Saving Costs in Chemicals Management How the OECD Ensures Benefits to Society: How the OECD Ensures Benefits to Society

About the OECD
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Acronyms and abbreviations
Executive summary
	Key findings and conclusions
1.  Introduction to the OECD Environment, Health  and Safety Programme
	1.1. Background
	1.2. The chemical industry
	1.3. Use of chemicals: Benefits to society but also potential risks to human health and the environment
	1.4. Why governments work together to tackle the risks posed by chemicals
		1.4.1. Impacts of a non-harmonised approach to chemical regulation and testing
		1.4.2. Benefits of the OECD Environment, Health and Safety Programme
		1.4.3. Harmonisation
		1.4.4. Sharing the burden
		1.4.5. Exchange of technical and policy information
		1.4.6. International co-operation
		1.4.7. Ensuring green growth
		1.4.8. Contributing to sustainable development
	Notes
	References
2.  Quantifying the costs and savings of the OECD  Environment, Health and Safety Programme
	2.1. Background
	2.2. Quantifying the costs of the EHS Programme
		2.2.1. Overall costs
	2.3. Quantifying the savings from the EHS Programme
		2.3.1. Assumptions
	2.4. Reducing testing and repeat testing for new industrial chemicals
	2.5. Reducing repeat testing for new pesticides
	2.6. Harmonising industry dossiers for pesticides registration
	2.7. Harmonising country review reports for pesticide registration
	2.8. Reducing repeat testing for new biocides
	2.9. Reducing testing and repeat testing for existing industrial chemicals
	Notes
	References
3.  Non-quantifiable benefits of the Environment, Health  and Safety Programme
	3.1. Facilitating access to information on chemicals
	3.2. Providing OECD Harmonised Templates
	3.3. Ensuring the safety of manufactured nanomaterials
	3.4. Harmonising biotechnology safety assessments
	3.5. Providing harmonised tools to identify endocrine disrupters
	3.6. Reducing the need for governmental inspections of test facilities in other countries
	3.7. Enhancing hazard assessment methods
	3.8. Facilitating the exchange of information on chemical accidents to support prevention, preparedness and response
	3.9. Advancing harmonisation of biocides regulation
	3.10. Reducing repeat testing for new pharmaceuticals
	3.11. Counteracting the illegal trade of pesticides
	Notes
	References
4.  Conclusions
	Notes
Annex A. Responses from the survey of governments and industry
Annex B. RPA analysis of the cost of testing and (Q)SARs based on data from the European Chemicals Agency’s Registration Database
Annex C. Countries and regions used in this report