Other standardisation organisations
In addition to our OECD and ISO activities, ECT staff members are active in other national and international standardisation organisations. For example, we provided significant input to two biomonitoring guidelines published by the Association of German Engineers (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure, VDI), in which the sampling of specific earthworm species in nation-wide chemical evaluation programs and the selection of the most appropriate organism groups for the general surveillance of genetically modified organisms (GMO) are described. Since 2014, ECT staff members are involved in activities of the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) focusing on the ecotoxicological characterization of construction products. Finally, ECT staff members regularly provide input to standardisation projects in non-European countries such as Brazil, Canada or the United States of America.
ECT contributed significantly to the standardisation of the following methods and guidelines:
- STB 1/RM/61: Test for measuring reproduction of oribatid mites exposed to contaminants in soil [read more]
- EMA/CVMP/ERA/409350/2010: Higher-tier testing of veterinary medicinal products to dung fauna
Project: Comparison of the dung and soil fauna on ivermectin-treated and untreated meadows as an example of the effects of a veterinary drug - VDI 4331: Monitoring der Wirkungen des Anbaus gentechnisch veränderter Organismen (GVO) – Wirkungen von GVO auf Bodenorganismen.
- VDI 4230: Biologische Verfahren zur Erfassung der Wirkung von Luftverunreinigungen (Bioindikation) – Passives Biomonitoring mit Regenwürmern als Akkumulationsindikatoren.
- UBA: Recommendations for the ecotoxicological characterization of wastes
Project: Evaluation of a biotest battery for the ecotoxicological characterisation of waste: ring test with 60 laboratories from 15 countries - ASTM 1676-04: Standard guide for conducting laboratory soil toxicity or bioaccumulation tests with the lumbricid earthworm Eisenia fetida and the enchytraeid potworm Enchytraeus albidus
Project: Organisation and performance of an international ringtest for the validation of the enchytraeid reproduction test
