The OECD assists countries in developing and harmonising methods for assessing risk to human health and the environment, including methodologies for hazard and exposure assessment. Because children may be particularly vulnerable to exposure to chemicals, the OECD shares knowledge and experiences to mitigate health risks from chemicals.
The OECD assists countries in developing and harmonising methods for assessing the risks of chemicals to human health and the environment, including methodologies for hazard and exposure assessment.
To increase efficiencies, decrease costs and reduce the need for animal testing, member countries work together to share best practices, improve and where possible harmonise hazard and exposure assessment methods using the most current science.
The OECD work on hazard assessment of chemicals focuses on the following areas:
The OECD work on exposure assessment of chemicals focuses on the following areas:
This interactive database compiles the descriptions of exposure assessment models used in a regulatory context, which were gathered from member countries through a survey in 2021. It could illustrate the varied uses of models in regulatory exposure assessments.
This database allows users to search for models by country/organisation, target substances/media/exposure receptors, and regulatory field. Please note that ‘country/organisation’ means the ones who provided the information in the survey and are not always the model owners.
