Japan Seeks Testing Data from Industry to Help Classify 46 Hazardous Chemicals

On June 14, 2022, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and the Ministry of the Environment (MoE) announced to join forces with the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (JNIOSH) and the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) to start a new project to regularly collect testing data on chemical hazards from the public every year. The schedule is as below: