Launch of Online Service for Predicting Chemical Substance Toxicity
KRICT Available on Website from the 20th
Companies and Researchers Utilize in Product Development Process
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] On the 20th, the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) launched a 'web-based chemical product combined risk prediction toolbox' service that can predict the cocktail effect (combined toxicity) of various chemicals contained in chemical products.
This service helps companies and researchers to design safer products by predicting the combined risk of product mixtures according to various substance combinations in the product development process in advance. It is available on the institute's own homepage or the KRICT website.
It provides four major combined toxicity prediction models. Key features include ▲combined toxicity prediction based on constituent substance information (environmental toxicity), ▲physical and chemical information of chemicals, ▲hazard information and regulatory information from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), ▲enhanced input data security features (choice of saving on personal PC or server), and ▲provision of prediction result reports.
KRICT plans to hold demonstration sessions for companies and researchers in the second half of this year. Next year, a more powerful Toolbox version 2.0 will be released, equipped with functions to estimate combined risk considering chemical product exposure levels and to predict the physical properties and hazards of chemicals with insufficient data.
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Kim Jong-woon, Director of the Chemical Safety Research Center, said, “Global chemical substance management technology is expanding from substance-centered to product-centered and shifting from government-centered to company-centered.” He added, “Although limited in scope, the newly developed toolbox is significant as a pioneering platform that can support combined risk prediction and safety design of chemical products.”
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