GHS Classification Guidance for the Japanese Government

Information in the book can be searched by CAS number.
(11) HODOC File (Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds) (HODOC)
(25,580 substances as of 2008)
This is a database version of the CRC handbook. In Japan, this database is managed by the
Japan Science and Technology Agency: http://www.cas.org/ONLINE/DBSS/hodocss.html
(12) Sax’s Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials (Sax)
Wiley-VCH Publishing has published this database of dangerous physical properties of
industrialized products, and it is now in the 11th edition). Data on reactivity, combustibility and
explosibility of more than 20,000 substances are listed. Information of the database can be
searched by CAS number.
(13) Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
This is a database compiled by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, and it contains data on physicochemical properties as
well. It is available in CD-ROM and is also searchable online. Search by CAS number is
available. http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB
2-1-3 Data collections of physicochemical hazard data
Scientific literatures focused on hazards of chemicals began to emerge in the latter half of the
20th century.
They addressed, however, emergency measures and risk management measures rather than
listing hazard data, and they were filled with paragraphs on those topics and rating of hazards.
They do not serve well in GHS classification especially for physical hazards. Accordingly, GHS
classification is going to depend on TDG classification described in 2-1-1 for the time being. As
some hazard databases include health hazard data, the ones that predominantly contain the
descriptions of physical hazards are selected in this section.
Note that items (2) and (3), which focus on the reactivity between two substances that are
outside the present GHS, are listed only for readers' reference.
(1) Hommel Handbook of Dangerous Goods(Hommmel)(1205 substances)
Its Germany version was compiled by Gunter Hommel and published by Springer-Verlag in
1970, undergoing revisions thereafter. The 1987 version was translated into Japanese by Rokuro
Arai and published by Springer-Verlag Tokyo.
(2) Bretherick’s Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards and Bretherick's Handbook of
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