OECD Series on Testing and Assessment Guidance Document on the Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera L.) Brood test Under Semi-field Conditions

OECD Series on Testing and Assessment Guidance Document on the Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera L.) Brood test Under Semi-field Conditions
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2014-09-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9264085513

The method described in this guidance document assesses the effects of plant protection products (PPPs), and has been validated using the active Fenoxycarb, which is known to act as an insect growth regulator (IGR), to the honey bee brood (Apis mellifera L.).

OECD Series on Testing and Assessment Guidance on Grouping of Chemicals

OECD Series on Testing and Assessment Guidance on Grouping of Chemicals
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2014-09-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9264085831

This guidance document provides guidance for assessing the hazards of chemical substances while gaining efficiencies and improving animal welfare. The approach described in this guidance document is to consider closely related chemicals as a group, or category, rather than as individual chemicals.

OECD Series on Testing and Assessment The Guidance Document for Using the OECD (Q)SAR Application Toolbox to Develop Chemical Categories According to the OECD Guidance on Grouping Chemicals

OECD Series on Testing and Assessment The Guidance Document for Using the OECD (Q)SAR Application Toolbox to Develop Chemical Categories According to the OECD Guidance on Grouping Chemicals
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2014-09-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9264221484

This document provides guidance on how to use the OECD (Q)SAR Application Toolbox to build chemical categories according to the OECD Guidance on Grouping of Chemicals. It is part of an overall effort to provide guidance on the use of the (Q)SAR Application Toolbox.

OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, Section 2 Test No. 245: Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera L.), Chronic Oral Toxicity Test (10-Day Feeding)

OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, Section 2 Test No. 245: Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera L.), Chronic Oral Toxicity Test (10-Day Feeding)
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 9
Release: 2017-10-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9264284087

This Test Guideline describes a method to assess effects of a test chemical on the phagocytotic activity of activated sludge containing protozoan organisms under defined conditions in the presence of different concentrations of the test chemical. The principle of biological sewage-treatment ...

OECD Series on Testing and Assessment The Adverse Outcome Pathway for Skin Sensitisation Initiated by Covalent Binding to Proteins

OECD Series on Testing and Assessment The Adverse Outcome Pathway for Skin Sensitisation Initiated by Covalent Binding to Proteins
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2014-09-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9264221441

This document describes the state of knowledge of the adverse outcome pathway (AOP) for skin sensitisation initiated by covalent binding to proteins, assesses the weight-of-evidence supporting the AOP, identifies the key events, and identifies databases containing test results related to key events.

OECD Series on Testing and Assessment Detailed Review Paper on the Use of Metabolising Systems for In Vitro Testing of Endocrine Disruptors

OECD Series on Testing and Assessment Detailed Review Paper on the Use of Metabolising Systems for In Vitro Testing of Endocrine Disruptors
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2014-09-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9264085491

This Detailed Review Paper describes some endocrine pathways that have been shown to be susceptible to environmental endocrine disruption and whose disruption could contribute to increasing incidents of some disorders in humans and wildlife populations.