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05-Jul-2006
The OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals are a collection of the most relevant internationally agreed test methods used by government, industry and independent laboratories to determine the safety of chemicals and chemical preparations, including pesticides and industrial chemicals. They cover tests for the physical-chemical properties of chemicals, human health effects, environmental effects, and degradation and accumulation in the environment and pesticide residue chemistry.
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23-Jun-2006
This database was developed by the Task Force on PRTRs, which is part of the OECD's Environment, Health and Safety Programme. Japan served as a lead country in its development. The purpose of this database is to share PRTR data as widely as possible within the OECD area, consistent with the OECD Council Recommendation C(96)41/Final, as amended by C(2003)87. The data is compiled on a national or regional level. The database does not include data of individual sites or facilities. The database will be updated on a regular basis.
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15-Jun-2006
This document was endorsed by the Working Group on Good Laboratory Practice at its 20th Meeting on 4 April 2006 and declassified by the Joint Meeting on 10 June 2006. It reiterates the decisions and the recommendations related to the role and responsibilities of governments, national GLP compliance monitoring authorities and inspectors as set out in the 1989 Council Decision-Recommendation on Compliance with Good Laboratory Practice [C(89)87(Final) and its Annexes, as concerns outsourcing of inspection functions.
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24-May-2006
The mandate initially given by the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the GHS for the biennium 2003-2004 was to start examining methods for carcinogenicity potency estimation. In December 2004, the Sub-Committee agreed that the work should be completed in 2006, and a scientific issue paper should be submitted in 2005.
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24-May-2006
This paper briefly refers to respiratory sensitization, but the bulk of the paper addresses skin sensitization.
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24-May-2006
In July 2004, the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the GHS agreed on a mandate* for the OECD work on Toxic Gas Mixtures. The Summary Report of the expert group meeting on Toxic Gas Mixtures, which met in Paris on 17 February 2005, is added as an appendix to this document; it includes the expert group responses to the six questions asked by the UN SCEGHS.
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24-May-2006
This paper summarizes the scientific background and the basis required for the identification of chronic hazards relevant for aquatic organisms.
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24-May-2006
The purpose of this paper is to describe existing systems of classification and labelling of ozone depleting chemicals (substances and mixtures, abbreviated ODCs) with a view toward possible development of a consensus proposal to harmonize classification and labelling under the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
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28-Apr-2006
This document is the report of the OECD Workshop on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials, held in Washington D.C., 7-9 December 2005. The workshop was held under the auspices of the OECD’s Joint Meeting of the Chemicals Committee and Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology. It was intended to identify human health and environment safety issues associated with manufactured nanomaterials.
The report includes the background and objectives of the workshop as well as information on the discussions and general conclusions. There is also a French version.
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14-Apr-2006
This document reports the outcome of the workshop “Consideration of Chemical Safety in Green Procurement” that was hosted by Korea in Seoul on 8-10 November 2005.
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