Providing hazard identification to the end users for household chemical products is the most reasonable and realistic alternative with respect to ensuring their right to know.
The studies on the GHS that have been performed and reported have mainly addressed the understanding level of workers and consumers concerning hazard communication about chemicals and the evaluation of effective national implementation of the GHS for each country [8-10].
However, a study examining the severity of hazards of chemical products by GHS classification has not been carried out. Therefore, in this study, the GHS classification for household chemical products was applied to inspect the severity of hazards. Moreover, to analyze the severity of chemical substances contained in household chemical products, we selected the substances most commonly contained in household chemical products and conducted a GHS classification.
Furthermore, we assessed the safety of whether the household chemical products are safer than the chemicals regulated by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and Ministry of Environment.
We also examined the severity of hazards, whether the limit, regulated by the Toxic Chemicals Control Act, was exceeded in order to establish policy support for building a system for providing hazards information for household chemical products.