Joint Meeting Statement supporting SAICM

01-Feb-2007

The OECD Joint Meeting of the Chemicals Committee and Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology has expressed its support of the objectives of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) in a public Statement endorsed on 1 February 2007.
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Results of the 2006 Survey on Production and use of PFOS, PFAS, PFOA, PFCA, their Related Substances and Products/Mixtures Containing these Substances

07-Dec-2006

This paper summarises the responses to the 2006 questionnaire.  Responses received from OECD member countries, non-OECD countries, European Commission and some companies manufacturing these chemicals have been included in this paper

OECD - UNITAR/ILO Questionnaire

08-Nov-2006

An OECD - UNITAR/ILO questionnaire on preparation for GHS Implementation was sent to member countries on 20 July 2006.  A report on implementation by member countries is under development.

New Publications of the Pesticide Risk Reduction Steering Group

25-Oct-2006

No. 30 in the Series on Pesticides [ENV/JM/MONO(2006)14]
Report of the OECD Pesticide Risk Reduction Steering Group: The Second Risk Reduction Survey
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No. 29 in the Series on Pesticides [ENV/JM/MONO(2006)13 ]
Report of the OECD Pesticide Risk Reduction Steering Group Seminar on Risk Reduction through Good Pesticide Labelling

Peer Review Packages Available

04-Oct-2006

The peer review packages for the updated Test Guideline 407, the Hershberger Assay and the Stably Transfected Transcriptional Activation Assay are now available.

Publication of two new OECD Monographs in the Series on Testing and Assessment

05-Jul-2006

Two new Guidance Documents on the Current Approaches in the Statistical Analysis of Ecotoxicity Data: A Guidance to Application and on Simulated Freshwater Lentic Field Tests (Outdoor Microcosms and Mesocosms) were declassified and published in June 2006.

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New and Revised Test Guidelines Published

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.

Centre for PRTR Data

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.

Position Paper of the Working Group on Good Laboratory Practice: ‘Outsourcing’ of Inspection Functions by Glp Compliance Monitoring Authorities

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.

Report on Carcinogenicity Potency Estimation Methods

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.