OECD – 50 years of improving chemical safety worldwide

Safer Chemicals Podcast

In 2022, the Chemicals Programme of the OECD – the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – celebrates its 50th anniversary. The aim of the programme has been to improve chemical safety worldwide.

In this episode, we’ll speak with Bob Diderich, Head of the Environment, Health and Safety Division of the OECD. We first have a look back and reflect on some of the successes of the organisation before going into more details on what still needs to be done to further harmonise chemicals assessment across the world. But we also discuss the challenge of animal testing that is common to many OECD countries and how the road towards wider acceptance of alternative methods might look.

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1. Could you share a couple of key milestones where the work of the OECD and its member countries has significantly improved chemical safety? (00:01:08)

2. Where is the focus of your work at the moment? (00:04:08)

3. How do you see that ECHA's work has supported the OECD’s goals? (00:07:25)

4. How do the internationally agreed guidelines for testing chemicals support global chemicals management? (00:11:06)

5. What do you think can be done to accelerate the move towards wider acceptance of alternative methods? (00:13:42)

6. Do you think we can move to using alternative testing methods and if yes, when will that happen? (00:17:01)

7. Could you tell a bit about the concrete work the OECD does to help members and partners that are yet to adopt chemicals legislation? (00:20:07)

8. In your opinion, what are the three greatest challenges related to chemicals management globally right now? (00:24:25)