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01 Dec 2010
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Valuation of Environment-Related Health Risks for Children
Anna Alberini, Graham Loomes, Milan Scasny, Ian Bateman, Pages: 150
This report, the final output of the Valuation of Environment-Related Health Impacts (VERHI) project, presents new findings on whether the value of reducing environmental risk greater for children than for adults.
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30 Nov 2010
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Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy: Public Goals and Corporate Practices
OECD, Pages: 116
Using the principles of responsible business conduct identified in the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, this report reviews three key areas of corporate action accounting for greenhouse gas emissions, achieving emissions reductions and...
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29 Nov 2010
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Cities and Climate Change
OECD, Pages: 276
This book shows how city and metropolitan regional governments working in tandem with national governments can change the way we think about responding to climate change.
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16 Nov 2010
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OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Japan 2010
OECD, Pages: 196
This 2010 review of Japan's environmental conditions and policies evaluates progress in reducing the pollution burden, improving natural resource management, integrating environmental and economic policies, and strengthening international co-operation.
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16 Nov 2010
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Linkages between Agricultural Policies and Environmental Effects: Using the OECD Stylised Agri-environmental Policy Impact Model
OECD, Pages: 176
The OECD Stylised Agri-environmental Policy Impact Model (SAPIM), enables better understanding of the impact of agri-environmental policies. This report applies the model to representative farms in Finland, Japan, Switzerland and the United States.
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09 Nov 2010
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Safety Assessment of Transgenic Organisms, Volume 4: OECD Consensus Documents
OECD, Pages: 336
These OECD Biosafety Consensus Documents identify elements of scientific information used in the environmental safety and risk assessment of transgenic organisms which are common to OECD member countries and some non members associated with the work.
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09 Nov 2010
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Safety Assessment of Transgenic Organisms, Volume 3: OECD Consensus Documents
OECD, Pages: 324
These OECD Biosafety Consensus Documents identify elements of scientific information used in the environmental safety and risk assessment of transgenic organisms which are common to OECD member countries and some non members associated with the work.
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13 Oct 2010
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Taxation, Innovation and the Environment
OECD, Pages: 252
This report draws on case studies to explore the relationship between environmentally-related taxation and innovation to see whether taxation can spur innovation and if so, what types.
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04 Oct 2010
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Paying for Biodiversity: Enhancing the Cost-Effectiveness of Payments for Ecosystem Services
OECD, Pages: 196
Drawing on the literature concerning effective Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) programmes and on more than 30 case studies, this book aims to identify good practice in the design and implementation of PES programmes so as to enhance their...
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13 Sep 2010
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Advancing the Aquaculture Agenda: Workshop Proceedings
OECD, Pages: 428
Aquaculture now provides more than 50% of the global supply of fisheries products for direct human consumption. This workshop proceedings discusses critical economic, environmental and social aspects of aquaculture.
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23 July 2010
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Test No. 317: Bioaccumulation in Terrestrial Oligochaetes
OECD, Pages: 30
This Test Guideline describes procedures designed to assess bioaccumulation of chemicals in soil oligochaetes. The parameters which characterise the bioaccumulation of a substance include the bioaccumulation factor (BAF), the uptake rate constant ...
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23 July 2010
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Test No. 429: Skin Sensitisation: Local Lymph Node Assay
OECD, Pages: 20
The basic principle underlying the Local Lymph Node Assay (LLNA) in mouse is that sensitizers induce a primary proliferation of lymphocytes in the auricular lymph nodes draining the site of chemical application. This proliferation is proportional to ...
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23 July 2010
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Test No. 439: In Vitro Skin Irritation: Reconstructed Human Epidermis Test Method
OECD, Pages: 18
This Test Guideline describes an in vitro procedure that may be used for the hazard identification of irritant chemicals (substances and mixtures) in accordance with the UN Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling (GHS) Category 2 ...
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23 July 2010
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Test No. 223: Avian Acute Oral Toxicity Test
OECD, Pages: 25
This Test Guideline describes procedures designed to estimate the acute oral toxicity of substances to birds, and it provides three testing options: (1) limit dose test, (2) LD50-slope test, and (3) LD50-only test. The LD50-slope and LD50-only ...
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23 July 2010
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Test No. 233: Sediment-Water Chironomid Life-Cycle Toxicity Test Using Spiked Water or Spiked Sediment
OECD, Pages: 29
This Guideline is designed to assess the effects of prolonged exposure of chemicals to the life-cycle of the sediment-dwelling freshwater dipteran Chironomus sp. First instar chironomid larvae are exposed to five concentrations of the test chemical ...
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23 July 2010
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Test No. 417: Toxicokinetics
OECD, Pages: 20
This Test Guideline describes in vivo studies that provide information on mass balance, absorption, bioavailability, tissue distribution, metabolism, excretion, and basic toxicokinetic parameters [e.g. AUC], as well as supplemental approaches that ...
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23 July 2010
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Test No. 487: In Vitro Mammalian Cell Micronucleus Test
OECD, Pages: 23
The in vitro micronucleus test is a genotoxicity test for the detection of micronuclei in the cytoplasm of interphase cells. Micronuclei may originate from acentric chromosome fragments (i.e. lacking a centromere), or whole chromosomes that are ...
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23 July 2010
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Test No. 442B: Skin Sensitization: Local Lymph Node Assay: BrdU-ELISA
OECD, Pages: 15
The Local Lymph Node Assay: BrdU-ELISA (LLNA:BrdU-ELISA) is a non-radioactive modification to the LLNA method for identifying potential skin sensitizing test substances and measuring the proliferation of lymphocytes they induce in the auricular ...
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23 July 2010
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Test No. 442A: Skin Sensitization: Local Lymph Node Assay: DA
OECD, Pages: 16
The Local Lymph Node Assay: DA (LLNA: DA) is a non-radioactive modification to the LLNA method for identifying potential skin sensitizing test substances and measuring the proliferation of lymphocytes they induce in the auricular lymph nodes. The ...
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23 July 2010
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Test No. 209: Activated Sludge, Respiration Inhibition Test (Carbon and Ammonium Oxidation)
OECD, Pages: 18
This Test Guideline is designed to assess the effects of a substance on micro-organisms from activated sludge of waste-water treatment plants by measuring their respiration rate (carbon and/or ammonium oxidation) as oxygen consumption. The test ...
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