Screening Information Data Set SIDS

Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) for High Production Volume Chemicals... 

EPA, Public Access to Screening Information Data Sets (SIDS) (http //www.epa.gov/opptintr/ sids/overview.htm, htpp //www.epa.gov/tri/tridataAri96/pdr/appc.pdf). 

End November 2006, the number of ICCA substances evaluated and accepted by OECD the Screening information Data Set (SIDS) Initial Assessment Meetings (SIAMs) was 465 but in November 2007 it was close to 600. As the EU s new chemicals legislation, Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical substances (REACH) entered into force in June 2007, there is some concern about competition at European level with REACH requirements but it seems now that the data collected within the HPV programme would be recognised under REACH. 

A9.6.4.4 The U.S. EPA has recently posted a draft document on its website Development of Chemical Categories in the HPV Challenge Program, that proposes the use of chemical categories to voluntarily compile a Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) on all chemicals on the US HPV list. .. [to provide] basic screening data needed for an initial assessment of the physicochemical properties, environmental fate, and human and environmental effects of chemicals (US EPA, 1999). This list consists of ...about 2,800 HPV chemicals which were reported for the Toxic Substances Control Act s 1990 Inventory Update Rule (lUR) . 

At a minimum, the OECD s Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) should be available. The SIDS is a list of data elements similar to those which governments in most OECD countries require from industry before a new chemical can be marketed. It includes information on the chemical s identity, its physical and chemical properties, the indications on exposure and use, its environmental fate and how the chemical might be disseminated in the environment, as well as toxicological data. All of these data elements are... 

The Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) was developed concurrently with the Repusentative List. SIDS was designed to encompass the minimum information needed to allow a decision to be made as to whether or not a chemical should be considered ... 

United States Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Existing Chemicals Assessment Division. Information packet on the OECD Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) Program for high production volume (HPV) chemicals, 1992. 

Existing chemical substances, especially those supplied in high volume, may be subject to review in one of the national or international evaluation programs, such as the OECD Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) scheme [7]. Existing data are reported initially, but new studies may be required subsequently to fill data gaps, especially if necessary for adequate assessment of the substance. The hazard and risk assessment could lead to risk management. 

Id. at 15. The study looked only for health screening data as established by the Organization for Economic Development s (OECD) Screening Information Data Set (SIDS), and not at the full SIDS set. 

Table 19.1. Hazard data availability of each Screening Information Data Set, SIDS, component for U.S. High Production Volume Chemicals ...

The OECD has identified 20 metal substances as High Production Volume (HPV) chemicals (OECD 2009) (Table 7.3). HPV chemicals include all chemicals reported to be produced or imported at amounts exceeding 1,000 tons per year in at least one OECD manber country or in the European Union region. None of the metals identified as HPV chemicals have an OECD Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) (OECD 2007). The SIDS is described in http //www.oecd.org/Hpv/UI/Search.aspx. 

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