Advancing the testing and assessment of chemical substances for
endocrine disruption: OECD activities
H. B. W. M. Ko�ter
Environment, Health and Safety Division, Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France
Abstract: This paper describes the establishment of a number
of expert groups in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD) to manage the work related to the development and validation
of test methods to identify and characterize the human health and aquatic
environmental hazards of endocrine-disrupting chemicals. In addition,
the concept of testing and assessment, using the most adequate testing
tools without being prescriptive, is explained, and a coordinated approach
for international work sharing under the OECD umbrella is described.
*Report from a SCOPE/IUPAC project: Implication of
Endocrine Active Substances for Human and Wildlife (J. Miyamoto and
J.Burger, editors). Other reports are published in this issue,
pp. 1617-2615.
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