Chemicals Testing - Guidelines

The OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals are a collection of the most relevant internationally agreed testing methods used by government, industry and independant laboratories to assess the safety of chemical products.

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New Test Guidelines

23-Oct-2008

The following Test Guidelines have been adopted on 3rd October 2008 and are available on SourceOECD.

Section 2: Effects on Biotic Systems
TG 226
TG 228

Section 3: Degradation and accumulation
TG 314 
TG 315 
TG 316 

Section 5: Other Test Guidelines
TG 508 

Updated Test Guidelines:
Section 2: Effects on Biotic Systems
TG 211

Section 4: Health Effects
TG 407

Corrected Test Guideline:
Section 4: Health Effects
TG 425 

Updated Work Plan for the Test Guidelines Programme (TGP)

09-Sep-2008

New documents published in the Series on Testing and Assessments :
•Retrospective Performance assessment of the TG 426
•Report of the Validation Peer Review for the Amphibian Metamorphosis Assay
•Report of the Validation Peer Review for the 21-Day Fish Endocrine Screening Assay
•DRP on Fish Life-Cycle Tests
•Guidance Document on Mammalian Reproductive Toxicity Testing and Assessment
•Background Review Document on the Hershberger Assay
•DRP on Metabolism
•Several Validation Reports

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