the public's "right to know" has moved to the forefront of environmental policy making, and OECD is supporting governments' response by helping them develop databases of releases and transfers of pollutants to the environment, called PRTRs. With guidance materials, news and events, and links to major electronic resources, many of which were developed under the auspices of the OECD. In English and French.(Original source: http://www.oecd.org/department/0,3355,en_2649_34411_1_1_1_1_1,00.html)