Risk Assessment Science Collaboration Office

Tasked with providing domestic leadership for regulatory science initiatives aimed at realizing safe and secure society, the Risk Assessment Science Collaboration Office coordinates and promotes research and other projects on environmental risks through its two sections. The Ecotoxicity Reference Laboratory conducts ecological toxicity research; cooperates internationally to develop or standardize new testing methods to ISO or OECD; oversees the stable supply of experimental animals; holds seminars and other events to inform and educate relevant parties about testing methods; and otherwise supports the building of ecotoxicity testing infrastructure and regulatory policymaking. The Environmental Risk Assessment Task Office contributes to administrative policy by conducting researches on testing and risk assessment methods, and assesses environmental risks scientifically by working with government agencies and relevant organizations to support risk assessment. Our Task Office also contributes to step-wise risk assessment and setting of risk assessment guidelines and regulation or target values based on the Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc and other relevant laws, as well as collecting and releasing information on environmental risks to enhance fundamental knowledge for public policy.