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Standardization of methods to determine toxicity and biodegradability of substances and ecological assessment for water quality monitoring and management of surface water (rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, marine water), groundwater, wastewater, precipitation as well as sediments and biota of aquatic systems.

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80

Published ISO standards *

8

ISO standards under development *

27
Participating members
20
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 147/SC 5/WG 2   Toxicity to invertebrates Working group
ISO/TC 147/SC 5/WG 5   Toxicity - Algae and aquatic plants Working group
ISO/TC 147/SC 5/WG 9   Genotoxicity and endocrine effects Working group
ISO/TC 147/SC 5/WG 12   Key ecotoxicity testing issues Working group
ISO/TC 147/SC 5/WG 13   eDNA, DNA and RNA methods Working group
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 147/SC 5

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 147/SC 5:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 8/SC 13 Marine technology ISO
ISO/TC 190/SC 4 Biological characterization ISO
ISO/TC 229 Nanotechnologies ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 147/SC 5

ISO/TC 147/SC 5 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 61/SC 14 Environmental aspects ISO
ISO/TC 190/SC 4 Biological characterization ISO
ISO/TC 229 Nanotechnologies ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym Title Category
AISE International Association for Soaps, Detergent and Maintenance Products A
EC - European Commission European Commission A
IMA-Europe Industrial Minerals Association - Europe AISBL A
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD A
WHO-ECEH WHO European Centre for Environment and Health A
WMO World Meteorological Organization A

ISO/TC 147/SC 5 - Secretariat

DIN [Germany]

DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V.
Am DIN-Platz, Burggrafenstraße 6
D-10787 Berlin
Germany

Tel: +49 30 2601-0
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