New and Revised Test Guidelines Published

05-juil.-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.

Endocrine Disrupters Testing and Assessment (EDTA) Task Force

26-janv.-2006

The Endocrine Disrupters Testing and Assessment (EDTA) Task Force will speed up its validation and reporting activities for test methods in environmental species during 2006-2007.

This includes test methods already on the workplan of the Test Guidelines Programme in the area of fish testing for potential endocrine disrupters, testing on amphibians for the detection of thyroid disruption, and testing on invertebrates for assessment of ED on development and reproduction.

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New CD-Rom with Initial Assessment Reports for High Production Volume Chemicals

14-nov.-2005

UNEP Chemicals has released a new CD-ROM containing all Initial Assessment Reports for High Production Volume Chemicals from the OECD HPV Chemicals Programme which have been finalised up to October 2005. The CD-ROM can be obtained free of charge by contacting chemicals@unep.ch. The assessments are also available from the following web site: http://www.chem.unep.ch/irptc/sids/OECDSIDS/sidspub.html

SIDS Dossiers in database format (IUCLID) available

09-févr.-2005

For a number of SIDS Initial Assessments elaborated within the OECD HPV Chemicals Programme, the SIDS Dossier was elaborated with the IUCLID database software. The databse files (export files) can be downloaded and then imported into a local IUCLID installation.

OECD Principles for the Validation of (Quantitative) Structure-Activity Relationships for Regulatory Purposes

24-nov.-2004

In November 2004, the OECD member countries agreed on the principles for validating (Q)SAR models for their use in regulatory assessment of chemical safety.  (Q)SARs are methods for estimating the toxicity and other properties of a chemical from its molecular structure.  They have been used in regulatory assessment of chemical safety in some OECD countries for many years, but not in others.  The agreed principles and associated report from the OECD Expert Group on (Q)SARs will contribute to their enhanced use for more efficient assessment of chemical safety.

The 2004 OECD List of High Production Volume Chemicals

05-nov.-2004

The 2004 OECD List of HPV Chemicals has been updated based on information received from Member Countries and the European Union on chemicals which are produced in OECD in volumes over 1,000 tonnes annually.