title: The ISS Sensitizing Agents Data Bank (BDS).
abstract: The Istituto Superiore Sanità has developed a data bank on sensitizing substances (Banca Dati Sensibilizzanti, BDS), available on website (www.iss.it/bdse/), sharing complete, controlled and updated information coming from different sources, such as scientific publications, international agencies and governmental or non governmental organizations. It is worthwhile that the main objective of the BDS is not the classification of sensitizing or potentially sensitizing agents within specific risk classes, but it is essentially to provide concise and non confidential information related to this endpoint. At present, the BDS includes: all the substances officially classified by European Union, (Annex I to Directive 67/548/EEC), some substances listed in I (Directive 67/548/EEC) for endpoints different than "sensitization" but indicated as sensitizers by other relevant institutions, all the substances indicated as sensitizers by relevant agencies or institutions (ACGIH, DFG), some substances indicted as sensitizers by industry and other non-governmental organizations (ETAD and HERA), all the substances regarded as "potentially sensitizing dyes" by the Commission of the European Community for the award of the eco-label to textile products, some substances for which, even in the absence of any categorization by Union, ACGIH or DFG, it is not possible to exclude a sensitizing potential on the basis of reliable documents.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Parassitarie e Immunomediate, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brunetto
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Binetti
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ceccarelli
authors.forename: Francesca Marina
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Costamagna
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Angiolini
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fabri
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferri
authors.forename: Ida
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Marcello
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Riva
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roazzi
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trucchi
authors.forename: Raffaella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tinghino
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000145:classification; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005062:European Union; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D020407:Internet; D007558:Italy; D011634:Public Health
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D015386:Hazardous Substances