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EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) has developed a series of harmonized test guidelines for use in the testing of pesticides and toxic substances, and the development of test data for submission to the Agency.

The OCSPP harmonized test guideline library is intended to provide a compilation of guidelines for conducting the studies routinely used for generating data on pesticides and industrial chemicals regulated under FIFRA and TSCA, but may also be useful for voluntary testing purposes.  Data submitted to EPA are used by the Agency to perform risk assessments and make regulatory decisions.

The OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals are a unique tool for assessing the potential effects of chemicals on human health and the environment. Accepted internationally as standard methods for safety testing, the Guidelines are used by professionals in industry, academia and government involved in the testing and assessment of chemicals (industrial chemicals, pesticides, personal care products, etc.). These Guidelines are regularly updated with the assistance of thousands of national experts from OECD member countries. OECD Test Guidelines are covered by the Mutual Acceptance of Data, implying that data generated in the testing of chemicals in an OECD member country, or a partner country having adhered to the Decision, in accordance with OECD Test Guidelines and Principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), be accepted in other OECD countries and partner counties having adhered to the Decision, for the purposes of assessment and other uses relating to the protection of human health and the environment.

Ecotoxicty

Environmental Fate

Links to

standardized and

internationally accepted

test guidelines most often used

in establishing ecotoxicity and fate

of industrial and agricultural chemicals.