Seminar on Chemical Substances and the Environment, etc. (FY2020)

　Yokohama City and Kawasaki City are working to share information about chemical substances and the environment with citizens and businesses to reduce the environmental risks of chemical substances. Every year, we hold seminars for citizens and businesses, but in fiscal 2020, we changed the method, such as using online to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection.

　Every year, this seminar is held in cooperation with Kawasaki City, but in fiscal 2020, in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we postponed holding it in a normal format, and published materials on the characteristics of the two cities that can be seen from PRTR data and initiatives for new chemical substances in Kawasaki City were released on the web.

• Characteristics of Kawasaki City and Yokohama City Seen from PRTR Data-From the data of FY2018 results-
• Future measures for chemical substances in Kawasaki City

Please see on Kawasaki-shi homepage "2020 chemical substance measures seminar" (outside site).

Environmental Management Division, Environmental Measures Department, Kawasaki City Environment Bureau
Telephone: 044-200-2532
Fax: 044-200-3922
Email address: 30kagaku@city.kawasaki.jp

　In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, in fiscal 2020, we postponed holding seminars for citizens and created a video to let them know about chemical substances.

　The release of the video has ended, but the PDF version is posted on the "Let's Learn about Chemical Substances!" page, so please take a look there.

• Let's learn about chemical substances!

Planning and chemical substances in charge of City of Yokohama, Environmental Planning Bureau Environmental Management Division
Telephone: 045-671-2487
Fax: 045-681-2790
Address: 10 (27th floor) 6-50 Honcho, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-0005, Japan

　In cooperation with Kawasaki City, we held an environmental risk assessment seminar. This year, we held an online seminar to provide basic explanations on "environmental risk assessment" on the web, and a YouTube version to learn the basics of the simulation software "METI-LIS" while watching the PC operation screen.

Flyer for Environmental Risk Evaluation Seminar (PDF: 242KB)

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 From 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

From Tuesday, December 15, 2020 to Monday, January 25, 2021

Lecturer: Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc. (Online Seminar, YouTube)

1. Overview of environmental risk assessments around business sites

• Overview of environmental risk assessments around business sites
• Environmental risk assessment experience
• Commentary on "Guide to Evaluating Environmental Risks around Chemical Substances Handling Business Sites"

2. Theoretical background of the atmospheric diffusion model

3. Environmental risk assessment exercises using atmospheric diffusion models

• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry - Low Smoke Source Plant Diffusion Model (METI-LIS) Simulation Analysis Evaluation Exercise
• Environmental risk assessment exercise using METI-LIS simulation

Online lecture on Zoom

Free of charge

Chemical Substances and Radiation in charge of Environmental Management Division, Environmental Measures Department, Kawasaki City Environment Bureau
Telephone: 044-200-2532
Fax: 044-200-3922
E-mail: 30kagaku@city.kawasaki.jp