To keep an updated inventory of chemicals that are presently being manufactured or used, indicating among others, their existing and possible uses, quantity, test data, names of firms manufacturing or using them, and such other information as the Secretary may consider relevant to the protection of health and the environment;

To require chemical substances and mixtures that present unreasonable risk or injury to health or to the environment to be tested before they are manufactured or imported for the first time;

To require chemical substances and mixtures which are presently being manufactured or processed to be tested if there is reason to believe that they pose unreasonable risk or injury to health and the environment;

To evaluate the characteristics of chemicals that have been tested to determine their toxicity and the extent of their effects on health and the environment;

To conduct inspection of any establishment in which chemicals are manufactured, processed, stored or held before or after their commercial distribution and to make recommendations to the proper authorities concerned;

Data Management

Through the use of our laboratory information management system (LIMS), reports can be emailed as PDF format and many other database file formats, immediately upon completion and in-house quality review. HiAdvance Philippines uses the same sophisticated LIMS System (ElementTM Data System) as do all the laboratories in our international network to meet quality objectives and regulatory requirements.