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Guidance on Developing Safety Performance Indicators - for Public Authorities and Communities/Public - for Industry

09-Sep-2008

The Guidance on Developing Safety Performance Indicators for Public Authorities and Communities/Public  and Guidance on Developing Safety Performance Indicators for Industry  have been published.

Updated Work Plan for the Test Guidelines Programme (TGP)

09-Sep-2008

New documents published in the Series on Testing and Assessments :
•Retrospective Performance assessment of the TG 426
•Report of the Validation Peer Review for the Amphibian Metamorphosis Assay
•Report of the Validation Peer Review for the 21-Day Fish Endocrine Screening Assay
•DRP on Fish Life-Cycle Tests
•Guidance Document on Mammalian Reproductive Toxicity Testing and Assessment
•Background Review Document on the Hershberger Assay
•DRP on Metabolism
•Several Validation Reports

Final Report from The International Workshop on Documentary Standards for Measurement and Characterization in Nanotechnologies

23-Jul-2008

The International Workshop on Documentary Standards for Measurement and Characterisation in Nanotechnologies was held 26-28 February 2008 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg (USA), in co-ordination with ISO, IEC, NIST and the OECD. The participants discussed the development, efficacy, harmonisation and uptake of documentary standards broadly relevant to the field of measurement and characterisation for nanotechnologies. The final report of this meeting can be viewed by clicking on the link. 

Report of the Workshop on Human Factors in Chemical Accidents and Incidents

28-May-2008

The Report of the Workshop on Human Factors in Chemical Accidents and Incidents has been published.

Council adopts Resolution on the Implementation of the SAICM

02-May-2008

A Resolution on the Implementation of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) was adopted by Council on 28 March 2008 and welcomed by Environment Ministers of OECD countries and major non-member economies at their meeting at OECD on the 28-29 April 2008.

OECD helps governments and industry save money, time and animals for chemical tests

15-Apr-2008

The chemical industry and OECD governments test hundreds of chemicals every year,  spending millions of euros to ensure the safety of chemical products. Now OECD has devised an innovative product, the (Q)SAR Application Toolbox, to estimate the hazardous properties of chemicals by analysing their molecular structure. 

Release of the OECD (Q)SAR Application Toolbox

02-Apr-2008

The OECD (Q)SAR Application Toolbox is a software application intended to be used by governments, the chemical industry and other stakeholders to fill gaps in (eco)toxicity data needed for assessing the hazards of chemicals.  With this Toolbox, a user can fill data gaps by read-across and trend analysis, group chemicals into categories and gain access to a library of (Q)SAR models. It can be downloaded free of charge. (Press Release)

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.

Revised Guidance for Grouping of Chemicals is now available

27-Sep-2007

The approach described in this guidance document is to consider closely related chemicals as a group, or category, rather than as individual chemicals. In the category approach, not every chemical needs to be tested for every endpoint. Rather, the overall data for that category must prove adequate to support a hazard assessment. The overall data set must allow the estimation of the hazard for the untested endpoints.

Les principes directeurs de l'OCDE pour la prévention, la préparation et l'intervention en matière d'accidents chimiques et le document d'orientation sur les indicateurs de performance en matière de sécurité

25-Jul-2007

Les principes directeurs de l'OCDE pour la prévention, la préparation et l'intervention en matière d'accidents chimiques  et le document d'orientation sur les indicateurs de performance en matière de sécurité sont actuallement disponibles en chinois.




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