Brominated Flame Retardants

OECD conducted an investigation of waste management practices in Member countries with respect to products containing Brominated Flame Retardants. The results of this investigation are documented in the following report. Hazard/Risk Information Sheets for 5 BFRs have also beeen posted.

Lead

Lead Publication: (UNEP and OECD) Older Gasoline Vehicles in Developing Countries and Economies in Transition: Their Importance and the Policy Options for Addressing Them (1999) (PDF) Publication: (UNEP and OECD) Phasing Lead Out of Gasoline (1...

Methylene Chloride

Methylene Chloride A risk management monograph on methylene chloride (a paint stripper) was published in 1994. Following the publication, Member countries agreed to establish an information exchange programme to collect and analyse information o...

Cadmium (including Nickel Cadmium Batteries)

Cadmium As with lead, basic background information on cadmium was collected and published as a monograph in 1994. A workshop was held in Saltsjobaden, Sweden in 1995 in order to further characterise the problem and determine the need for risk ma...

Harmonised Integrated Classification System for Human Health and Environmental Hazards of Chemical Substances and Mixtures

The report, Harmonised Integrated Hazard Classification System, covers the following hazard classes used in systems currently applied: acute toxicity, skin irritation/corrosion, eye corrosion/irritation, sensitisation, mutagenicity, reproductive toxicity, carcinogenicity, target organ toxicity and aquatic environmental hazards.

Harmonised Integrated Hazard Classification System for Chemical Substances and Mixtures

as approved by the Task Force on Harmonisation of Classification and Labelling and endorsed by the Joint Meeting of the Chemicals Committee and Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology

What is a PRTR?

Implementation of PRTRs within OECD

Presentation and Dissemination of PRTR Data: Practices and Experiences - Getting the Words and Numbers Out

This document describes a wide range of practices used by OECD countries to present and disseminate PRTR data to the public.

L'OCDE conclut un accord concernant des critères harmonisés pour le Système mondial de classification des produits chimiques

Les pays de l'OCDE viennent de réaliser une avancée considérable pour garantir une utilisation et une manutention sûres des produits chimiques. Les responsables nationaux des politiques en matière de sécurité chimique ont défini et approuvé des c...