Kaminuma Tsuguchika, Nakata Kotoko
Division of Chem-Bio Informatics, National Institute of Health Sciences, 18-1 Kamiyoga 1-Chome, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan.
Toxicology. 2003 Aug 21;190(1-2):93-103. doi: 10.1016/s0300-483x(03)00199-9.
The Global Information Network on Chemicals (GINC) is an effort to build a global information network that links international, national, and other organizations working for the safe management of chemicals in order to exchange information and improve communications. The project was originally proposed in 1993 by one of the authors then at the National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS) of Japan to the International Program on Chemical Safety (IPCS), which is a joint project of World Health Organization (WHO), International Labor Organization (ILO), and United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The base support system was first implemented at NIHS using the Internet/World Wide Web (WWW) technology in 1995. The project was then endorsed by the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS) and was adopted by the Inter-Organization Program for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC). However, the base system (http://www.nihs.go.jp/GINC/index.html) has been developed and maintained solely by the NIHS group under the support of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW), Japan. Asia, particularly East Asia and the Pacific region, was chosen as the feasibility study region for this project. During the period from December 1994 to July 2002, NIHS hosted eight meetings on this project held in Tokyo.
全球化学品信息网络（GINC）旨在建立一个全球信息网络，该网络将致力于化学品安全管理的国际组织、国家组织及其他组织连接起来，以便交流信息并改善沟通。该项目最初由当时在日本国立卫生科学研究所（NIHS）的一位作者于1993年向国际化学品安全规划署（IPCS）提出，IPCS是世界卫生组织（WHO）、国际劳工组织（ILO）和联合国环境规划署（UNEP）的联合项目。1995年，基础支持系统首先在NIHS利用互联网/万维网（WWW）技术得以实施。该项目随后得到化学品安全政府间论坛（IFCS）的认可，并被化学品健全管理组织间方案（IOMC）采用。然而，基础系统（http://www.nihs.go.jp/GINC/index.html）一直由NIHS团队在日本厚生省（MHW）的支持下独自开发和维护。亚洲，特别是东亚和太平洋地区，被选为该项目的可行性研究区域。在1994年12月至2002年7月期间，NIHS在东京主办了八次关于该项目的会议。
