PMID- 11401023
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20011101
LR  - 20190910
IS  - 0340-0131 (Print)
IS  - 0340-0131 (Linking)
VI  - 74
IP  - 4
DP  - 2001 May
TI  - Experiences on persistent organic pollutants under the Law concerning the 
      Examination and Regulation of Manufacture, etc. of Chemical Substances, Japan, 
      with references to biodegradation and bioaccumulation.
PG  - 295-301
AB  - OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this report is to outline current regulations to 
      control chemical environmental pollution in Japan, with special references to 
      internationally defined 12 persistent organic pollutants (POPs). MATERIALS: Law 
      concerning the Examination and Regulation of Manufacture, etc. of Chemical 
      Substances [(LERCS); enacted in 1973] and related administrative activities of 
      monitoring of the environment in Japan. RESULTS: Among the existing chemicals 
      identified by the 1972 Chemicals Inventory, LERCS designates aldrin, chlordanes, 
      DDT, dieldrin, endrin, HCB, PCBs, poly(Cln; n = 3 or more)-chlorinated 
      naphthalene (PCNs) and bis(tributyltin) oxide (TBTO) as Class 1 specified 
      chemical substances which are under strict regulation, such as prohibition of 
      production, import, or use in principle. In addition LERCS designates 23 Class 2 
      specified chemical substances (including 13 tributyltin and seven triphenyltin 
      compounds) for which notification of scheduled and past production, compliance 
      with technical guidelines and compliance with labeling standards is requested. 
      When compared with the 12 POPs, the designation covers most of them except for 
      mirex and toxaphene, which have never been used in Japan. The regulation has been 
      effective in reducing substantially the levels of the designated chemical 
      substances (and therefore the 12 POPs except for dioxins and furans) in the 
      general environment in Japan. Efforts are currently focused under a newly enacted 
      law to reduce the emission of the two non-intentionally produced pollutants of 
      dioxins and furans, especially from city waste incinerators, so that emission in 
      2002 should be 10% of that in 1997. CONCLUSION: Regulations to control chemical 
      emissions have been effective in reducing POPs levels in the environment in 
      Japan, and further efforts have been made under a new law to reduce the emission 
      of dioxins, furans and co-planar PCBs.
FAU - Ikeda, M
AU  - Ikeda M
AD  - Kyoto Industrial Health Association, Japan.
FAU - Takatsuki, M
AU  - Takatsuki M
FAU - Yakabe, Y
AU  - Yakabe Y
FAU - Arimoto, Y
AU  - Arimoto Y
FAU - Fukuma, T
AU  - Fukuma T
FAU - Higashikawa, K
AU  - Higashikawa K
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Germany
TA  - Int Arch Occup Environ Health
JT  - International archives of occupational and environmental health
JID - 7512134
RN  - 0 (Dioxins)
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Furans)
SB  - IM
MH  - Chemical Industry/*legislation & jurisprudence
MH  - *Dioxins
MH  - *Environmental Pollutants
MH  - Environmental Pollution/*legislation & jurisprudence
MH  - *Furans
MH  - Japan
EDAT- 2001/06/13 10:00
MHDA- 2001/11/03 10:01
CRDT- 2001/06/13 10:00
PHST- 2001/06/13 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/11/03 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2001/06/13 10:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/pl00007947 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2001 May;74(4):295-301. doi: 10.1007/pl00007947.