International

As the Australian Government regulator, NICNAS is involved in international activities and negotiations to maintain and improve industrial chemical safety.

International Forums

• Agenda 21;

• Harmonisation of chemical assessment;

• Harmonisation of chemical safety;

• Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs);

• Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents (CICADS);

• OECD High Production Volume (HPV) Program;

• eChemPortal - eChemPortal is an internet gateway that provides direct free access to information on the properties of chemicals (physical-chemical properties, environmental fate and behaviour, ecotoxicity, toxicity) as well as to hazard and risk assessments. It allows users to simultaneously search multiple databases, most of which are prepared for government chemical review programs;

• Australia’s contribution to international assessment;

• Prior Informed Consent (PIC) and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs); - this will take you to the 'Treaties' section of this website

Bilateral

• Cooperative arrangements between Australia and the United States (PDF 140 Kb) - added 10 March 2009

• Letter of intent to explore cooperation between Australia and Canada on risk assessment and management of Existing Industrial Chemicals (PDF 752 Kb);

• ERMA (NZ)/NICNAS Memorandum of Understanding (PDF 166 Kb);

• Environment Canada & Health Canada/NICNAS Cooperative arrangement for New Chemicals (PDF 121 Kb).