[Legislation on the control and toxicity of chemical products].

Abstract

Concern about the possible health and environmental hazards that may arise from exposure to an increasingly number of chemicals has resulted recently in new laws and regulations aimed at protecting human and its environment from an unreasonable risk. The Commission of the European Economic Community has recently passed legislation to control chemical substances. The essential prerequisites for safety evaluations of chemicals which are intended to be put on the market include the following background informations - physico-chemical properties - toxicological studies designed to evaluate human health effects - ecological studies designed to evaluate environmental fate - ecotoxicological studies designed to evaluate environmental effects.