With the implementation of Pollutant Discharge and Transfer Register (PRTR) in fiscal 2003, information on the quantity of chemical substances discharged annually from each business is released in Japan. Such information is expected to lead to heightened public concern about the presence of chemical substances in environment. This paper showed the effects of using PRTR data for managing chemical risk in a water environment communicating among stakeholders based on the results of the case study held in Japan. First, it was possible to identify the discharge sources using PRTR and related data for the chemicals such as Zn and NPs which were shown that they had relatively high risks based on the survey in a model area. Second, it was suggested that the chemical risk communication among the stakeholders including people using PRTR and related data would be a good way to encourage environmental activities of businesses, and to build a good relationship among stakeholders including people who have anxiety about chemical risk.
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January 01 2008
Management of chemical substances in a water environment communicating among stakeholders
H. Yamagata;
1National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT), Asahi 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0804, Japan [email protected]
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H. Suzuki;
H. Suzuki
1National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT), Asahi 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0804, Japan [email protected]
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H. Kobayashi;
H. Kobayashi
1National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT), Asahi 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0804, Japan [email protected]
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M. Minamiyama;
M. Minamiyama
1National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT), Asahi 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0804, Japan [email protected]
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K. Fujita;
K. Fujita
1National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT), Asahi 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0804, Japan [email protected]
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H. Saino;
H. Saino
2Kinki Regional Development Bureau, MLIT, Kyoto, 600-8234, Japan
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K. Sakai;
K. Sakai
3Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), Minamihara 1-6, Tsukuba, 305-8516, Japan
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M. Takahashi
M. Takahashi
4Division of Field Engineering for Environment, Hokkaido University, Nishi-8, Kita-13, Kita, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan [email protected]
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Water Sci Technol (2008) 57 (1): 109–116.
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H. Yamagata, H. Suzuki, H. Kobayashi, M. Minamiyama, K. Fujita, H. Saino, K. Sakai, M. Takahashi; Management of chemical substances in a water environment communicating among stakeholders. Water Sci Technol 1 January 2008; 57 (1): 109–116. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2008.813
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