Preface

The Advisory list for self-classification of dangerous substances

The current report describes the work underlying the advisory list for self-classification of chemicals that the Danish EPA has prepared in collaboration with researchers from the National Food Institute – Technical University of Denmark. The advisory list for self-classification of chemicals is available as a database via www.mst.dk.

This report provides the following background material to the database:

Chapter 1: A general regulatory background on classification of chemicals and how (Q)SAR based assessments can be used in this context.
Chapter 2: Description of the general methodology applied to make the advisory self-classifications.
Chapter 3: Description of the (Q)SAR models and the (Q)SAR based assessments in relation to the classification criteria for individual endpoints.
Chapter 4: Discussion and conclusions regarding comparisons with the previous advisory list.