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16-Jun-2010
This report presents the results of a 2008 survey on how OECD countries set Pesticide Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs). It includes:
• a summary of the issues raised in the countries’ responses;
• matrices based on the responses, which list the national authorities responsible for establishing MRLs and approving pesticide products, describe the types of MRLs established, and assess the impact on MRL harmonisation; and
• the individual responses from countries.
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10-May-2010
Please visit this new OECD website that offers access to a variety of information on pesticide spray drift posted by regulatory authorities of OECD member countries. You’ll find information on Government laws, policies and guidance, best management practices, application technologies, studies and validation test methods, and predictive models.
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07-May-2010
A guidance document for using the OECD (Q)SAR Application Toolbox to fill data gaps for acute aquatic toxicity is now available. The (Q)SAR Application Toolbox is a software application intended to be used by governments, industry and other stakeholders to fill gaps in (eco)toxicity data needed for assessing the hazards of chemicals. This new document specifically provides guidance on how to use the Toolbox to group chemicals to fill data gaps for acute aquatic toxicity of chemicals.
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07-Apr-2010
Approximately 1000 Chinese chemical names have been added to the eChemPortal index of chemical names allowing a search by chemical name in Chinese. eChemPortal - The Global Portal to Information on Chemical Substances, provides direct links to collections of information prepared for government chemical review programmes at national, regional, and international levels.
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29-Mar-2010
This document provides information on current/planned activities related to the safety of manufactured nanomaterials in OECD member and non-member countries that attended at the 6th meeting of OECD’s Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (Paris France, 28-30 October 2009). There are also written reports on relevant current activities in other International Organisations such as the ISO, the FAO and the WHO.
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29-Mar-2010
The United Kingdom Coordinated Chemicals Risk Management Programme Publications output has been added as a participant in eChemPortal, offering links to Risk Evaluation Reports containing full risk assessment for the environment, including human health hazard assessment, based on all available valid data. eChemPortal, the Global Portal to Information on Chemical Substances, provides direct links to collections of information prepared for government chemical review programmes at national, regional, and international levels.
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18-Mar-2010
The result of the GHS Classification by the Japanese government has been added as a participant in eChemPortal, offering links to results of the FY2005-2006 GHS classification of approximately 1,500 chemicals by the Japanese government. eChemPortal, the Global Portal to Information on Chemical Substances, provides direct links to collections of information prepared for government chemical review programmes at national, regional, and international levels.
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OECD Environmental Risk Assessment Toolkit: ANNEXs
05-Feb-2010
This webpage aims to give access to pratical tools on environmental risk assessment and management of chemicals. It describes the work flow of environmental risk assessment and management with links to relevent OECD products that can be used in each step of the work flow.
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07-Jan-2010
Version 1.1.02 of the OECD (Q)SAR Application Toolbox is now available. It can be downloaded free of charge. This Toolbox is a software application intended to be used by governments, the chemical industry and other stakeholders to fill gaps in (eco)toxicity data needed for assessing the hazards of chemicals. With this Toolbox, a user can fill data gaps by read-across and trend analysis, group chemicals into categories and gain access to a library of (Q)SAR models.
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09-Dec-2009
This document gives a description of the ways in which the WPMN contributes to the overall objectives of the OECD Environment, Health and Safety Programme (EHS), and the OECD as a whole. In addition, it also provides the expected key deliverables of the WPMN for 2009-2010.
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