European Union Summary Risk Assessment Report - Sodium Hydroxide

This report provides a summary, with conclusions, of the risk assessment report of the substance sodium hydroxide that has been prepared by Portugal in the context of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 793/93 on the evaluation and control of existing substances. For detailed information on the risk assessment principles and procedures followed, the underlying data and the literature references, the reader is referred to the comprehensive Final Risk Assessment Report (Final RAR) that can be obtained from the European Chemicals Bureau . The Final RAR should be used for citation purposes rather than this present Summary Report.JRC.I.3-Consumer products safety and qualit