L'OCDE préconise une coopération internationale dans le domaine de l'évaluation de la sécurité en biotechnologie

Si les organismes vivants modifiés contribuent à améliorer l'innocuité et la sécurité des denrées alimentaires produites dans le monde, il n'en demeure pas moins qu'il est indispensable de continuer à étudier scientifiquement leurs effets sur l'e...

LMOs and the Environment: An International Conference, Raleigh-Durham, the United States, 27-30 November 2001

The objective of the Conference was to bring together a diverse group of participants for a constructive dialogue on the underlying science for assessing transgenic organisms in the environment. The emphasis was on transgenic crops because these ...

Publications on Risk Reduction

This page contains a list of the free publications on Risk Reduction.

Mercury

Mercury In 1993, Denmark hosted a workshop on risk reduction of mercury to collect relevant information and identify possible future risk management activities. Based on the responses to a questionnaire, and the material discussed at the worksho...

Socio-Economic Analysis (SEA)

Using Non-Regulatory Means to Manage Risks

Using Non-Regulatory Means to Manage Risks Over the last few years, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of new and innovative approaches for managing risks posed by chemicals. OECD countries have found that traditional "command and con...

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...

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...