OECD SAYS MILLIONS SAVED THROUGH ITS TEST DATA SHARING SYSTEM
April 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ORGANISATION for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has claimed chemical-based industries such as the plastics sector and their public regulators save more than Euro 153 million annually worldwide thanks to its good practice and data sharing guidelines. In a new report, the OECD says that for instance, its rich country member industries and regulators avoid Euro 27 million in expenditure by avoiding repeat testing of new chemicals - notably "plastics additives", when they share data under OECD-approved information ...
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