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Vegetable and seed oils as well as some synthetic base stocks present a new class of biodegradable base stocks. These fluids (10) have excellent biodegradation properties as measured by criteria developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). OECD 301 and EPA 560/6-82-003 measure the biodegradation of lubricants. These tests were developed to measure the degradation of oil, especially two-cycle ok, on waterways. Aquatic toxicity criteria toward fish is also found to be acceptable for this class of fluids as measured by EPA 560/6-82-002 and OECD 203 1-12. 

Cranium Resources, Production and Demand,]o m. Report of OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and International Atomic Energy Agency, OECD Pubhcations Service, Paris, 1994, p. 17. 

Data compiled from the OECD Nuclear Enery Agency and the IAEA (1). 

Insurance organizations e.g., Lloyds, Det Norsk Veritas, and Fire Protection As.soci ition Foreign and international agencies, e.g., U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Transportation, OECD, and EEC Specialized research laboratories... 

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In response to the Arab embargo, and the attempt of OPEC to dictate the supply and price of petroleum, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) established the International Energy Agency (lEA) in November 1974. lEA membership included all of Western Europe, Canada, the... 

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Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), Dosimetry Aspects of Exposure to Radon and Thoron Daughters, report by a group of experts, Paris, OECD (1982). 

The mean radon concentrations determined by the passive detectors are based on calibrations using NBS standard radium-226 solutions and also from participation in the OECD (Nuclear Energy Agency)/CEC radon dosimeter intercomparisons (Commission of the European Communities, 1986) held at the U.K. National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB). Recent calibrations of the new LR-115 based detectors, in terms of response to radon concentrations and F factors have been carried out at the NRPB, which assistance is greatly appreciated. For the etching and track counting procedures used the inner LR-115 piece in the detectors has a mean sensitivity of approximately 1.6 tracks cm 2 kBq l m hr l. 

NEA Nuclear Energy Agency Group of Experts, Exposure to Radiation from the Natural Radioactivity in Building Materials, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Paris (1979). 

Recognised test methods include methods developed by internationally recognised agencies such as DIN, ISO, CEN or OECD. As a general principle, the lowest test result for the most sensitive species has to be used as the starting point for the risk assessment and for the derivation of the water and biota quality norms. The toxicity data used for the risk assessment have to be examined critically with respect to validity and relevance. 

The chemical industry also encourages EPA to reexamine and rescind its premanufacture Testing Policy. While ostensibly voluntary, this policy embodies the Agency s position that all, or nearly all, new chemicals should undergo a minimum "base set" of tests or, in OECD terms, a "Minimum Premarketing Set of Data" (MPD), which could greatly increase the costs of... 

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