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The Environment Directorate provides governments with the analytical basis to develop policies that are effective and economically efficient, including through country performance reviews, data collection, policy analysis, projections and modelling, and the development of common approaches.
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03-Feb-2012
Two new OECD Harmonised Templates for Reporting Chemical Test Summaries (OHT) are now available: revised OHT 49 on sediment toxicity (extended to cover tests made according to TG 225 Sediment-Water Chironomid Tox Test using Spiked Water) and new OHT 90 on emissions from preservative-treated wood (to cover TG 313 Emissions from Preserv-treated Wood to the Environment). All OECD templates and associated XML files, including these new ones, are available at “TEMPLATES”. Details of additions or changes made in templates in Feb. 2011 and Jan. 2012 are at “UPDATE Overview”.
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02-Feb-2012
This new publication presents a major meta-analysis of 'value of a statistical life' (VSL) estimates derived from surveys where people around the world have been asked about their willingness to pay for small reduction in mortality risks, and gives guidance on how such estimates could be used in policy assessments.
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30-Jan-2012
This policy guidance outlines a number of steps to be considered when building capacity for greening national development planning, national budgetary processes and key economic sector strategies.
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03-Jan-2012
The Collection of Case Studies on Risk Assessments of Combined Exposures to Multiple Chemicals (Combined Exposures) can now be searched on eChemPortal. To date, it gathers 5 case studies from the WHO OECD ILSI/HESI International Workshop on Risk Assessment of Combined Exposures to Multiple Chemicals.
The Australian NICNAS Other database contains Hazard assessment reports on existing chemicals other than Priority Existing Chemical assessments.
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12-Dec-2011
A new webpage “Schedule of Assessments” has been created on eChemPortal to lead to existing scheduling information of national/regional and international assessments notified to the OECD by OECD member countries and stakeholders. The links are provided with the aim to assist in avoiding duplication across national/regional programmes in the area of chemical assessment.
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