JETOC has been carrying out classification of the chemical substances, for which SIDS Initial Assessment Report (SIAR) were published, under the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) since autumn of 2004 and published the results in the Information Sheet (Issue No.53-56).
Meanwhile, MHLW, METI and MOE launched a project to classify ca.1500 chemical substances based on the GHS in 2005 and published the results on the website: http://www.safe.nite.go.jp/english/ghs_index.html.
As the Project released the GHS Classification Manual (Manual) on October 2005, we have reviewed our former results so that they are consistent with the Manual. We will continue the work for substances not classified by the Project based on the information in SIAR. Followings are proposed allocation of the hazard categories.
Proposed toxicological classification for 40 chemicals: methacrylamide, linalool, DL-pantolactone, 2-hydroxyethyl m?thacrylate, 2,4-dichlorotoluene, diphenyl carbonate, isobutanal,1,3-dimethyl-urea, 2-methylpropyl-2-methyl-2 propanoate, tetrahydro-2-furanmethanol, 4-methyl-benzenesulfonyl chloride, nicotinamide, m-toluic acid, 1,2-dichloro-4-nitrobenzene, 2-propoxy-ethanol, 2-butoxyethyl acetate, 2-(hexyloxy) ethanol, 2,2'-thiodiethanol, dimethyl malonate, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene, ethyleneglycolmonophenylether, sodium methoxide, potassium methoxide, tetramethylenesulfone, diallyl phthalate, 4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenol, 6,10-dimethyl 3,5,9-undecatrien-2 one, butanedioic acid disodium salt, 1H-imidazole, triethylene glycol monobutylether, pentafluoroethane, cyanoguanidine, 2-(1,3-dihydro-3oxo-2H-indol-2-ylidene)-1,2-dihydro-3H-indol-3-one, triacetin, p-chlorotoluene, @eg-caprolactone, isophytol, trimethyl phosphate, 2-methyl-2-butene.