Enhancing the regulatory framework for upstream chemicals management in Malaysia: Some proposals from an academic perspective
Enhancing the regulatory framework for upstream chemicals management in Malaysia: Some proposals from an academic perspective
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加强马来西亚上游化学品管理的监管框架：学术角度的一些建议
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10.1016/j.jchas.2015.09.001
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2016
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N. Ali
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G. Ta;Changqing Meng;M. Mokhtar;Lee Khai Ern;L. Alam;M. M. A. Sultan;N. Ali
2009年，环境部（DOE）实施了环境有害物质（EHS）通知和登记计划，旨在通过首先收集进口到马来西亚或在马来西亚制造的化学品的数据来加强上游化学品管理。然而，我们注意到，这个自愿性计划只是为了收集化学品的数据而制定，并没有明确的路线图说明该计划如何促进上游化学品管理的监管框架。作为关注化学品管理的负责任学者，我们主动分析环境、健康及安全通报及登记计划，并找出规管架构中需要加强的重要环节。在本文中，我们阐述了EHS的定义，并提出了环境有害化学品（EHS）的术语来取代EHS的化学品管理的背景下。本文确定了符合GHS（全球化学品统一分类和标签制度）的EHC的内在属性。我们还提出了一种系统的化学品管制办法，这种办法也将能够满足与化学品有关的公约的要求，例如《巴塞尔公约》、《鹿特丹公约》、《斯德哥尔摩公约》和《水俣公约》。
In 2009, the Department of Environment (DOE) implemented the Environmentally Hazardous Substances (EHS) Notification and Registration Scheme aimed at strengthening upstream chemicals management by first collecting data on chemicals that are either imported to or manufactured in Malaysia. However, we noticed that this voluntary scheme was developed merely to collect data on chemicals and there is no clear roadmap on how the scheme can promote the regulatory framework for upstream chemicals management. As responsible academics concerned about chemicals management, we took the initiative to analyse the EHS Notification and Registration Scheme, and identified the critical features in the regulatory framework that need to be enhanced. In this paper, we elaborate on the EHS definition, and propose the term Environmentally Hazardous Chemicals (EHC) to replace EHS in the context of chemicals management. The intrinsic properties of the EHC that are in line with the GHS (Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals) have been identified in this paper. We also propose a systematic approach to regulating chemicals which will also be capable of meeting the demands of chemical related conventions such as the Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm and Minamata Conventions.