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03-Jul-2008
This report presents the results of a joint OECD/EC seminar on the development of harmonised environmental indicators for pesticide risk. The seminar was held on 13 November 2006 in Bonn (Germany). The aims of this seminar were to: present the indicators developed in the framework of the EC-funded HAIR project (Harmonised environmental Indicators for pesticide Risk), discuss issues related to further developments, and consider ways of broadening the use of these indicators across OECD Member countries.
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03-Jun-2008
OECD’s Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials launched a “sponsorship programme” at its 3rd meeting (November 2007). Countries will share the testing of specific nanomaterials (MNs) under this programme. Much valuable information on the safety of MNs can be derived by testing a representative set for human health and environmental safety. In launching this “sponsorship programme” the Working Party agreed a priority list of MNs for testing (based on materials which are in or close to commerce) as well as a list of endpoints for which they should be tested.
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19-May-2008
A new issue of the OECD Biotechnology Update has been published. This newsletter provides up-to-date information on the diverse activities at OECD related to biotechnology.
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29-Apr-2008
Section 4.1.1 of the OECD Monograph Guidance Document has been revised to include text which specifies that Regulatory Authorities should not use the contents of a Monograph from another country as a basis for their regulatory decisions unless the data package upon which a particular Monograph was based has been provided to the Authority, or the owner of the data has granted permission for use of the summary evaluation in a Monograph in lieu of the data.
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18-Apr-2008
This document provides information on current/planned activities related to the safety of manufactured nanomaterials in OECD member and non-member countries. Information was provided by delegations who participated in the 3rd Meeting of OECD's Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials. There are also reports on relevant current activities in some International Organisations.
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Nanotechnologies at the OECD
26-Feb-2008
The OECD has prepared an overview of its work on nanotechnologies for Forum VI of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS). This event will be held in Dakar, Senegal, 15-19 September 2008. The document, "Nanotechnologies at the OECD", is available in English, French and Russian.
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22-Feb-2008
The OECD will take part in an thhis symposium which will be held on 23 April 2007 in Tokyo, Japan. A two-day OECD WPMN meeting - OECD Workshop on the Sponsorship Programme for the Testing of Manufactured Nanomaterials - will follow this event to discuss the sponsorship programme for the testing of manufactured nanomaterials.
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19-Feb-2008
This Programme of Work on Manufactured Nanomaterials 2006-2008 was agreed in September 2006 September by OECD’s Chemicals Committee. To implement this work the Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN) was established. The Terms of Reference for the WPMN are found in Annex II.
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31-Jan-2008
This document describes the benefits that will accrue to regulatory authorities, companies (registrants) and the general public as a result of joint evaluations of dossiers in which two or more countries divide the work required to review a pesticide data submission. This is No. 41 in the Series on Pesticides [ENV/JM/MONO(2008)1]
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Testing a Representative Set of Nanomaterials – The Launch of a Sponsorship Programme
04-Dec-2007
OECD’s Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials, has launched a “sponsorship programme” in which countries will share the testing of specific nanomaterials (MNs). Much valuable information on the safety of MNs can be derived by testing a representative set for human health and environmental safety. In launching this “sponsorship programme” the Working Party agreed a priority list of MNs for testing (based on materials which are in or close to commerce) as well as a list of endpoints for which they should be tested. The OECD will be making regular updates on this programme.
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