Key Summary: DOHSBase includes GHS hazard classifications for about 6,200 Australian substances from AICIS (the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme, which replaced NICNAS in July 2020). You only see the Australian data for substances that don’t already have an EU CLP classification, so this coverage is especially useful for polymers and other substance categories that fall outside REACH/CLP scope. Each record keeps a direct link to the live Australian source, so if you need to verify the most current classification for a cross-border project, you can do it in one click from DOHSBase Online. In practice this means you can work a cross-jurisdictional exposure assessment without having to pull up a second database or manually reconcile classifications between EU and Australian regulatory systems — the aggregation is already done, with source transparency preserved.
In July 2020, Australia replaced the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) with the new Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS). All hazardous substances used in Australia must be notified, registered, and assessed in AICIS. AICIS is comparable to REACH in Europe.
We have found that AICIS no longer contains hazard classification information. We have therefore decided to include only the Australian data if the substance does not have an EU CLP classification. These are approximately 6,200 substances. Among these are quite a few substances that do not fall under REACH/CLP, such as polymers.
These substances retain in DOHSBase the link to a new Australian source. In this database, you can check for yourself what the current classification data in Australia is.
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