IFCS Indicators of Progress
Priorities for Action beyond 2000
and
Forum Recommendations
Questionnaire
Please provide the information described on the following pages concerning your country, giving the current status and, to the extent possible, that foreseen at the end of 2006
Please complete:COUNTRY: BRASIL
1.National Capabilities and Capacities for Chemicals Management
Priorities for Action E1 and E2[1]
1a)Has a comprehensive National Chemicals Management Profile, or other equivalent strategic national plan, been developed
through a multi-stakeholder process[2]?
National ProfileYes X No / Other equivalent strategic national plan
Yes No
If "Yes" to either of the above, please indicate the original publication date and the date(s) of any revisions.
Brazilian Chemical Management Profile. Publication date: September/2003. No revision since that.
If "Yes" to either of the above, please list all ministries, agencies and organizations that participated:
Ministry of the Environment - MMA
Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Resources - IBAMA
Ministry of Health – MS
Secretariat of Health Surveillance – SVS
Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency – ANVISA
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation – FIOCRUZ
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply – MAPA
Ministry of Science and Technology – MCT
Ministry of National Integration – MI
Ministry of Mines and Energy – MME
Ministry of Foreign Affairs – MRE
Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade – MDIC
Ministry of Labour and Employment – MTE
Jorge Duprat Figueiredo Foundation for Workers' Safety and Occupational Medicine – FUNDACENTRO
Ministry of Transport – MT
Brazilian Land Transport Agengy – ANTT
Brazilian Association of State Environmental Entities – ABEMA
Brazilian Chemical Industry Association – ABIQUIM
Workers' Central Trades Union – CUT
Brazilian Forum of Non-Governmental Organizations and Social Movements for the Environment and Development – FBOMS
University of Brasília – UnB
University of São Paulo – USP
Pan American Health Organization - PAHO
If "No", is your country in the process of developing or planning on developing a
Comprehensive National Chemicals Management Profile?
Yes Expected completion date ______No
If "No", have equivalent measures such as a government investigation on chemical safety followed by legislative measures been undertaken?
Yes No
If "Yes", please describe:
______
______
______
1b)Has your country developed any of the following on the sound management of chemicals?
If yes, please provide year completed. / If development is in progress, please provide the expected completion year? / NoNational Policies
National Priorities / Yes (since 2001)
National Strategies / yes (since 2001)
National Action Plans / yes (since 2001)
1c)Has your country established an inter-ministerial/intersectoral coordinating mechanism (e.g. committee or body) to facilitate the comprehensive treatment of chemical safety issues?
Yes XNo
If "Yes": What is the name of the "mechanism"?
National Comission on Chemical Safety - CONASQ
When was it established?
December/2000
2.Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
Priority for Action B1
2a)Has your country initiated work to adopt and implement the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)?
Yes X No
If "Yes", what is the expected date (year) GHS will be fully operational?
2008
2b)Has your country ratified and implemented ILO Convention 170 on Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work[3], or instituted comparable measures?
Yes XNo
3.National Arrangements for Exchange of Information on Hazardous Chemicals
Priority for Action C1
3a)What arrangements are operational in your country for the exchange of information on hazardous chemicals? Please describe.
Brazil has many Banks of Data, related to chemicals:
among others:
SIA – Pesticide Information System (
AGROFIT – System of Pesticides (
Wood preservatives (
SINITOX – National System of Toxicological Information (
Please indicate if the established infrastructure includes:
1) website where national partners can gain access to chemical information sources,
Yes XNo
2) institutional directory listing sources of information
Yes No X
4.National Procedures on Safety Information for Hazardous Materials In
Circulation
Priority for Action C3
4a)Does your country have procedures in place to ensure that any hazardous material put into circulation is accompanied, at a minimum, by appropriate and reliable safety information that is easy to access, read and understand?
Yes XNo
If "Yes":
Are the procedures consistent with the safety data sheets of the 1990 International Labour Organization Chemicals Convention (No.170)?
Yes XNo
Do they conform to the Globally Harmonized System for the Classification and Labelling Of Chemicals?
Yes X No
5.Ecologically Sound and Integrated Strategies for Pest Management
Priority for Action D1
5a)Has your country prepared integrated pest management strategies?
Yes XNo
If "Yes", were national studies done to develop the strategies?
Yes XNo
6.Obsolete Stocks of Pesticides and Other Chemicals
Priority for Action D2
6a) Are there any obsolete stocks of pesticides and/or other chemicals in your country?
Yes XNo
6b)Has your country prepared an action plan for disposal of obsolete stocks of pesticides and other chemicals?
Yes XNo
If "Yes", has the action plan been implemented?
Yes No X
If "Yes", has the action plan been completed?
Yes No X
If "No", is work in progress to prepare an action plan?
Yes X If yes, what is the expected completion date (year)? 2007
No If no, why not? ______
7.National Systems for Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents And
Emergency Preparedness & Response
Priority for Action D4
7a)Has your country implemented a national system for emergency preparedness and response, in accordance with international principles[4]?
Yes XNo
If "No", is work in progress to implement the system?
Yes expected completion date (year)? In implementation process since 2004
7b)Is there a national law requiring the system?
Yes X No
7c)Has your country ratified and implemented ILO Convention 174[5] on Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents?
Yes X No
If "No", are efforts under way to do so?
Yes No
8.International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides
8a) Has your government implement the revised International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides (November 2002)[6] as the basis for a comprehensive life cycle approach to pesticide management ?
Yes XNo
If "No", are efforts under way to do so?
Yes No
8b) Have the provisions of the Code of Conduct been implemented through other pieces of legislation or by other means?
Yes XNo
If "Yes", please briefly describe.
Brazil has legislation for pesticides, since 1989. This legislation is implemented.
______
______
9.Poison Centres
Priority for Action D7
9a)Have poison centre(s) been established in your country?
Yes XNo
If "Yes", please indicate classification level for each poison centre:
WHO Status of Development ClassificationA / well-established centres, the full range of clinical analytical and other relevant facilities and cover the whole country.
B / well-established centres, but lack some of the related facilities or do not provide full coverage to the country. These centres require further development in order to meet the ideal criteria for centres given in the IPCS Guidelines
C / certain facilities for poison control, but require major support to develop further areas of activities, according to the criteria in the IPCS Guidelines, and should expand coverage through the country.
Centre (Name & location: City/State) / Date Established / Classification -
initial / Classification - 2000 / Classification - current
CCI – Aracaju/Sergipe
CIT – Belém/Pará
SERVITOX – Belo Horizonte/Minas Gerais
CEATOX – Botucatu/São Paulo
CIAT – Brasília/Distrito Federal
CEATOX – Campina Grande/Paraíba
CCI – Campinas/São Paulo
CIVITOX – Campo Grande/Mato Grosso do Sul
CIAT – Cascavel/Paraná
CIAVE – Cuiabá/Mato Grosso
CIT – Curitiba/Paraná
CIT – Florianópolis/Santa Catarina
CEATOX – Fortaleza/Ceará
CIT – Goiânia/Goiás
HVB (Hosp. Vital Brasil) – São Paulo/São Paulo
CCI – Jabaquara/São Paulo
CEATOX (Hosp. das Clínicas) – São Paulo/São Paulo
CEATOX – João Pessoa/Paraíba
CCI – Londrina/Paraná
CIAT – Manaus/Amazonas
CEATOX – Marília/São Paulo
CCI – Maringá/Paraná
CIT – Natal/Rio Grande do Norte
CCI – Niterói/Rio de Janeiro
CIT – Porto Alegre/Rio Grande do Sul
CEATOX – Presidente Prudente/São Paulo
CEATOX: Recife/Pernambuco
CCI - Ribeirão Preto/São Paulo
CIAT - Rio Branco/Acre
CCI – Rio de Janeiro/Rio de Janeiro
CIAVE – Salvador/Bahia
CCI – Santos/São Paulo
CEATOX – São José do Rio Preto/São Paulo
CCI – São José dos Campos/São Paulo
CCI – Taubaté/São Paulo
CIAT – Teresina/Piauí
TOXCEN – Vitória/Espírito Santo
Glossary:
CAT: CENTER OF AID TOXICOLÓGICAL.
CCE: CONTROL CENTER OF POISONINGS
CCI: CONTROL CENTER OF POISONINGS
CCIn: CONTROL CENTER OF POISONINGS
CEATOX: CONTROL CENTER OF POISONINGS
CIAT: CENTER OF INFORMATION AND AID TOXICOLÓGICAL.
CIAVE: CENTER OF INFORMATION AGAINST POISON
CIT: CENTER OF INFORMATION TOXICOLÓGICAL.
CITF: CENTER OF TOXICOLOGICAL AND FARMACOLOGICAL INFORMATION
CIVITOX: INTEGRATED CENTER OF THE SUPERVISION OF TOXICOLOGY
SERVITOX: SERVICE OF TOXICOLOGY.
TOXCEN: CENTER OF ATTENTION TOXICOLÓGICAL
HVB: VITAL BRAZIL HOSPITAL
9b)Is strengthening of poison centers planned? Yes
If "Yes", for what time period? Brazil has a permanent plan for strengthening this Centers.
9c)If there are no established poison centres in your country, is work under way in your country to establish a poison control centre with related chemical and analytical facilities for the first time?
Yes No
If "Yes" when do you expect the poison control centre to be operational? Please provide location and date (year).
10.Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers/Emission Inventories
Priority for Action D8
10a)Has your country established:
An air emission inventory?
Yes X No
A land emission inventory?
Yes No X
A water emission inventory?
Yes XNo
A waste inventory?
Yes XNo
A Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR)?
Yes No X
If "No", is work being initiated to design a PRTR or emission inventory
system?
Yes XNo
10 b)Has your country implemented a system comparable to the PRTR (e.g. the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control)?
Yes X No
11.Prevention of Illegal Traffic in Toxic & Dangerous Products
Priority for Action F
11a)Has your country developed a national strategy, or other national measures (e.g. legislation, action plans) for the prevention of illegal traffic in toxic and dangerous products?
Yes X No
If "Yes", when was it prepared? The strategies for this issues is a permanent action of Ministry of Justice
12.Children and Chemical Safety (Forum IV Recommendation)
12a) Has your government prepared, through multi-stakeholder consultation, initial national assessments of children’s environmental health and chemical safety?
Yes XNo
If "No", are efforts under way to do so?
Yes No
12b)Has your government taken action to promote harmonized data collection, research, legislation and regulations, and the use of indicators of children’s environmental health?
Yes XNo
If "Yes", please briefly describe:
If "No", are efforts under way to do so?
Yes No
13. Hazard data generation (Forum IV Recommendation)
13a)Has your government established national priorities for information generation for chemicals that are not produced in high volumes?
Yes XNo
If "No", are efforts under way to do so?
Yes No
Other Forum IV Recommendations address:
Please provide brief information on specific actions your government has taken to respond to the recommendations of Forum IV in these areas:
Occupational Safety and Health
Area A:
Development of analytical and sampling methodologies, accomplishment of applied research and elaboration of informative materials (e.g. Pamphlets) about specific chemicals, such as: silica, vegetable coal, benzene, asbestos, particle material and others.
Creation of Information System of Population Displayed to Chemicals (SIMPEAQ).
Area B:
Participation in National Multisectorial Group about Globally Harmonized System of classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
Area C:
National Chemical Industries Association (ABIQUIM) keeps an Information Center called Pró-Química to emergency attendance.
Area D:
Elaboration of books, pamphlets and others information diffusion materials about pesticides.
Auditorship of Ministry of labour and Employment at chemical safety activities aiming at risks reduction.
Project of Ministry of labour and Employment related to prevent major industrial accidents, specially in the chemical, petrochemical, pulp and paper industries.
Project to reduction benzene risks.
Area E:
Spreading to Latin America the experiences in the tripart commission of benzene.
Training of african countries that speak portuguese professionals about health of the workers.
Acutely Toxic Pesticides – risk management and reduction
Technical Advising Committee (CTA) discussions about technical strategies related pesticides legislation.
Toxicological and ecotoxicological reassessment of hazardous pesticides.
Capacity building
Elaboration of many accords with Brazilian's State Environmental Agencies to training in chemical safety, such as contaminated lands identification and remediation, obsolete stocks of pesticides and other chemicals management and hazardous chemicals emergencies attendance.
INFOCAP (Information Exchange Network on Capacity Building for the Sound Management of Chemicals ) implementation
Pesticide Information System (SIA).
Details of person completing the questionnaire:
IFCS National Focal Point: Yes NoName: / Marília Marreco Cerqueira
Title: / Special Advisor
Ministry / Ministry of the Environment
Address / Esplanada dos Ministérios -
Bloco B – 8º andar
CEP 70.068-900
Brasília – DF- Brazil
Tel: / 55 61 4009 1029
Fax: / 55 61 4009 1759/1760 / Date:
Email: / / Signature:
Please provide the following additional information:
Does the IFCS National Focal Point have direct access to the Internet in his/her office?
Yes X No
If "No", does he/she have access to the Internet in the building where he/she works?
Yes No
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[1]The Priorities for Action Beyond 2000 may be viewed on the IFCS website at
[2] A multi-stakeholder process is a process involving all concerned national ministries and other government institutions, as well as other interested national parties.
[3]ILO Convention 170 may be viewed on the ILO website at:
[4] Ref. OECD Second Edition 2003 Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response, undertaken in cooperation with other international organizations, including ILO, IMO, UNECE, UNEP, UNOCHA (UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit) and WHO.
[5]ILO Convention 170 may be viewed on the ILO website at:
[6] The International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides may be viewed at: