Health & Chemicals
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in the environment
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) encompass a wide range of substances such as pharmaceuticals, veterinary medicines, cosmetics and UV filters. A variety of PPCPs have been detected in environmental waters in Japan. As pharmaceuticals are substances intended to be biologically active, concerns have been raised about their possible adverse effects on organisms in the environment.
The Ministry of the Environment is collecting information on PPCPs in the environment and advancing its assessment of the environmental risks posed by PPCPs, utilising programs such as the Chemicals in the Environment (Environmental Survey and Monitoring of Chemicals) and the Initial Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemicals.
The Ministry of the Environment is collecting information on PPCPs in the environment and advancing its assessment of the environmental risks posed by PPCPs, utilising programs such as the Chemicals in the Environment (Environmental Survey and Monitoring of Chemicals) and the Initial Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemicals.
Activities relevant to PPCPs in the environment done by Ministry of the Environment
▶ Ecotoxicity testing of PPCPs
▶ PPCPs surveyed under the Chemicals in the Environment (Environmental Survey and Monitoring of Chemicals)
▶ Ecological risk assessment of PPCPs under the Initial Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemicals
▶ PPCPs related research runded by the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund
▶ PPCPs surveyed under the Chemicals in the Environment (Environmental Survey and Monitoring of Chemicals)
▶ Ecological risk assessment of PPCPs under the Initial Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemicals
▶ PPCPs related research runded by the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund
Other activities relevant to PPCPs in the environment
▶ Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: Guidance on environmental impact assessment in new drug development (in Japanese)
▶ National Veterinary Assay Laboratory: Guidelines for the Environmental Impact Assessment of Veterinary Medicinal Products Phase I (in Japanese)
▶ National Veterinary Assay Laboratory: Guidelines for the Environmental Impact Assessment of Veterinary Medicinal Products Phase II (in Japanese)
▶ National Veterinary Assay Laboratory: Guidance on Guidelines for the Environmental Impact Assessment of Veterinary Medicinal Products (in Japanese)
▶ National Veterinary Assay Laboratory: Guidelines for the Environmental Impact Assessment of Veterinary Medicinal Products Phase I (in Japanese)
▶ National Veterinary Assay Laboratory: Guidelines for the Environmental Impact Assessment of Veterinary Medicinal Products Phase II (in Japanese)
▶ National Veterinary Assay Laboratory: Guidance on Guidelines for the Environmental Impact Assessment of Veterinary Medicinal Products (in Japanese)
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