The Testing Programme has had unprecedented support from member countries, therapeutic and environmental science agencies, research institutions and private industry. Working collaboratively across the globe, sponsors were able to coordinate the investigation of over 180 unique Endpoint studies, building on our understanding of the safety of manufactured nanomaterials.

The Testing Programme has two levels of participation:

1. Sponsors assume responsibility for conducting or co-ordinating all of the testing determined to be appropriate for each of the Endpoints for a specific nanomaterial. In some cases, “joint lead” arrangements have been developed.

2. Contributors provide test data, reference or testing materials or other relevant information to the lead and co-Sponsors.

Sponsors together with Contributors prepared “Dossier Development Plans” (DDPs) for the testing of each listed nanomaterial, culminating in a list of the various Endpoints that each material was tested against as well as sample preparation and dosimetry information.

The OECD would like to thank all countries that contributed to the Testing Programme as well as the efforts and contributions of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the OECD plus other stakeholders. The below table represents all Sponsor and Contributor countries involved in the Programme:

 

COUNTRY SPONSORS

The table represents all Sponsor and Contributor countries involved in the programme:

‌	Australia		Austria	‌	Belgium	‌‌	Canada	‌‌‌	China	‌‌	Denmark
‌‌‌	European Commission	‌‌	France	‌‌‌	Germany	‌‌‌	Japan	‌‌‌	Korea	‌‌‌	Netherlands
	South Africa		Spain		Switzerland		United Kingdom		United States	‌‌	BIAC
‌	Nordic Council‌ of Ministers

 

CONTRIBUTING ORGANIsations

The OECD would like to thank the following organisations which contributed to and participated in the Testing Programme. The success of the programme could not have been achieved without these organisation’s assistance and collaboration. The Testing Programme is a testament to the impact that global collaboration can have in improving the outcomes of research when working with international partners.

 

COUNTRY

ORGANISATION NAME

	Australia	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Deakin University National Measurement Institute
	Austria	Graz University, Institute of Pharmaceutical Science Vienna University, Department of Environmental Geosciences
	Canada	Health Canada, Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau Health Canada, Healthy Environments & Consumer Safety Branch HydroQual Laboratories McGill University, Department of Chemical Engineering NRC-BRI, Applied Ecotoxicology Group Trent University, Environmental & Resource Studies Dept. University of Alberta, Biological Sciences University of Victoria, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology Wilfrid Laurier University, Institute for Water Science Technical University of Denmark, Department of Environmental Engineering Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES)
	Denmark	Technical University of Denmark, Department of Environmental Engineering National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NRCWE)
	France	Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES)
	Germany	Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Ressources Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Materials and Air Pollutants (BAM) Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) Fraunhofer Institite for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Germany Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology & Experimental Medicine, Inhalation Toxicology & Chemical Risk Assessment Hamburg University of Applied Sciences IBE R&D Institute for Lung Health gGmbH, Marl Institute for Inhalation Biology, Helmholtz Centre Munich Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology (IUTA e.V.)., Air Quality & Sustainable Nanotechnology Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety RWTH Aachen, Institute of Ecochemistry,Ecology, and Ecotoxicology Technical University Dresden, Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology University Frankfurt Main, Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden University of Bremen University of Münster, Gastroenterological Molecular Cell Biology (GMZ)
	Japan	Japan Bioassay Research Center Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare (MHLW) Ministry of the Environment (MOE) National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) National Institute of Health Science (NIHS) University of Occupational and Environmental Health
	Korea	Dongduk Women's University, College of Pharmacy Hanyang University, Laboratory of Nanoscale Characterisation & Environmental Chemistry Hoseo University Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Division of Industrial Metrology Korea University, School of Life Science & Biotechnology Kyung Hee University, Department of Applied Chemistry Ministry of Environment National Institute of Environmental Research of Korea Seoul National University, School of Chemical & Biological Engineering
	Netherlands	National Institute for Public Health and the Environment TNO Triskelion
	South Africa	National Centre for Occupational Health (NIOH) University of Johannesburg
	Spain	Department of Environment, National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA) INIA, Departamento de Medio Ambiente Instituto Nacional de Investigation y Technologi Agraria y Alimenatria Universidad de Alcalá, Inorganic Chemistry Department
	Switzerland	Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)
	United Kindgom	Imperial College London National Physical Laboratory, United Kingdom University of Exeter
	United States	Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Ecology Division Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Health and Environmental Effects Research National Institute of Occupatinalo Safety and Health (NIOSH) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Nanoparticle Measurements & Standards North Carolina State University U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), National Center for Toxicological Research
	European Commission	Directorate General Joint Research Centre
	Partner organisations	Arkema (France) BASF (Germany) BASF SE Bayer Material Science (Germany) Business Advisory Committee to OECD (BIAC) Dendritech, Inc. (USA) European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) Mintek Nanocyl (Belugium) Nanotechnology Industries Association TDMA

 

LINKS

• Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC)
  
• The Nordic Council of Ministers
  
  

THE PROGRAMME

• Testing Programme

• Overview

• Dossiers and Endpoints
• More information