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Helsinki Chemicals Forum 2010

Helsinki Chemicals Forum 2010. Rob Visser Deputy Director OECD Environment Directorate. Focus of OECD Chemicals Programme. Harmonization of policies and instruments Sharing the Burden. Mutual Acceptance of Data in the Assessment of Chemicals: Legally-binding Council Decisions.

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Helsinki Chemicals Forum 2010

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  1. Helsinki Chemicals Forum 2010 Rob Visser Deputy Director OECD Environment Directorate

  2. Focus of OECD Chemicals Programme • Harmonization of policies and instruments • Sharing the Burden Mutual Acceptance of Data in the Assessment of Chemicals: Legally-binding Council Decisions • OECD Test Guidelines and Principles of GLP (1981/ ongoing programmes) • GLP Compliance Monitoring Procedures (1989) • Non-members : South Africa, Slovenia, Israel, Singapore • Provisional : India and Brazil (near end of process) Argentina, Malaysia • Discussions with China, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and others

  3. Savings to Governments and Industry • €150 Million in quantifiable net savings per year as a result of: • Mutual Acceptance of Data (MAD) • Sharing the work to asses chemicals • Development and use of tools to support assessments • Savings quantified only for industrial chemicals and pesticides (i.e., not biocides, pharmaceuticals, etc.) • Non-quantifiable savings also significant, e.g. concerning nanomaterials, biotechnology, chemical accidents, classification and labelling, etc.

  4. Continuous adaptation of EHS programme to regulatory needs of member countries Examples: • Test Guidelines for endocrine disruptors: Development schedule in line with needs of the US-EPA ED program • In vitro Test Guidelines for skin and eye irritation: development schedule in line with needs of REACH • Existing Chemicals Programme: evolution following major legislative changes in member countries, e.g. REACH (EU), CEPA (Canada) • OECD (Q)SAR Project: new impetus to meet legislative needs of member countries • Safety of nanomaterials

  5. Development and regulatory acceptance of more efficient and effective methodologies For example: 1) Estimation of properties for groups of chemicals - (Q)SAR Application Toolbox used to build toxicologically meaningful categories by: • Identifying structural characteristics and potential mechanism or mode of action of a target chemical • Identifying other chemicals that have the same structural characteristics and/or mechanism or mode of action • Using existing experimental data for read-across to fill data gaps

  6. 2) New approaches to screening large numbers of chemicals for • Health effects: high–throughput Molecular Screening in vitro assays • (Eco)toxicity mechanisms: Toxicogenomics • Development of alternative test methods (animal welfare) • Testing of nanomaterials : Sponsorship programme Testing of over 40 endpoints for 14 materials

  7. Contribution to SAICM objectives: 2009 Council Resolution • Implementation of OPS is integral part of OECD Work Programme on Chemicals • Assist member countries in SAICM implementation – OECD is actor in 42% of the actions in GPA • Make OECD work accessible, relevant and useful for no-members and other stakeholders • Work with other IOMC organizations to ensure effective and efficient SAICM implementation • Emerging issues:nanomaterials (lead), PFCs (lead), chemicals in products • Risk assessment/management toolkit with IOMC POs

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