What is the ICCA and what is involved in its HPV Initiative?
The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) consists of representatives of chemical associations from the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, New Zealand, and Argentina. ICCA has its own initiative on HPV chemicals. The ICCA has indicated that its Initiative evolved out of concerns regarding the OECD HPV Program, as well as other general concerns related to chemical testing and assessment, particularly in Europe. The ICCA Initiative calls for the testing and assessment of 1,000 “high priority” chemicals by the year 2004. The testing and assessment work will be tied in directly with the OECD SIDS Program. Completed dossiers will be submitted to OECD so that a screening level hazard assessment can be completed. OECD is working to restructure its program to accelerate its process and handle the increased volume of information. The chemicals for the ICCA Initiative will be drawn from OECD’s list of approximately 4,100 HPV chemicals, with the follo
