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About Statistics Publications & Documents Information by Country

This database lists thousands of past and current schedules for OECD government reviews of active ingredients in agricultural pesticides and non-agricultural pesticides or biocides, such as household insecticides, paint preservatives and disinfectants.  With such information, a government planning a review can identify if other governments have also reviewed a substance, or will review it, which facilitates the sharing of assessment reports.  These reports, called “monographs”, contain a written record of the government’s evaluation of a biocide’s or pesticide’s risks based on the data provided in the application for registration.  Governments can use monographs written by others to supplement or even replace an independent review of the pesticide. The database does not contain the monographs themselves but rather functions as a pointer system, enabling users to determine which governments have assessed which pesticides or biocides and can be contacted to get a copy of the monographs. The database has helped OECD governments to identify and exchange hundreds of pesticide monographs in recent years. This exchange has enabled governments to strengthen and broaden their national pesticide reviews, by including perspectives and information from other countries.