OECD published three new Emission Scenario Documents

01-Dec-2004

OECD published three Emission Scenario Documents (ESDs) which describe methods for estimating emissions of chemicals from various industry sectors and from uses of chemicals. They relate to the following industry/use categories: Lubricants, Metal Finishing , and Automobile Coating . Including these three, OECD has so far published 11 ESDs. Users of these ESDs are encouraged to provide updated information for their continuous improvement.

OECD published seven Emission Scenario Documents

25-Jun-2004

OECD published seven Emission Scenario Documents which describe methods for estimating emissions of chemicals from various industry sectors and from uses of chemicals. They relate to the following industry/use categories: Plastic Additives, Water Treatment Chemicals, Photographic Industry, Rubber Additives, Textile Finishing, Leather Processing, and Photoresist Use in Semiconductor Manufacturing. Users of these Documents are encouraged to provide updated information for their continuous improvement.

Guidance document on Reporting Chemical Exposure

13-Jan-2004

OECD publishes a guidance document for reporting summary information on environmental, occupational and consumer exposure to chemicals. It includes three reporting formats and guidance for using them. This guidance document will be used in reporting of the post-SIDS (Screening Information Data Set) activity to collect exposure information, and can be used in other international or national chemical assessment programmes.

OECD Published Pov and LRTP Screening Tool

OECD published the "Pov and LRTP Screening Tool" which has been developed with the aim of using multimedia models for estimating overall persistence (Pov) and long-range transport potential (LRTP) of organic chemicals at a screening level in the context of PBTs/POPs assessments. The Tool calculates metrics of Pov and LRTP from a multimedia chemical fate model, and provides a graphical presentation of the results.