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Substitution of hazardous chemicals

As the demand for safer chemicals grows, the field of alternatives assessment is becoming increasingly important in guiding the transition towards safer, less toxic alternatives. A major limitation that can hinder efforts is the lack of consistent criteria for defining “safer" alternatives. This guidance outlines key considerations for the identification and selection of safer alternatives.

Draft TG Metal Release 15Feb 2021 EC

Draft TG Metal Release 15Feb 2021 EC

The costs and benefits of regulating chemicals

The OECD has set up the SWACHE project to establish internationally comparable values for the willingness-to-pay (WTP) to avoid negative health effects due to exposure to chemicals. The health effects valued include asthma, fertility loss, IQ loss, chronic kidney disease, and very low birth weight.

OECD Work Related to Endocrine Disrupters

The OECD has published the Revised Guidance Document 150 on Standardised Test Guidelines for Evaluating Chemicals for Endocrine Disruption originally published in 2012 and updated in 2018 to reflect new and updated OECD test guidelines, as well as reflect on scientific advances in the use of test methods and assessment of the endocrine activity of chemicals.

Pesticide risk reduction

This page tells about the OECD Pesticide Risk Reduction project.

Lignes directrices de l’OCDE pour les essais de produits chimiques

30 juin 2022 | Publication de 16 Lignes Directrices pour promouvoir les meilleures pratiques d'essai des produits chimiques et les technologies émergentes.

Essai n° 458: Essai d'activation transcriptionnelle faisant intervenir le récepteur des androgènes humain transfecté de façon stable pour la détection de l'activité androgénique agoniste et antagoniste des produits chimiques

Essai n° 491 : Méthode d'essai d'exposition de courte durée in vitro pour l'identification des produits chimiques i) provoquant des lésions oculaires graves ou ii) ne relevant d'aucune classification pour irritation oculaire ou lésion oculaire grave

Emergency responses for the supply of disinfectants against Covid-19

The COVID-19 pandemic calls for urgent policy responses to support the supply of disinfectant products such as hand sanitisers and wipes. The OECD is collecting and providing available information in countries to manage the emergency supply to increase availability of disinfectant products from different competent authorities and industry organisations.

OECD Expert Group on BioPesticides Seminar on Bioinformatics and Regulation of Microbial Pesticides

24 June 2019: This OECD seminar presented and discussed the potential use of genome sequence, bioinformatic tools and databases in a regulatory decision process for microbial pesticides.