Business and Industry Advisory Committee

The eChemPortal is an effort of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in collaboration with the European Commission, the United States, Canada, lapan, the International Council of Chemical Associations, the Business and Industry Advisory Committee, the World Health Organization s International Program on Chemical Safety, the United Nations Environment Programme on Chemicals and environmental non-governmental organizations. 

This activity was launched at the request of the member countries and the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD to ensure that testing and assessment approaches for endocrine disrupters would not substantially differ among countries. In addition to developing tests for endocrine disrupters in the human health and environmental fields, OECD has also developed a conceptual framework for endocrine disrupter testing, outlining consecutive steps that could be followed. 

Industry has agreed to assist the OECD by supplying existing data, as well as by undertaking any necessary additional testing in a timely manner. Chemical review meetings are attended by observers from the OECD Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC), and by chemical manufacturers. 

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