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Chapter 1. Introduction To Chemical Health Risk Assessment
Chapter 1. Introduction To Chemical Health Risk Assessment
CHAPTER 1:
Introduction to Chemical
Health Risk Assessment
(CHRA)
By :
Assoc Prof Ts ChM Dr Nor Suhaila Mohamad Hanapi
At the end of the session,
students will be able to:
AMENDED
CHEMICALS
HAZARDOUS TO
HEALTH: DEFINITION
Chemical hazardous to health means any
substances or mixtures which
• Listed in Schedule I and II of the USECHH
Regulations 2000;
• Classified in any hazard class specified
under health hazard of the First Schedule
of CLASS Regulations 2013;
• Pesticides as defined under Pesticides Act
1974; and
• A scheduled waste listed in the First
Schedule to the Environmental Quality
(Scheduled Waste) Regulations 2005.
REGULATIONS 11,
USECHH 2000
HEALTH
j) The requirement for the
training and retraining of
workers
CHRA in ACTION
Manual-
DOSH 3rd
Edition
Application
This manual had been prepared to provide guidance for assessors to conduct a CHRA by
going through a step-by-step procedure and using prescribed techniques and format.