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01.09.2022
New task force on substances that activate liver receptors as ED
ECETOC has launched a call for nominations for the creation of a Task Force on Substances that activate various liver receptors as endocrine disruptors, with the deadline to submit nominations by the...
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01.09.2022
Focus on… 2022 Scoping Meeting
Times are changing? So is our Scoping Meeting
ECHA's keynote will only be one of many "firsts" at this year’s Scoping Meeting.
The COVID pandemic brought many changes to our way of working and w...
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01.09.2022
ECHA’s keynote to kick off ECETOC’s 2022 Scoping Meeting
Mounir Bouhifd from ECHA’s Directorate of Prioritisation and Integration is set to give a keynote address to open ECETOC's 2022 edition of the Scoping Meeting.
His speech will give both an over...
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23.06.2022
ECHA announces new Executive Director
ECHA has just announced the selection of Dr. Sharon McGuinness as new Executive Director.
Prior to her recent appointment, Dr. McGuinness had worked at Ireland’s Health and Safety Authority since...
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01.06.2022
ECETOC publishes 2021 annual report of activities
The 2021 Annual Report is now available online!...
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25.05.2022
ECETOC Expert Group identifies research needs to enable regulatory assessment of endocrine disruption in invertebrates
An ECETOC Expert Group on Endocrine Disruption Assessment in Invertebrates has just published its findings on the state of the science of invertebrate endocrine disruption in relation to EU regulation...
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04.05.2022
ECETOC task force reviews external studies of targeted risk assessment tool for chemical exposure at work
BRUSSELS, 4 May 2022 – In a recently released technical report available here, a task force from the Centre for chemical safety assessment (ECETOC) has reviewed external performance studies of its T...
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21.04.2022
Blanca Serrano talks to Chemical Watch about new role and future challenges
ECETOC's incoming Secretary General, Dr Blanca Serrano recently spoke to Chemical Watch about the path that led her to her current role as well as upcoming challenges in chemical safety assessment - a...
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04.04.2022
ECETOC welcomes Dr Blanca Serrano Ramón as new Secretary General
Brussels, 4 April 2022. ECETOC’s Board of Administration has appointed Dr Blanca Serrano Ramón as new Secretary General. Dr Serrano Ramón officially stepped into her new role on 1 April 2022 and w...
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04.04.2022
ECETOC members can contribute draft the ECHA PBT Guidance update
The ECHA PBT Expert Group has recently identified some aspects of the PBT REACH guidance (R.11) requiring update. ECHA is initiating eleven drafting groups to address the approximately fifteen update...
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04.04.2022
Help write the guidance to determine population relevance for wildlife per EU ED Criteria
Later this year, ECETOC will be launching an Expert Group to tackle the need for ‘Guidance to determine population relevance for wildlife per EU Endocrine Disruption Criteria’. This activity relat...
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04.04.2022
ECETOC Task Force is looking for clinical experts on respiratory sensitizers
The recently-launched Task Force on Use of clinical data in identification of respiratory sensitizers is inviting clinical experts to join the group. The main goal of the Task Force is to support with...
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04.04.2022
ECETOC Task Force is looking for data on rodent studies on poorly soluble particles
The newly-formed Task Force on Inhalation Toxicological Properties of Low Soluble Particles will launch an open call to ECETOC members to collect data on rodent studies on poorly soluble particles. Th...
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04.04.2022
ECETOC Members can contribute to the CARACAL CASG-Polymers discussion
After publishing three Technical Reports on the ECETOC Conceptual Framework For Polymer Risk Assessment CF4Polymers (TR 133-1, TR 133-2, TR 133-3) over the past few years, the Task Force ‘Assessing...
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23.02.2022
ECETOC Transformational Programme develops framework to assess safety of chemicals using ‘new approach methodologies’
Scientists from the Centre for chemical safety assessment, ECETOC, have published a new framework to assess the safety of chemicals that incorporates ‘new approach methodologies’ (NAMs), such as...
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26.01.2022
ECETOC workshop on carcinogenicity leads to in-depth activity in the U.S.
A recent report on assessing chemical carcinogenicity details the outcome of a Toxicology Forum workshop held in late 2020.
The original proposal for this US-led gathering originated at a 2019 EC...
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13.01.2022
ECETOC Task Force assesses methods to improve evaluation of chemical persistence
A Task Force from the Centre for chemical safety assessment (ECETOC) has just published its findings on improving methods to evaluate a chemical’s persistence in the environment in the peer-review...
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09.12.2021
ECETOC Task Force develops weight-of-evidence framework for assessing chemical persistence
Brussels, 9 December 2021 – A Task Force from the Centre for chemical safety assessment (ECETOC) has just published a proposed a new framework for the assessment of chemical persistence (P) in the e...
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29.09.2021
Final report of ECETOC trilogy on polymers presents seven case studies addressing different components of safety assessment
ECETOC publishes today the final part of its trilogy on polymer safety assessment. Technical Report (TR) 133-3, Case Studies Putting the ECETOC Conceptual Framework for
Polymer Risk Assessment (CF4Po...
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13.07.2021
Real-life study shows ECETOC’s nanoApp consistent with data gathered from animal tests
A team of scientists has carried out a series of real-life studies on nanoforms using the nanoApp designed and developed by the Centre for chemical safety assessment (ECETOC). The results of the study...
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