DENMARK

DANISH TOXICOLOGY CENTRE
(DANSK TOKSIKOLOGI CENTER, ATV (DTC)

Agern Alle 15,
DK-2970 Horsholm, Denmark

Tel: 00 45 42 57 0055
Fax: 00 45 42 57 1919
Email: dantox@inet.uni-c.dk

Director: Ms L V Hansen Information Officer: H Buchardt Boyd

Status: DTC is a self-governing institute affiliated to the Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV). The Academy (ATV) appoints DTC's Board of Directors, An ATV-Institute must provide services of high scientific quality. DTC has been approved by the Minister for Business and Industry as a technological service institute, a GTS-institute.

Principal functions and activities: DTC gathers know-how and evaluates the effects of substances and materials on humans and the environment. DTC provides services on a contract basis within the following areas: Hazard and risk assessments; Toxicological investigations; Classification and labelling; Safety Data Sheets (several languages); Notification, approval and registration of chemical products and materials; Product and material assessment, for example, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, cleaning agents, disinfectants and foods. DTC also has a department in Moscow, providing translation services in connection with environmental projects in Russian spoken countries.

Major publications: Annual report 1995; Subject sheets: Chemical Products for the European Market; Subscription Services; The state of the Environment in Belarus; Occupational Safety and Health Management in Biotechnical Companies; Safety Data Sheets for Laboratory Reagents (Haldor Topsoe); Documentation of Health Effects for Chemical Substances; Management System for Chemical Products in the European Automotive Industry; Short Term Consultancy EU-PHARE Programme - Air Quality Monitoring; Environmental Impacts of Electrically Conductive Adhesives; Planning, Monitoring and Interpretation of Animal Studies; Veterinary Medicinal Products in Europe; Washing and Cleaning Agents; Medicinal Products. Most subject sheets are available in Russian.