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07.10.2013
SCIENCE NEWS FLASH ECETOC reports on February 2013 workshop addressing ‘Omics’
SCIENCE NEWS FLASH
ECETOC reports on February 2013 workshop addressing 'omics
Brussels, October 2013
'Omics is a general term used in biological sciences describing the study of genes and cells. For...
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15.09.2013
ECETOC Best Platform Award at the SETAC Europe Annual Meeting
Environmental science related award
The ECETOC Best Platform Award honours the early career scientist with the best platform presentation at the SETAC Europe Annual Meeting. The award winner receives...
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24.07.2013
ECETOC’s Work Recognised By Regulators
According to the findings of a recent survey conducted by ECETOC, representatives from the EU and national regulatory bodies, as well as other key stakeholders see ECETOC's contribution to the chemica...
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11.07.2013
WHO launches new Chemical Risk Assessment Network
Chemicals play a vital part in our daily life. Chemicals can also cause unintended harm to human health. More than 25% of the global burden of disease is linked to environmental factors, including che...
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28.06.2013
Article published in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology on the use of category approaches, read-across and (Q)SAR: general considerations
Article published in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology on the use of category approaches, read-across and (Q)SAR: general considerations
Please note that, since this article must be purchased f...
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27.06.2013
SCIENCE NEWS FLASH: ECETOC reports on a workshop jointly organised with WHO-IPCS addressing “Mode of Action‘
Brussels, June 2013
Mode of Action (MOA) is a method that identifies the important steps in understanding how exposure to a toxic chemical leads to adverse health effects and, if such effects - usuall...
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11.06.2013
Now available: ECETOC 2012 Annual Report
The 2012 ECETOC Annual Report has been published. Giving an overview of the 2012 ECETOC science programme, it can be downloaded free of charge ECETOC_2012_Annual_Report...
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29.05.2013
SCIENCE NEWS FLASH: New ECETOC report offers guidance for the inclusion of non-extractable residues (NER) in the risk assessment of chemicals
New ECETOC report offers guidance for the inclusion of
non-extractable residues (NER) in the risk assessment of chemicals
Brussels, May 2013
There is general agreement that the formation of non-extrac...
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29.05.2013
SCIENCE NEWS FLASH: New ECETOC report addresses bioavailable residues in soils and sediments
New ECETOC report addresses bioavailable residues in soils and sediments
In environmental risk assessment, chemical residues in soils and sediments are considered insignificant if they are bound to th...
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02.04.2013
E-Newsletter issue 24, Apr 2013
The latest edition of the ECETOC e-newsletter has just been published and can be downloaded in PDF format from the following link: http://bit.ly/ecetoc-enl24
Items of particular note in this issue:...
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06.03.2013
ECETOC Work on Risk Assessment Wins Prestigious Prize
ECETOC‘s work on the identification and evaluation of endocrine disrupting chemicals has been recognised by the American Society of Toxicology (SOT) whose Risk Assessment Specialty Section (RASS) aw...
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07.01.2013
ECETOC welcomes Sumitomo Chemical
ECETOC welcomes Sumitomo Chemical as its latest member company. Established in 1913, Sumitomo Chemical Group includes over 100 subsidiaries and affiliates, and operates businesses in five sectors “...
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20.12.2012
DG Sanco SC’s discussion paper on “New challenges for risk assessment”
With input from scientists through ECETOC membership and from ECPA, ECETOC submitted comments in reply to the public consultation on this discussion paper.
Overall the discussion paper is welcomed as...
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08.10.2012
Publications on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
ECETOC has compiled a package of publications related to endocrine disrupting chemicals which can be downloaded free of charge from: http://bit.ly/ecetoc--EDPack
It comprises:
Report commisioned...
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06.09.2012
E-newsletter issue 23, Sep 2012
The September 2012 edition of the ECETOC e-newsletter has just been published and can be downloaded in PDF format from the following link: http://bit.ly/ecetoc-enl23
Items of particular note in this...
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06.09.2012
Dr Alan Poole, previously of Dow Europe to succeed Dr Neil Carmichael as Secretary General of ECETOC
On 1st October 2012, Dr Alan Poole, previously of Dow Europe will succeed Dr Neil Carmichael as Secretary General of ECETOC.
Neil Carmichael will retire from ECETOC at the end of September after 30 y...
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05.09.2012
Please note our new address from 17th September 2012
Change of Address:
New offices for ECETOC Secretariat
The ECETOC Secretariat is on the move in mid-September. New offices are currently being fitted out on the same site, but in building 2 instead of...
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29.08.2012
Open Access Article: Risk assessment of endocrine active chemicals: Identifying chemicals of regulatory concern
Bars R, Fegert I, Gross M, Lewis D, Weltje L, Weyers A, Wheeler JR, Galay-Burgos M. 2012. Risk assessment of endocrine active chemicals: Identifying chemicals of regulatory concern. Regulatory Toxicol...
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14.08.2012
42nd EEMS annual conference in Warsaw, Poland 16-20 September 2012
The 42nd EEMS meeting will take place in Warsaw, Poland, 16-20 September 2012 at Warsaw University main campus, under the organization of Prof. Barbara Tudek, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics,...
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