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Japan Environment Agency, Strategic Programs on Environmental Endocrine Disrupts in 1998 (SPEED 98), JEA, Tokyo (1998). 

The epidemiological study reported by the Japan Environment Agency in 1989 failed to detect any renal tubular dysfunction among 7,196 persons in the Cd non-poUuted areas, while in 202 persons among 13,570 (1.5% ) of the Cd-poUuted areas, proximal renal tubular dysfunction was seen [88]. 

Within the framework of SPEED 98, Japan Environment Agency conducted PLC and/or FLC with 28 of 67 chemicals listed [3]. The results showed that only 3 chemicals, i.e., 4-nonylphenol, 4-t-octylphenol, and bisphenol A were suggested as EDCs. We also conducted sex reversal assay or PLC test (56-day exposure) to evaluate the effects of some pesticides (malathion, benomyl, cypermethrin, permethrin, esfenvalerate, fenvalerate) listed in SPEED 98. The results showed that these pesticides gave no endocrine-disrupting effects even at one-seventh to one-twentieth of the acute toxicity values (Table III). The effect of benomyl on hatchability is likely to be caused by inhibition of cell division. Based on these findings, it is unlikely that these chemicals listed affected as EDCs. 

Motor Vehicle Environmental Pollution Control in Japan, Environment Agency of Japan, Automotive Pollution Control Division Tokyo, 1999... 

NIES is the main research branch of the Environment Agency (EA) of the Government of Japan. 

FaBeChim - VeBeVeChem, 257 Fad Europe S.p.A., 179 Faimiount Chemical Company, 228 Far Research Inc., 228 Farmland Industries, 228 Federal Department for the Envhonment, 281 Federal Environment Agency Ltd. - Austria, 281 Federal Environmental Agency (UBA), 282 Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS) / The Chemical Society of Japan, 261... 

The National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) of the Environment Agency of Japan is a well-established producer of biological and environmental CRMs. In this context, in 1991 Okamoto described the preparation of the multi-elemental CRM NIES 10 Unpolished Rice Flour [25], Unpolished rice, instead of polished rice, was selected as the raw material for this CRM since the former was used as a test material for environmental contamination. In fact, unpolished... 

Taka Hiraishi obtained his Bachelor of Science (1966) and Masters of Science for Industrial Chemistry (1968) from Tokyo University in Japan. He joined the Ministry of Labour (Occupational Health and Safety Department) in April 1968 and moved to the newly-established Environment Agency in 1971, where he worked in the fields of offensive odours, acid rain, the ozone layer, hazardous wastes, hazardous chemicals and water pollution, till 1996. 

Mr. Hiraishi was Director, Water Pollution Control Division at the Environment Agency, Japan (1987-1989). He also worked for UNEP from 1989-1998 consecutively as Co-ordinator of Support Measures, Programme Bureau Officer-in-Charge, Environmental Law and Institutions Centre Deputy Director of Policy Division Deputy Director of Environment Programme Division Assistant Executive Director for Environmental Information and Assessment and, President, UNEP Staff Association (in 1996). 

Environment Agency Japan, Results of Air Pollution Survey, Tokyo 1975, pp. 148-153. 

Environment Agency, approved the 11 plans for the first project related to Japan Program. 

To analyze in accordance with procedures provided in the Japanese Industrial Standard or those established by the Environment Agency and MHW of Japan, in order to evaluate outgoing streams on the basis of Japanese national environmental standards and emission and effluent standards,... 

The slag leaching test results are given in Table V. The analyses were conducted in accordance with Notification No. 13 of the Environment Agency of Japan. For purposes of comparison, the leachate standards established by the Prime Minister s Office of Japan are also given. 

Japanese Environment Agency IBM Japan, Sony, Tokyo Gas (1996/1997)... 

For validation of applicability of our models to the Japanese environment, we calculated environmental concentrations of a number of chemicals, and compared the calculated concentrations with monitoring data conducted by the Environment Agency of Japan [3,5,9]. 

The Environment Agency has been conducting successive investigations concerning the situation of persistence of chemicals in Japan since 1974, and the details of investigations are outlined in section 7.5. 

A flow scheme of the Chemical Substances Control Law of Japan is shown in Hgure 7.5. This law is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Mm), principally for biodegradation and Inoaccumulation, the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW) for toxicity and the Environment Agency (EA) for environmental... 

Office of Health Study, Chemicals in the Environment, Environment Agency, Japan, 1991, pp. 118. 

Environment Agency, Japan, Comparison of Global Environmental Fate Models-Applicability of Global Models to Japanese Environment, prepared to OECD Phase 1 SIDS Initial Assessment Meeting, 1993. 

NILS Nuiionul Institute for Environmental Studies, Environment Agency of Japan. 

Japan Environmental Agency (2002) Survey of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in the Environment (FY2001). Reports of Ministry of the Environment, Japan, 229 pp. (in Japanese). 

There are two leaching tests for soil in Japan. One is a method based on the public announcement no. 19 of the Environment Agency. The other is based on JIS K0058-1 (2005) (Table 1). The leaching test for the marine/sea area is based on the public announcement no. 14 of the Environment Agency. 

Fig. 2 Schematic of leaching test based on public announcement no. 19 of the Environment Agency in Japan...

Parts of this work were funded by the UK Environment Agency, the Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (Japan), and the Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate (SKi) who are thanked sincerely for their support. We would also like to thank J. Smellie (Conterra AB) and M. Laaksohaiju (Intera AB) for giving us access to unpublished data. Constructive comments from reviewers G. Darling, M. Gascoyne and R. Metcalfe improved the content and readability of the manuscript. 

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