How accurate are the European Union's classifications of chemical substances.

Abstract:

:The European Commission has decided on harmonized classifications for a large number of individual chemicals according to its own directive for classification and labeling of dangerous substances. We have compared the harmonized classifications for acute oral toxicity to the acute oral toxicity data available in the RTECS database. Of the 992 substances eligible for this comparison, 15% were assigned a too low danger class and 8% a too high danger class according to the RTECS data. Due to insufficient transparency-scientific documentations of the classification decisions are not available-the causes of this discrepancy can only be hypothesized. We propose that the scientific motivations of future classifications be published and that the apparent over- and underclassifications in the present system be either explained or rectified, according to what are the facts in the matter.

journal_name

Toxicol Lett

journal_title

Toxicology letters

authors

Rudén C,Hansson SO

doi

10.1016/s0378-4274(03)00204-2

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2003-09-30 00:00:00

pages

159-72

issue

2

eissn

0378-4274

issn

1879-3169

pii

S0378427403002042

journal_volume

144

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