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Chemical management policies and a distribution model for chemical accidents

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This study compares and evaluates domestic and overseas chemical substance management systems, and compares domestic risk management systems and overseas cases regarding issues and vulnerabilities to propose a plan for improving these issues. The Chemical Substance Control Act is a more powerful law than the chemical substance control acts of other countries, but it requires a seamless system and information sharing between managing government agents to correct overlaps in the reporting system for chemical substance management. A comparison of chemical substance dispersion models finds that ALOHA, from the United States, fails to include environmental factors such as topographical changes and atmospheric conditions and does not consider the reactions of chemical substances in the atmosphere or the variables involved in granular chemical substances and mixtures. The Korean model (KORA) has the advantage of automatically completing risk assessments and scenarios for each accident type. However, it has the inconvenience of requiring users to directly input the target of protection in the event of a chemical accident. Overall, a chemical substance risk management system must include information about the toxicity of chemical substances and environmental factors.

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    Min-Kyeong Yeo, Taek-Hyeon Han, Soon Seok Kim, Jin Ah Lee & Hyung-Geun Park

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Yeo, MK., Han, TH., Kim, S.S. et al. Chemical management policies and a distribution model for chemical accidents. Mol. Cell. Toxicol. 13, 361–371 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13273-017-0040-7

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