Several authorities deal with different kinds of chemicals having dangerous properties. The rules may be seen as complicated, and many hours of work are spent in efforts to comply with them. Using this tool, these complicated rules become simple, which allows companies to use their time in a more profitable way. The company behind it, located in Linköping, Sweden, is looking for license agreement, technical co-operation or joint venture agreement.

The EU commission has presented the REACH document (1136 pages), which regulates the use of chemicals in the future. Today, many companies utilise more or less "home made" register systems. Most of these are insufficient for the new demands. Therefore the tool developed by a Swedish company should replace such systems. Then the register will be continuously up to date and the REACH demands will be fulfilled. This tool functions like this:

- The tool presents all information according to the principle "the most important first".

- The tool contains detailed information about dangers and other properties for more then 18 000 chemicals.

The Swedish company continuously updates and extends this information with respect to both national and international legislations and new scientific findings. The tool presents all information according to the principle "the most important first".

More detailed information is then presented upon a click on the desired question at issue. If further details are still demanded, the tool constructs a suitable profile for Internet search.

The compamy can also search information at the cutting edge of science.

The tool connects the current and historical storage of chemicals with their risk information, and presents comprehensible reports on specific kinds of dangers or a logical profile of dangers.

The tool contains an advanced authorisation system making the information selectively available only for those who need it but effectively excludes unauthorised access. Innovative Aspects: Registration and information of chemicals and their dangers are necessary. But, if done according to all the rules it represents a considerable workload that could be better used for profitable work. The tool includes all these rules, and the user only needs to input the identity and the quantity of the chemicals he wants information about. Then the tool checks all rules and makes all reports needed both for internal use and external demands from the authorities. Companies can save money and avoid disasters, which normally requires expertise that exists neither within the staff nor with consultants. The tool keeps the staff informed on all aspects of chemical safety.

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