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<title><![CDATA[Carbon Capture and Long-Term Storage: Analysis of 2010 Survey]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This is an analysis of a 2010 survey regarding carbon capture and long-term storage (CCS). It provides information that helps understand the hazards of CO2 sequestration and the risks to human health and environmental safety. It also identifies accident scenarios, including those associated with CO2 capture and compression, storage prior to transport and injection for geological storage. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Guidance Document for Exposure Assessment Based on Environmental Monitoring]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This document provides guidance for performing an exposure assessment based on environmental monitoring data.It covers topics such as environmental levels and distribution of contaminants, ways of using monitoring data in exposure assessments for differing purposes, the collection of data, quality of monitoring activities, as well as several examples of data compilation in member countries and their use in exposure assessment.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Malaysia joins OECD agreement on mutual acceptance of chemical safety data]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Malaysia has joined the OECD system for the Mutual Acceptance of Data (MAD) in the Assessment of Chemicals, ensuring that its non-clinical safety data related to the protection of human health and the environment will be accepted by all 40 countries adhering to MAD.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Corporate Governance for Process Safety]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This is a guidance document for senior leaders in high hazard industries on Corporate Governance for Process Safety.  It aims to strike a balance between risk and benefit by drawing the attention of those at the top of industry to the need for high standards of corporate governance in relation to the management of high hazard industries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Global Pollutant Release And Transfer Register: Proposal for a harmonised list of reporting sectors]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This document compares sectors of industrial activities and their reporting thresholds among different national / regional PRTRs to improve the comparability of PRTR data, and proposes a harmonised list of sectors.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Current Developments/Activities on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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 10th meeting of OECD’s Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (Paris France, 27-29 June 2012).]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/displaydocument/?cote=env/jm/mono(2013)2&amp;doclanguage=en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Report of OECD Workshop on Natech Risk Management (Natural-hazard triggered technological accidents)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This is the report of the workshop on Natural-hazard triggered technological accidents (Natech) that took place 23-25 May 2012. It investigated the specific elements of the prevention of, preparedness for, and response to chemical accidents caused by natural hazard or natural disaster.
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Guidance on Sample Preparation and Dosimetry for the Safety Testing of Manufactured Nanomaterials]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This is a guidance on sample preparation and dosimetry, to which special attention should be paid when testing nanomaterials for human health and environmental safety endpoints.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/displaydocument/?cote=env/jm/mono(2012)40&amp;doclanguage=en
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Consensus document on composition of new soybean varieties: food and feed nutrients, anti-nutrients, toxicants and allergens
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<description><![CDATA[This revised document supplies basic information (compositional considerations, key constituents), useful in risk/safety assessment of food and feed using new varieties of soybean (Glycine max.). This updated publication replaces the original issue of 2001.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/displaydocument/?cote=env/jm/mono(2012)24&amp;doclanguage=en</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Consensus document on the biology of the Brassica crops]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This Biosafety Document is intended to supply basic information (biology mainly), useful in environmental risk/safety assessment. Agriculture plant species of Brassica genus are cropped worldwide as oilseeds, vegetables and for other uses.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/displaydocument/?cote=env/jm/mono(2012)41&amp;doclanguage=en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The first update to the third generation of the OECD QSAR Toolbox is now available]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[30/01/2013 –The first update to the third generation of the QSAR Toolbox (version 3.1) has now been released containing improved search functionalities, interface improvement, a new database for observed rat in vivo metabolism; updated auto oxidation and metabolism simulators; updated DNA binding profiler and additional ways of expressing mixtures composition. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Updated training material for the third generation of the QSAR Toolbox is now available. ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[30/01/2013 – Recently the OECD release the third generation of the QSAR Toolbox. The existing tutorials and videos have now been updated according to the new version of the QSAR Toolbox to help the user building categories that are mechanistically and structurally robust to maximise success in filling data gaps for the endpoint of interest. Mid next year the OECD is planning to release additional training material. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Guidance Document on Assays for Testing The Efficacy of Baits against Cockroaches
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<description><![CDATA[This document provides guidance on conducting laboratory tests to determine and assess the efficacy of test substances and/or the effectiveness of test products used as baits for the control of cockroach species in indoor environments.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Human Health Benchmarks for Pesticides (EPA HHBP) now searchable on eChemPortal ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[US Environmental Protection Agency derived the Human health benchmarks for pesticides by applying the health effects data from pesticide registrations to the typical methods used for developing drinking water health advisories. It was developed to enable states, water systems and the public to better determine whether the detection of a pesticide in drinking water or source waters for drinking water may indicate a potential health risk.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Revision 1 of the Resource Compendium of PRTR Release Estimation Techniques Part 1: Summary of Point Source Techniques]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This document outlines basic background information on release estimation techniques (RETs) for point sources and provides resources on available RETs of different national/regional Pollutant Release and Transfer Register systems.  It was originally published in 2002, and has been updated to reflect new and additional information.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/displaydocument/?cote=env/jm/mono(2002)20/rev1&amp;doclanguage=en
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Application, use and presentation of pollutant release and transfer registers (prtr) data]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This document outlines the current status of and available guidance documents/tools on the application, use and presentation of PRTR data in OECD member countries and the Commission for Environmental Co-operation based on the results of a survey conducted in November 2011. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/displaydocument/?cote=env/jm/mono(2013)1&amp;doclanguage=en
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Descriptions of existing models and tools used for exposure assessment: Results of OECD Survey]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This document includes a table which summarises descriptions of existing models and tools used for exposure assessment, as well as responses to a 2010 survey – conducted by the OECD Task Force on Exposure Assessment - upon which the table was based.  The summary table and the responses are also available in the OECD Environmental Risk Assessment Toolkit (http://envriskassessmenttoolkit.oecd.org/).

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<link>http://search.oecd.org/officialdocuments/displaydocumentpdf/?cote=ENV/JM/MONO(2012)37&amp;doclanguage=en </link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Report of the third OECD Biopesticides Steering Group Seminar on characterisation and analyses of botanicals for the use in plant protection products]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This document presents the outcomes of the 3rd OECD Biopesticide Seminar, held in 2011, that focused on the topic of “botanicals” (also known as plant extracts). The Seminar reviewed a number of scientific and regulatory issues related to the “characterisation and analyses of botanicals for the use in plant protection products”.]]></description>
<link>http://search.oecd.org/officialdocuments/displaydocumentpdf/?cote=env/jm/mono(2012)36&amp;doclanguage=en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Launch of the new OECD Environmental Risk Assessment Toolkit ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD Environmental Risk Assessment Toolkit describes the work flow for environmental risk assessment and management of chemicals with links to available OECD material relevant for the different steps in risk assessment and management. This new version of the Toolkit is more interactive and has added functionalities. It will be populated with additional tools and case studies in the future.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The OECD QSAR Toolbox ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recently the OECD release the new version 3.0 of the QSAR Toolbox. The existing tutorials and videos have now been updated according to the new version of the QSAR Toolbox to help the user building categories that are mechanistically and structurally robust to maximize success in filling data gaps for the endpoint of interest. Mid next year the OECD is planning to release additional training material.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/theoecdqsartoolbox.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs’ Aquatic Life Benchmarks now available on eChemPortal]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The aquatic life benchmarks (for freshwater species) are based on toxicity values reviewed by EPA and used in the Agency's most recent risk assessments developed as part of the decision-making process for pesticide registration. Each Aquatic Life Benchmark is based on the most sensitive, scientifically acceptable toxicity endpoint available for a given taxon of all scientifically acceptable toxicity data available to EPA.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD improves tool to predict the hazards of chemicals]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Governments and the chemical industry spend millions of dollars every year testing the safety of chemicals that people use in their everyday lives. Computer modelling, through the OECD-designed QSAR Toolbox software, now replaces many of the tests traditionally done in the laboratory. This allows regulators and industry to save money and use fewer animals to predict the hazardous properties of chemicals. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/oecdimprovestooltopredictthehazardsofchemicals.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten new, updated, or corrected Test Guidelines have been adopted by the OECD Council]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The new Test Guidelines are: TG 457 and TG 460. The updated Test Guidelines are TG 109, TG 114, TG 229, TG 211, TG 305, TG 455, and TG 405. The corrected Test Guideline is TG 443]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for the OECD  Clearing House on New Chemicals Parallel Process]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This document provides detailed guidance for both new chemical notifiers and jurisdictions who wish to participate in  a “parallel process” which enables a company to declare to all affected countries at the time of first notification that it wants them to cooperate and share information.  The hazard assessment is developed by the ‘lead’ jurisdiction and then utilized by other participating jurisdictions.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/displaydocument/?cote=env/jm/mono(2012)26&amp;doclanguage=en
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The IOMC Toolbox was launched at the 3rd International Conference on Chemicals Management]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The IOMC Toolbox is an internet-based tool that enables countries to identify the most relevant and efficient tools to address specific national problems in chemicals management. Developed by the IOMC, this proof-of-concept focuses on a national management scheme for pesticides, an occupational health and safety system as well as a chemical accidents prevention, preparedness and response system for major hazards.
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<link>http://www.who.int/iomc/toolbox/en/index.html </link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Six Years of OECD Work on The Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials: Achievements and Future Opportunities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This communication outlines the achievements made so far by OECD in addressing the human health and environmental safety implications of manufactured nanomaterials]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/Nano Brochure Sept 2012 for Website  (2).pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Guidance Document for Demonstrating Efficacy of Pool and Spa Disinfectants and Field Testing ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This Guidance Document describes how applicants could demonstrate that a proposed new pool and spa disinfectant would satisfy the regulator’s efficacy criteria. While meeting the performance characteristics can be expected to satisfy the regulator’s efficacy requirements, the regulator may choose to consider alternative scientific information and argument aimed at satisfying the efficacy criteria.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/displaydocument/?cote=env/jm/mono(2012)15&amp;doclanguage=en
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The GHS and the Global Partnership]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The WSSD Global Partnership for Capacity Building to Implement the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) was created in 2002 by UNITAR, ILO and OECD. This document presents achievements, lessons learned and future directions.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/risk-management/50500627.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Conference on the Environmental Uses of Micro-organisms, 26-27 March 2012, Paris, France]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The conference will cover developments and the state-of-the art of environmental microbiology, as it is applied for biotechnological purposes, and the role of genetic engineering of micro-organisms intended for use in the environment, now and in the near future.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/biotrack/oecdconferenceontheenvironmentalusesofmicro-organisms26-27march2012parisfrance.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The OECD Environmental Risk Assessment Toolkit: Tools for Environmental Risk Assessment and Management]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This webpage aims to give access to practical tools on environmental risk assessment and management of chemicals. It describes the work flow of environmental risk assessment and management with links to relevant OECD products that can be used in each step of the work flow.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/risk-assessment/theoecdenvironmentalriskassessmenttoolkittoolsforenvironmentalriskassessmentandmanagement.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Biotech Update No. 23]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This newsletter provides up-to-date information on activities related to biotechnology at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It is mainly intended for delegates to OECD meetings who are already familiar with certain aspects of OECD‟s work. We hope that it is also informative for the wider biotech community.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/biotrack/49867087.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Series on Testing and Assessment: Publications by Number ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[All publications listed by number in the Series on Testing and Assessment.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/testing/seriesontestingandassessmentpublicationsbynumber.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Test Guidelines that have been deleted or replaced by updated versions ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In 2012, the Joint Meeting agreed on the status of deleted and former versions of Test Guidelines with regards to the Mutual Acceptance of Data (MAD). An 18-month transitional period between the Council Decision and the effective date of deletion was agreed, after which no new test using the deleted or the former version of a Test Guideline can be initiated.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/testguidelinesthathavebeendeletedorreplacedbyupdatedversions.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Environment, Health and Safety News]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This newsletter provides an update on the main events and activities of the Environment, Health and Safety Programme of the OECD.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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