Hazard identification
Hazard identification is the identification of the type and nature of adverse effects that a chemical has an inherent capacity to cause to humans or environmental organisms. With high resources, the steps proposed for implementation of this sub-element are as follows:
- Perform your own hazard identification for the selected chemicals, taking into account existing classifications from other countries.
- Use the hazard identification (classification) in risk assessment (see Risk characterisation).
Relevant tools
Below is a list of tools relevant for implementing this topic :
- IPCS Training Module No 1: Chemical Safety: Fundamentals of Applied Toxicology - The Nature of Chemical Hazards, Second (Revised) Edition, IPCS/WHO, 1997
- OECD (Q)SAR Toolbox
- OECD SAAToolbox
- OECD: Guidance Document on an Integrated Approach on Testing and Assessment (IATA) for Skin Corrosion and Irritation (2014)
- OECD: Guidance On Grouping Of Chemicals, Second Edition (2014)
- UNITAR, ILO and IOMC (2012), Understanding the GHS: A Companion Guide to the Purple Book, June 2012 Edition, (UNITAR, Geneva)
- UNITAR, ILO and IOMC (2010), Developing a National GHS Implementation Strategy, September 2010 Edition (UNITAR, Geneva)
- OECD: eChemPortal
- Case study of Canada’s Chemicals Management Plan