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06-Feb-2007
The OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, key tools for governments and industry worldwide to assess the safety of chemical products, are now available free of charge.
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02-Feb-2007
This section encompasses all Test Guidelines which do not fall within the four sections: Section 1: Physical-Chemical Properties (series 100); Section 2: Effects on Biotic Systems (series 200); Section 3: Degradation and Accumulation (series 300); and Section 4: Health Effects (series 400).
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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. Click on the link above to read more...
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26-Jan-2007
The OECD has just released a new OECD Health Working Paper from the Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies and Innovation project . The paper describes and assesses pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in Canada, in the context of the broader policy and market environment.
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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
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29-Nov-2006
This document provides information on current or planned activities related to the safety of manufactured nanomaterials in OECD member countries. This information was provided as written reports by delegations who participated in the 1st Meeting of OECD's Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN). There are also written reports on relevant current activities in other International Organisations such as the UNESCO and the ISO. Additional information on the programme of work of the WPMN can be found in here .
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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.
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07-Nov-2006
Norway, Poland and Switzerland should do more to reduce the number of people claiming sickness benefits and help more disabled people to get jobs, according to a new OECD report.
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19-Oct-2006
Switzerland’s health system meets the important goals of good health outcomes and universal health coverage, but these successes come at a high financial cost. The OECD and the WHO, in a new report on the Swiss health system, praise the quality of the system and make recommendations to control its high spending.
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