Progress on OECD Chemicals Programme (14) -SIAM 23 in Jeju, 2006 and SIAM 24 in Paris, 2007

The 23rd Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) Initial Assessment Meeting (SIAM 23) was held in Jeju, hosted by Korea. The initial assessment documents of two substances (CAS numbers: 88-09-5, 111-41-1) at SIAM 23 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 24 was held at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) headquarters in Paris, France. The initial assessment documents of two substances (CAS numbers: 88-85-7, Mixture of 110-30-5, 5136-44-7, 5518-18-3) and one substance (CAS: 7782-63-0) as a member of a chemical category (iron salts and their hydrates) at SIAM 24 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.