology
5. UNIT 12 - Legislation
   1. Introduction
   2. Chemical inventories
   3. Chemical control in Europe
   4. Chemical labelling and classification in Europe
6. Glossary of key terms associated with environmental toxicology

Chemical inventories

Only the chemicals considered in inventories are legally allowed to be put on the market. This inventories legislation applies both to manufactures and importers of chemicals. In these regulations, chemicals can be considered as substances, preparations or mixtures. Once contemplated in a legally recognized inventory, such substances are known as "existing substance". However, if a substance is included in an inventory in one country it does not necessarily mean that the same is listed in the inventory of another country.

Table 1 shows a list of some of the well-known inventories included in the legislation related to the manufacture and importation of chemical substances.

Table 1. Inventories included in legislation related to the manufacture and importation of chemical substances.