This publication was written under the Working Party on Biodiversity, Water and Ecosystems (WPBWE) of the Environmental Policy Committee of the OECD. It was developed by the OECD Environment Directorate, under the leadership of Director Jo Tyndall, and under the guidance of Walid Oueslati, acting Head of the Climate, Biodiversity and Water Division at the OECD Environment Directorate. The authors are Marijn Korndewal and Julie Robitaille, under the supervision of Xavier Leflaive. The report benefitted from valuable research by Marta Bertanzetti and Stephanie Lyons.
The authors are grateful for the guidance and review by the Working Party on Biodiversity, Water and Ecosystems and the Environment Policy Committee throughout the process. The report benefited from the review provided by the Working Group of National Co-ordinators of the Test Guidelines programme and the Chemicals and Biotechnology Committee as well.
Presentations and discussions held during the OECD Workshop on Developing Science-Informed Policy Responses to Curb Endocrine Disruption in Freshwater on 18-19 October 2022 were extremely helpful. The authors thank Selim Aït-Aïssa, Milo de Baat, Werner Brack, Helen Clayton, Valeria Dulio, Beate Escher, Alice James Casas, Gregory Lemkine, Alvine C. Mehinto, Joanne Parrott, Minna Saaristo, Eszter Simon, Ron van der Oost and Astrid Wester for their contributions. The authors are also grateful for the guidance provided by Alban Robin (Eau de Paris, France), Corinne Houtman (Het Waterlaboratorium), Francois Brion (Ineris, France), and Milou Dingemans and Stephan Kools (KWR Water Research Institute, the Netherlands).
The authors would also like to thank the following OECD colleagues for their valuable comments and suggestions during the drafting of this publication: Patience Browne, Elena Buzzi, Bob Diderich, Lylah Davies, Aude Farnault, Anne Gourmelon, Damien Dussaux, Eeva Leinala, Ece Özçelik, Edward Perry, Mikaela Rambali, Michael Ryan, and Delia Sanchez Trancon.
The authors would also like to thank Mark Hewitt, Mark McMaster, and Joanne Parrott of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Minna Saaristo of EPA Victoria, Australia, Selim Aït-Aïssa and Alice James Casas of the French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks (Ineris), Myriam Castonguay of the Intersectoral Centre for Endocrine Disruptors Analysis (ICEDA), Philippe Hubert of the Platform for the Pre-validation of Endocrine Disruptors (PEPPER), Alvine C. Mehinto of the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP), Caren Helbing of the University of Victoria, Canada, and Ron von der Oost of Waternet, the Netherlands, for providing case study information.
The external review of various sections of the report provided by Joanne Parrot of Environment and Climate Change Canada, Selim Ait-Aissa, Valeria Dulio, and Alice James Casas of the French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks (Ineris), Werner Brack and Beate Escher of the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Germany, Milo de Baat of the KWR Water Research Institute, the Netherlands, Alvine C. Mehinto of the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP), and Ron van der Oost of Waternet, the Netherlands, is also gratefully acknowledged.
Charlotte Raoult, Sama Al Taher Cucci, Beth Del Bourgo, and Ines Reale provided invaluable administrative and communications support. Jane Kynaston designed the illustrations.