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OECD launches programme to test the safety of manufactured nanomaterials

10-Dec-2007

OECD member countries, as well as some non-member economies and other stakeholders, are pooling expertise and funding to test the human health and environmental safety effects of a number of nanomaterials.

OECD participation in UN Climate Change conference in Bali

06-Dec-2007

The OECD was present in several ways at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, from 3-14 December 2007. To find out more, just click on the title.

Testing a Representative Set of Nanomaterials – The Launch of a Sponsorship Programme

04-Dec-2007

OECD’s Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials, has launched a “sponsorship programme” in which countries will share the testing of specific nanomaterials (MNs).  Much valuable information on the safety of MNs can be derived by testing a representative set for human health and environmental safety.  In launching this “sponsorship programme” the Working Party agreed a priority list of MNs for testing (based on materials which are in or close to commerce) as well as a list of endpoints for which they should be tested.  The OECD will be making regular updates on this programme.

Climate change could triple population at risk from coastal flooding by 2070, finds OECD

04-Dec-2007

The impact of climate change and urban development could more than triple the number of people around the world exposed to coastal flooding by 2070, according to a new report by the OECD, co-authored by experts from academia and the private sector.

Report on the Workshop on the Application of the GHS Classification Criteria to HPV chemicals, 5-6 July, Bern Switzerland

27-Nov-2007

The OECD Workshop on the application of the GHS classification criteria to HPV chemicals was held in Bern (Switzerland) on 5-6 July 2007. The Workshop was a joint activity of the Task Force on Harmonization of Classification and Labelling and the Task Force on Existing Chemicals. It was prepared by a Steering Group including the members of the bureaus of the two Task Forces.

Two new reports available for the OECD VERHI project

26-Nov-2007

Two reports prepared in the context of the OECD project on valuation of environment-related health impacts for children (VERHI) have just been released:
- The Summary of Focus Group Discussions and Other Preparatory Work for the VERHI Project
- The  Use of Evaluation Tools in Policy-making and Health Implications for Children
To download pdf formats of these documents, please visit www.oecd.org/env/social/envhealth/verhi

Publication of the brochure: The OECD and the Risk/Safety Assessment of Modern Biotechnology

22-Nov-2007

This Brochure on the safety of modern biotechnology work at OECD captures activities of both the Task Force on the Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds and the Working Group on Harmonization of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology. Hard copies are available from us on request at icgb@oecd.org.

Proposal for Revision of GHS Chapter 4.1

16-Nov-2007

In December 2002, the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (UN SCEGHS) requested the OECD to start a further “development of the classification scheme to accommodate chronic toxicity to aquatic organisms for assigning a chronic hazard category”. In December 2006, the Sub-Committee requested the submission of a proposal in 2007. This document is the proposal for revision of GHS Chapter 4.1.

Proposal for Revision of Annex 9 (A9.1-A9.3 And Appendix VI)

16-Nov-2007

This document is the proposal for revision of Annex 9 (A9.1-A9.3 and Appendix VI)

Proposal on revision of GHS Chapter 4.1: Consequential changes in other parts of the GHS

16-Nov-2007

This document is the proposal on revision of  GHS Chapter 4.1: consequential changes in other parts of the GHS




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