High production volume chemicals (HPV chemicals) are produced or imported into the United States in quantities of 1 million pounds or 500 tons per year.[1] In OECD countries, HPV chemicals are defined as being produced at levels greater than 1,000 metric tons per producer/importer per year in at least one member country/region.[2] A list of HPV chemicals serves as an overall priority list, from which chemicals are selected to gather data for a screening information dataset (SIDS), for testing and for initial hazard assessment.
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EPAwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "The 2004 OECD List of High Production Volume Chemicals Environment Directorate" (PDF). OECD. 2004. p. 143. Retrieved 13 March 2014.