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Risk on human health and the environment posed by chemicals is determined by chemical-specific hazard properties and the amount of exposure to chemicals.  OECD assists member countries developing in and harmonising methods for assessing such risk.

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Pov and LRTP Screening Tool

29-May-2008

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.
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