High Production Volume Chemicals
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The High Production Volume Chemicals Programme (HPV Programme) is an international programme to assess the potential hazard of chemicals which are produced in high volumes.
The OECD assumes that high production is a proxy for high exposure.
The OECD, HPV Programme, is supported by the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA). Chemical industries are cooperatively carrying out the HPV Initiative.
Various studies found that insufficient data was available on the health effects of common chemicals. The U.S.A.'s EPA found in a study before 1999 that of 2,800 chemicals investigated, 93% did not have sufficient data.
The U.S.A,'s government defines high production volume chemicals as those organic non-polymer chemicals with greater than 1,000,000 lbs of production or importation into the U.S.A.. These chemicals are required to have additional, and highly detailed, biological and environmental testing completed.
The US testing program was begun in 1999 with an expected completion date of 2004.
External links
- Manual for Investigation of HPV Chemicals in OECD
- ICCA HPV Initiative
- High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program in US
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "High_Production_Volume_Chemicals" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Production_Volume_Chemicals, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
