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The links below lead to chronological lists of OECD's Environment, Health and Safety publications which have appeared since 1988. The documents are available for downloading.

From 1988 to 1996, these documents were published in the "Environment Monograph" series. However, this series has been discontinued. The Environment, Health and Safety Programme now publishes documents in these different series: 

• Chemical Accidents
• Emission Scenario Documents
• Good Laboratory Practice and Compliance Monitoring
• Harmonization of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology and the Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds
• Pesticides  & Biocides
• Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
• Risk Management
• Testing and Assessment
• Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials 

Non-series documents include:

• Procedures for Notification of New Chemicals
• Co-operation on the Investigation of Existing Chemicals
• OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals   
• Harmonization of Classification and Labelling 

One can also download:

The Environment, Health and Safety Brochure 2013-16

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Cutting Costs in Chemicals Management: How OECD Helps Governments and Industry, 2010   As government regulators are facing tighter budgets and chemical companies need to cut costs, this report describes how, by working together through the OECD, governments and industry save about EUR 150 million each year, while still ensuring that chemical products are properly assessed and managed.

• OECD Environmental Outlook for the Chemicals Industry , 2001
  Lack of information on the safety of chemicals on the market as well as the amount of hazardous substances being released to the environment during use and disposal of chemical products will pose a major challenge to policy makers over the next two decades. These are key conclusions of this report.
• OECD Council Acts related to chemicals

Translations: The publications on this list are generally available in English only, but a number of have been translated into various languages, of both OECD and non-OECD countries.

Contact:

OECD Environment Directorate
Environment, Health and Safety Division
2, rue André-Pascal
75775 Paris Cedex 16
FRANCE

Fax: +33 (0) 1 44.30.61.80

or by e-mail:
ehscont@oecd.org