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History
Current Version
Links to Available Databases
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History
In 2004, the OECD initiated the development of eChemPortal, a global portal to information on chemical substances, in response to the request by the World Summit on Sustainable Development to improve the availability of hazard data on chemicals. eChemPortal is also a contribution to the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), and especially its recommendation to "Facilitate public access to appropriate information and knowledge of chemicals throughout their life cycle...".
The OECD Secretariat is working with several member countries (the United States, Japan, Canada), the European Commission, the European Chemicals Agency, the International Council of Chemical Industry Associations, the Buisness and Industry Advisory Committee, the World Health Organization's International Programme on Chemical Safety, UNEP Chemicals and Environmental NGO's to develop this project.
A first version of eChemPortal with limited functions was available from mid-2007 to the end of 2010. This first version gave users free public access to existing assessments and datasets for as many chemicals as possible through a search by chemical identification.
Current Version
A second version of eChemPortal was made available in December 2010. This second version still allows users to search by chemical identity, and in addition, now also provides new searches based on certain properties or effects, such as physical chemical properties, environmental fate and behaviour, ecotoxicity and toxicity in the participating databases that can offer direct searching of endpoint data.
Links to Available Databases
At this time, the following databases participate in eChemPortal in the search by chemical identification:
- AGRITOX - Base de données sur les substances actives phytopharmaceutiques
- Canadian Categorization Results (CCR)
- Chemical Safety Information from Intergovernmental Organizations (INCHEM), maintained collaboratively by the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) at the World Health Organization and the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
- Data Bank of Environmental Properties of Chemicals (EnviChem), maintained by Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
- European Chemicals Agency’s Dissemination portal with information on chemical substances registered under REACH (ECHA CHEM)
- European chemical substances information system (ESIS), European Commission (European Chemicals Bureau)
- Existing Substances Assessment Repository (CESAR), Canada
- Hazardous Substance Data Bank (HSDB) managed by the National Library of Medicine in the United States
- High Production Volume Information System (HPVIS), maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Information on Biodegradation and Bioconcentration of the Existing Chemical Substances in the Chemical Risk information platform (CHRIP), maintained by National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE), Japan
- Integrated Risk Information System (US EPA IRIS) maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
- The Japan Existing Chemical Database (JECDB), managed by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) Priority Existing Chemical Assessment Reports, maintained by NICNAS, Australia
- New Zealand Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Chemical Classification Information Database (HSNO CCID), maintained by ERMA, New Zealand
- OECD Initial Assessment Reports for HPV Chemicals including Screening Information Data Sets (SIDS) as maintained by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Chemicals
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Existing Chemicals Database (OECD HPV), maintained by the OECD Secretariat in collaboration with OECD member countries
- OECD Existing Chemicals Screening Information Data Sets (SIDS) Database (OECD SIDS IUCLID)
- The Result of the GHS Classification by the Japanese Government
- Substance Registry Services (SRS), maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
- The United Kingdom Coordinated Chemicals Risk Management Programme Publications (UK CCRMP Outputs)
- The U.S. EPA Aggregated Computational Toxicology Resource (ACToR)
Not all participating databases can offer direct searching of endpoint data. The following databases participate in eChemPortal in the search by chemical property:
- European Chemicals Agency’s Dissemination portal with information on chemical substances registered under REACH (ECHA CHEM)
- OECD Existing Chemicals Screening Information Data Sets (SIDS) Database (OECD SIDS IUCLID)
More Information
A brochure provides further details on the eChemPortal project.
There will be incremental build-up of functionality of eChemPortal. Other databases will be continuously added. The current web site will be updated periodically to reflect the advancements of the development of eChemPortal.
The eChemPortal evolved from the database EXICHEM, a pointer system on existing chemicals activities (e.g. information gathering, testing, evaluation) in OECD member countries and other relevant programmes. EXICHEM was last updated in 2005 and is no longer revised.
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