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31.12.2010
Review meeting planned on REACH-driven science needs
Since last January, a small network activity was run by some members of the Scientific Committee to identify areas where scientific opinions need to be further developed for effective implementation o...
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31.12.2010
2 new environmental Task Forces established
At the October meeting of the Scientific Committee, nominations were reviewed and stewards appointed for two new Task Forces in the environmental science areas. The first meetings have now been fixed....
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28.12.2010
TR 110 – Guidance on Assessment Factors to Derive a DNEL
from November 2010
ECETOC publishes its 'Guidance on Assessment Factors to Derive a DNEL'
The chemical industry has reached an important milestone this month by having submitted their dossiers for t...
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28.12.2010
New Workshop planned on risk assessment of endocrine disrupting chemicals – case studies
In their September meeting, the ECETOC Scientific Committee approved a Workshop to further develop the guidance to risk assess endocrine disrupting chemicals, the potency concept, specificity and huma...
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27.12.2010
Article published on guidance for assessment of endocrine disrupting properties of chemicals
Building on the findings of the 2008 Task Force and 2009 Workshop on identifying endocrine disrupting effects, an article is now being published in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology that presents...
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25.11.2010
Call for the Expression of Interest in the ECVAM Stakeholder Forum (ESTAF)
The European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM), part of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and hosted by the Institute of Health and Consumer Protection (IH...
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17.11.2010
TR 110 – Guidance on Assessment Factors to Derive a DNEL
ECETOC publishes its 'Guidance on Assessment Factors to Derive a DNEL'
The chemical industry has reached an important milestone this month by having submitted their dossiers for the first REACH regi...
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16.11.2010
3rd International Conference on Alternatives for Developmental Neurotoxicity Testing (DNT3)
Third International Conference on Alternatives for
Developmental Neurotoxicity (DNT) Testing
10-13 May 2011 - Centro Congressi Ville Ponti, Varese, Italy
Developmental Neurotoxicity is an i...
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01.11.2010
ECETOC and EEMS hold Symposium on ‘Omics in systems biology
ECETOC and EEMS (European Environmental Mutagen Society) have jointly organised a symposium entitled "Use of “omics to elucidate mechanism of action and integration of “omics in a systems biology...
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28.10.2010
CAAT-EU Information Day, 28-Oct-2010
CAAT-EU Information Day
28 October 2010
The Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing in Europe (CAAT-Europe) has announced the first in a series of high level Information Days. The October 28 event...
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28.10.2010
CEllSens-Eco8: Lessons learnt. Open Access Meeting prior to the SETAC Europe Meeting May 15/2011 in Milan
The goal of the CEllSens-Eco8 project was to develop a strategy to predict acute fish lethality using fish cell lines and fish embryos. Specifically, this CEFIC-LRI/UK-DEFRA supported project addresse...
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27.10.2010
Updated overview on TTC Values
The (former) Task Force on the Threshold of Toxicological Concern has just updated its overview of established TTC values and those under development. This will continue to be updated as new informat...
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30.09.2010
EPAA Annual Conference 30-Nov-2010
EPAA Annual Conference 2010
Reduction and Refinement: Combining Excellence in Science andAnimal Welfare
Brussels, 30 November 2010
First announcement and call for posters
The next Annual Conference o...
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23.09.2010
NATO project workshop – Characterisation of hazardous chemical contamination. Dubrovnik.
NATO project workshop
Characterisation of hazardous chemical contamination
from environmental chemistry and toxicology to risk assessment
23 - 26 September 2010, Dubrovnik, Croatia
http://www.ir...
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16.09.2010
Symposium at EEMS: Use of “omics in systems biology
ECETOC has prepared a symposium on the "Use of “omics to elucidate mechanism of action and integration of “omics in a systems biology concept", to be held in Oslo on 16 September 2010, at the nex...
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13.09.2010
SETAC UK Annual Meeting 13/14-Sep-10
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry UK branch
Annual Meeting 2010
Environmental Pollution in a Changing World
The Linnean Society of London, 13th and 14th September 2010
http://www...
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19.07.2010
Publication of WR 19 – Omics in (Eco)toxicology: Case Studies and Risk Assessment
Available as a pdf download : Workshop Report No.19 - Omics in (Eco)toxicology: Case Studies and Risk Assessment
Background
The aim of the workshop was to review the progress made on the applicati...
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13.07.2010
9th International Meeting of the “International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics” (ISSX)
The 9th International Meeting of the "International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics" (ISSX) will be held in Istanbul, Turkey on September 4-8, 2010.
The Meeting aims to bring together many int...
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12.07.2010
Cefic-LRI launches 2010 Request for Proposals
Information about the 2010 Cefic-LRI request for proposals can be found on their website at http://www.cefic-lri.org/request-for-proposals ....
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