Progress on OECD Chemicals Programme (12) - SIAM 20 in Paris and 21 in Washington DC, 2005

The 20th Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) Initial Assessment Meeting (SIAM 20) was held at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) headquarters in Paris, France. The initial assessment documents of three substances (CAS numbers: 85-41-6, 97-99-4, 7632-00-0) at SIAM 20 were submitted by the Japanese Government with or without the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) and all of them were agreed at the meeting. SIAM 21 was held in Washington DC, hosted by the United States. The initial assessment documents of two substances (CAS numbers: 100-74-3, 107-18-6) at SIAM 21 were submitted by the Japanese Government with or without ICCA and all of them were agreed at the meeting. In this report, the documents of these substances are introduced.