SAICM

Statement by the Joint meeting of the Chemicals Committee and the Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology concerning SAICM.

Joint Report between OECD and Allianz: Opportunities and risks of Nantoechnologies

This article shows the possible opportunities and risks of nanotechnologies today.

Current Developments/Activities on the safety of manufactured nanomaterials: Tour de Table at the 1st meeting fot he Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials, London, United Kingdom, 26-27 October 2006

This document provides information on current/planned activities related to the safety of manufactured nanomaterials in OECD countries. Information was provided as written reports by delegations who participated in the 1st Meeting of OECD's Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials. 

Beyond the Blue Book: Workshop on Framework for Risk/ Safety Assessment of Transgenic Plants

The main objectives of the workshop were: i) to discuss the history and evolution of the conceptual framework for the evaluation of transgenic plant products in the environment and OECD’s role in the development of that framework; ii) to discuss the current contribution of OECD’s Working Group for the Harmonization of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology to risk/ safety assessment practice; and iii) to discuss current risk assessment

Report of the OECD Pesticide Risk Reduction Steering Group Seminar on Risk Reduction through Good Pesticide Labelling - Series on Pesticides N°29

Report of the OECD Pesticide Risk Reduction Steering Group Seminar on Risk Reduction through Good Pesticide Labelling - Series on Pesticides N°29

Report of the OECD Pesticide Risk Reduction Steering Group: The Second Risk Reduction Survey - Series on Pesticides n°30

Report of the OECD Pesticide Risk Reduction Steering Group: The Second Risk Reduction Survey - Series on Pesticides n°30

Défis mondiaux pour le XXIème siècle - changement climatique, énergie et institutions démocratiques

Dans un discours à la Conférence annuelle du Club de Madrid, Angel Gurría se penche sur l'économie politique des politiques climatiques. Il parle d'une série de mesures qui peuvent être utilisées pour faire face au changement climatique, et à leur mise en oeuvre qui semble présenter des difficultés de taille.

Abstracts of the OECD workshop on the biology of atlantic salmon, held in Moscow, Russian Federation, 29 November - 1 December 2004

The objective of the workshop was to identify and review the kinds of baseline information of (non-transgenic) traditional fish farming or breeding, and to determine what information might be relevant to risk/ safety assessment.

Publications on Harmonisation of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology

Centre for PRTR Data

This database was developed by the Task Force on PRTRs, which is part of the OECD's Environment, Health and Safety Programme. The purpose of this database is to share PRTR data as widely as possible within the OECD area.