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The role of OECD in the development of national and international risk/safety assessment frameworks is presented and discussed. The most relevant OECD bodies in this context have contributed a lot to the development of international biosafety frameworks, inter alia by organizing international conferences in the areas of food/feed and environmental safety of GMOs, focusing on practical and curre...

The CVD mortality has decreased over the past 50 years at a faster pace than the OECD average, reaching the lowest in the OECD at 171 per 100 000 population, 43% lower than the OECD average of 299 (Figure 1). However, potential years of life lost, a commonly used measure of premature mortality, at 807 per 100 000 population for diseases of the circulatory system in 2011, is 39% higher than the ...

Over the past 50 years, the reduction of mortality from CVD in Germany has followed a similar trend as the OECD average, reaching 310 per 100 000 population, 4% higher than the OECD average of 299 in 2011 (Figure 1). However, potential years of life lost, a commonly used measure of premature mortality, at 490 per 100 000 population for diseases of the circulatory system in 2011, is 16% lower th...

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The Advisory Committee on Existing Chemicals (BUA) of the Federal Republic of Germany convened a panel with expertise in reproductive and developmental toxicology to evaluate the OECD Screening Tests 421 (Reproduction/Developmental Toxicity Screening Test) and 422 (Combined Repeated Dose Toxicity Study with the Reproduction/Developmental Toxicity Screening Test) with respect to their ability to...

This country section is an extract from chapter 3 of the OECD publication (2008) Environmental Performance of Agriculture in OECD countries since 1990, which is available at the OECD website indicated below. A summary version of this report is published as Environmental Performance of Agriculture: At a Glance, see the OECD website which also contains the agri-environmental indicator time series...

Since mid-1980s, the mortality from CVD has decreased at a much faster pace than the OECD average, reaching one of the lowest CVD mortality rates in the OECD at 187 per 100 000 population after France, Japan and Korea (Figure 1). Likewise, potential years of life lost, a commonly used measure of premature mortality, at 269 per 100 000 population for diseases of the circulatory system in 2011, i...