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25.05.2009
Triggering/waiving criteria for the extended one-generation reproduction toxicity study
As a follow-up to the task force and workshop on triggering/waiving criteria for the extended one-generation reproduction toxicity study, the task force has written a paper highlighting the conclusion...
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25.05.2009
Scientific Committee News
The Scientific Committee is a central organ of ECETOC, meeting 6 times a year to peer-review and guide the work programme. ECETOC members have access online to detailed minutes of each meeting. It is...
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25.05.2009
Next generation of ECETOC targeted risk assessment tools
The ECETOC targeted risk assessment (TRA) task force reported in 2004 (Technical Report 93), and launched the supporting web-based tool shortly after. Since 2004, almost 2000 users have registered wit...
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01.05.2009
2009 Annual Technical Meeting to promote young scientists
The 2009 Annual Technical Meeting, 9-10 June in Brussels, offered young scientists peer-visibility and networking opportunities with an audience from industry, academia and regulators.
This 1½ day e...
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30.01.2009
7th ECETOC Symposium at EEMS Annual Meeting looks at thresholds for genotoxins and their application in risk assessment
For the 7th occasion since 1998, ECETOC supported EEMS, the European Environmental Mutagen Society with the organisation of a symposium on 25 September, the last day of its 2008 annual general meeting...
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30.01.2009
ECETOC Young Scientist Awards 2008
In 2008 ECETOC sponsored two awards for young scientists and is pleased to announce this year's winners:
For the environmental science related award, the ECETOC Young Scientist Award at the Society o...
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30.01.2009
Scientific Committee News
The Scientific Committee is a central organ of ECETOC, meeting 6 times a year to peer-review and guide the work programme. ECETOC members have access online to detailed minutes of each meeting. It is...
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30.01.2009
ECETOC strategic science areas at Eurotox annual meetings
On the occasion of the annual Eurotox meeting in Rhodes 5-8 October 2008, ECETOC organised two sessions corresponding to two priority science areas: and Science in Society
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02.10.2008
Report of the 2008 Annual Technical Meeting on cost benefit of chemical controls
Entitled "Counting the Costs and Benefits of Chemical Controls: Role of Environmental Risk Assessment in Socio-Economic Analysis, " this June's Annual Technical Meeting marked ECETOC's first step in...
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25.09.2008
New Workshop Report on the Extended One-Generation Reproduction Toxicity Study
Together with ECVAM, ECETOC organised a workshop this 14-15 April to discuss triggering and waiving criteria for an extended one-generation reproduction toxicity study, which has been developed to add...
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16.07.2008
New JACC Report on Difluoromethane (HFC-32) CAS No. 75-10-5
'JACC 054' updates an earlier ECETOC review and presents a critical evaluation of the available data on the ecotoxicity, toxicity, environmental fate and impact of difluoromethane (HFC-32).
JACC 054 -...
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04.07.2008
ECETOC and ECPA partner on biomarker‘s workshop
ECETOC and the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA) co-hosted a workshop entitled “Use of markers for improved retrospective exposure assessment in epidemiology studies' this 24-25 June in Br...
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04.06.2008
2007 Annual Report
Consult ECETOC's 2007 Annual Report, the first since the start of its issues-based approach.
An 'at a glance' matrix indicates which strategic science initiatives ECETOC has been pursuing during the...
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15.03.2007
ECETOC and EEMS (European Environmental Mutagen Society) will co-organise a symposium on the toxicology/genotoxicity of manufactured nanoparticles this 9-13 September in Basel.
The aim is to present new data from on-going industry/academic projects on the genotoxicity and draw attention to related relevant toxicological aspects of manufactured nanoparticles.
The symposium...
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01.01.2007
A stakeholder workshop on human biomonitoring was organised to consider issues surrounding data interpretation and ethical considerations
A meeting of fifty stakeholders involved in studies measuring environmental pollutants accumulating in man was jointly organised by EU DG Environment , European Centre for Ecotoxicology & Toxicology o...
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10.11.2006
Dr. Neil Carmichael to succeed Dr. Michael Gribble as ECETOC Secretary General
As of 1 November 2006, Dr. Neil G. Carmichael, previous Head of Toxicology at Bayer CropScience will succeed Dr. Michael Gribble as Secretary General of ECETOC (The European Centre for Ecotoxicology a...
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28.09.2006
Winners of the ECETOC 2006 Science Award for health science related research
On the occasion of the 2006 EUROTOX (European Societies of Toxicology) Annual Congress this 20-24th September in Croatia, ECETOC was pleased to present one of its Young Scientist Awards to Sabine Lang...
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21.08.2006
News on ECETOC‘s annual workshop collaboration with EEMS (European Environmental Mutagen Society)
2006-00314-01-EN.pdf...
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15.05.2006
Winner of the ECETOC Science Award for environmental science related research
Within the framework of its commitment to encourage promising scientists, ECETOC supported the Young Scientist Best Platform Award at the 2006 SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry)...
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