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A '''Screening Information Dataset''' (SIDS) is a study of the [[Chemical safety|hazards]] associated with a particular [[chemical substance]] or group of related substances, prepared under the auspices of the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] (OECD).<ref>Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [http://webdomino1.oecd.org/horizontal/oecdacts.nsf/linkto/C%2890%29163 Decision-Recommendation of the Council on the Co-operative Investigation and Risk Reduction of Existing Chemicals] C(90)163/Final, 31 January 1991.</ref> The substances studied are [[High productionProduction volumeVolume chemicalChemicals|High Production Volume (HPV) chemicals]], that is chemicals which are manufactured or imported in quantities of more than 1000&nbsp;tonnes per year for any single OECD market.

The list of HPV chemicals is prepared by the OECD Secretariat and updated regularly. As of 2004, there were 4843 chemicals on the list.<ref>{{citation | author = OECD Secretariat | title = The 2004 OECD List of High Production Volume Chemicals | url = http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/55/38/33883530.pdf | publisher = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | ___location = Paris | date = 2004}}.</ref> Of these, roughly 1000 have been prioritised for special attention, and it is for these chemicals that SIDS are prepared,<ref name="descrip">{{citation | title = Description of OECD Work on Investigation of High Production Volume Chemicals | url = http://www.oecd.org/document/21/0,3343,en_2649_34379_1939669_1_1_1_1,00.html | publisher = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | date = December 2005 | accessdate = 2009-08-26}}.</ref> usually by an official agency in one of the OECD member countries with the collaboration of the [[United Nations|UN]] [[International Programme on Chemical Safety]] (IPCS).