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05-Jun-2009
Finland has reduced pollution and improved its environmental quality through pioneering approaches like green taxes. However, it must do more to green its economy by reducing the amount of energy and materials used per unit of GDP, tackling climate change, and addressing health impacts of pollution and management of waste.
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05-Jun-2009
This paper outlines key steps towards the development of a single international carbon price -- including phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, and expanding and linking regional carbon markets through direct linking of existing emission trading systems, scaled-up CDM, use of sectoral crediting mechanisms, and incorporation of the forest sector. It examines the incentives for action, including possible financing flows to support action in developing countries.
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29-May-2009
A new 30-page brochure on the activities of OECD’s Environment, Health and Safety Programme is now available. The brochure describes the work being undertaken in the 2009-2012 programme of work on chemicals and its related programmes and the place of the EHS programme in OECD. It provides an easily accessible overview of the programme for the general public as well as for use in briefing materials for governments and stakeholders. Paper copies can be ordered by sending a message to ehscont@oecd.org.
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18-May-2009
The Hazardous Substance Data Bank (HSDB) managed by the National Library of Medicine in the United States, The United States Environmental Protection Agency's Substance Registry Services (SRS) and Canada’s Existing Substances Assessment Repository (CESAR) were all recently added as new participating data sources in eChemPortal, the Global Portal to Information on Chemical Substances. eChemPortal provides direct links to collections of information prepared for government chemical review programmes at national, regional, and international levels.
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Documents and Reports on Biosafety
15-May-2009
All Documents and Reports on Biosafety can be downloaded free of charge from this website.
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Latest Test Guidelines
12-May-2009
The following Test Guidelines have been adopted on 3rd October 2008 and are available on SourceOECD.
Section 2: Effects on Biotic Systems
TG 226
TG 228
Section 3: Degradation and accumulation
TG 314
TG 315
TG 316
Section 5: Other Test Guidelines
TG 508
Updated Test Guidelines:
Section 2: Effects on Biotic Systems
TG 211
Section 4: Health Effects
TG 407
Corrected Test Guideline:
Section 4: Health Effects
TG 425
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03-Mar-2009
Imports and exports of waste destined for recovery between OECD countries are subject to a legal control system developed by the OECD. It allows countries to trade recoverable wastes in an environmentally safe and economically efficient manner. The Guidance Manual for the Control of Transboundary Movements of Recoverable Wastes explains the functioning of the OECD control system in detail and may assist private companies exporting or importing wastes, as well as national governments to implement this system.
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27-Feb-2009
The Guidance Document for using the OECD (Q)SAR Application Toolbox to develop chemical categories according to the OECD Guidance on Grouping of Chemicals is now available. The (Q)SAR Application Toolbox is a software application intended to be used by governments, industry and other stakeholders to fill gaps in (eco)toxicity data needed for assessing the hazards of chemicals. This new document specifically provides guidance on how to use the Toolbox to build chemical categories and fill data gaps by read-across or trend analysis according to the OECD Guidance on Grouping of Chemicals
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27-Feb-2009
The Guidance Document for using the OECD (Q)SAR Application Toolbox to develop chemical categories according to the OECD Guidance on Grouping of Chemicals is now available. The (Q)SAR Application Toolbox is a software application intended to be used by governments, industry and other stakeholders to fill gaps in (eco)toxicity data needed for assessing the hazards of chemicals. This new document specifically provides guidance on how to use the Toolbox to build chemical categories and fill data gaps by read-across or trend analysis according to the OECD Guidance on Grouping of Chemicals.
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