Chemicals Testing - Guidelines

The OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals are a collection of the most relevant internationally agreed testing methods used by government, industry and independant laboratories to assess the safety of chemical products.

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SECTION 5: Other Test Guidelines

02-Feb-2007

This section encompasses all Test Guidelines which do not fall within the four sections: Section 1: Physical-Chemical Properties (series 100); Section 2: Effects on Biotic Systems (series 200); Section 3: Degradation and Accumulation (series 300); and Section 4: Health Effects (series 400).

Peer Review Packages Available

04-Oct-2006

The peer review packages for the updated Test Guideline 407, the Hershberger Assay and the Stably Transfected Transcriptional Activation Assay are now available.

Endocrine Disrupters Testing and Assessment (EDTA) Task Force

26-Jan-2006

The Endocrine Disrupters Testing and Assessment (EDTA) Task Force will speed up its validation and reporting activities for test methods in environmental species during 2006-2007.

 

This includes test methods already on the workplan of the Test Guidelines Programme in the area of fish testing for potential endocrine disrupters, testing on amphibians for the detection of thyroid disruption, and testing on invertebrates for assessment of ED on development and reproduction.

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