Health & Chemicals

Chemicals

• Profiles of the Initial Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemicals
• Information on Ecotoxicity Tests (CSCL-related)/Results of ecotoxicity tests of chemicals conducted by Ministry of the Environment in Japan
• Survey of the Exposure to chemical compounds in Human
• BAT Levels concerning By-Prodcuct HCB
• Japan HPV Challenge Program
• Risk Assessment of Chemical Substances under the Chemical Substances Control Act
• Information Exchange on Chemicals Management among Japan, China and Korea
• Information on Ecotoxicity Tests (CSCL-related)
• Outline of Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL)[PDF 221KB]
• Results of questionnaire on Japanese companies' response to REACH[PDF 360KB]
• Chemical Substance Fact Sheets
• 05.03.28 Partial Amendment to the Cabinet Order of the Chemical Substances Control Law
• 04.03.30 Manual for Mercury Analysis
• Standard Guidelines for the Environmental Monitoring of Chemicals (Contents)
• "Chemicals in the Environment" Reports on Environmental Survey and Wildlife Monitoring of Chemicals since 1996
• Poster Exhibition on the Fourth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management[PDF 470KB]
• SAICM and Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Environment and Health
• Global Framework on Chemicals (GFC) - for a planet free from harm of chemicals and waste

Endocrine Disruptors

• Endocrine Disrupting Effects of Substances

Dioxins

• Information Brochure Dioxins 2012[PDF 341KB]
• 09.10.1-2Report of the 3rd Workshop on Reduction of Unintentional POPs in East Asian Countries[PDF 1.4MB]
• 05.11.25 FY2004 Enforcement Status of the Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins
• 05.08.11 Dioxin Concentration of Exhaust Gas emitted from Waste Incinerators
• 05.08.09 Cabinet Ordinance Partially Amending the Enforcement Ordinance of the Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins
• 05.06.20 Plan to Reduce Dioxins Levels Resulting from Business Activities Modified
• 04.12.27 Ministerial Ordinance Partially Amending the Enforcement Regulations of the Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins
• 03.12.11 Cabinet Ordinance Partially Amending the Enforcement Ordinance of the Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins
• Government Plan to Reduce Dioxin Levels Resulting from Business Activities in Japan[PDF 28KB]
• 03.12.05 Enforcement Status of the Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins in FY2002
• Dioxin Emission Inventory 2000[PDF 317KB]
• State of Enforcement of the Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins in FY 2000[PDF 24KB]
• Findings of the Fiscal 2000 Survey on Brominated Dioxins[PDF 374KB]
• Detailed Study of Dioxin Exposure: Findings of the Fiscal 1999 Survey
• Guidelines on Quality Assurance/Quality Control for The Environmental Measurements of Dioxins[PDF 82KB]
• Basic Guidelines of Japan for the Promotion of Measures against Dioxins[PDF 26KB]
• Regarding the Results of the Urgent Simultaneous Nationwide Survey of Dioxins (Conducted in 1998)[PDF 443KB]
• Reducing Dioxin Releases (Leaflet)[PDF 126KB]
• Report on Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) of Dioxin and Related Compounds[PDF 305KB]
• Guideline on Securing the Reliability of the Environmental Measurements of Dioxins Commissioned Outside[PDF 31KB]

PRTR

• PRTR information plaza Japan
• 05.08.29 Publication of Case Report on Activities for Release Reduction of Chemical Substances Subjected to the PRTR
• 04.03.29 PRTR Data for FY 2002 Published
• Report on the Evaluation of PRTR Pilot Project in Japan (1998)

POPs

• Overview of Activities Related to POPs

Mercury

• Minamata Convention on Mercury

Health & Safety

• Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS)
• Pollution Disputes Settlement System
• Outline of Health Damage Prevention Projects
• Minamata Disease
• Health Effects of Radiation
• Countermeasures against pollution-related health damage

Asbestos

• Asbestos Health Damage Relief System

Chemicals Management

• Initiatives for Chemicals Management to Promote Nature-Positive

Laws

Downloadable Documents