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18.05.2018
Congratulations to this year’s winner of the ECETOC Best Platform Award at SETAC Rome 2018
The ECETOC Best Platform Award honours early career scientists with the best platform presentations at the SETAC Europe Annual Meetings. At SETAC 2018 in Rome, the award went to Michael Bertram of Mon...
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08.05.2018
Outcomes of 2018 ECETOC Human Health and Environment Review Meetings
These meetings, held late January and early February 2018, were an opportunity for Member Company scientists along with representatives from academia and regulatory bodies to propose ideas and to pr...
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26.03.2018
Diversity is key to expanding frontiers of future science, says renowned space scientist at ECETOC 40th anniversary celebration
The key to expanding the frontiers of future science is ‘gender diversity’ and inspiring the younger generation, according to one of Europe’s leading space scientists, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock....
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15.03.2018
Workshop reviews advances in Environmental Exposure Modelling: Bridging the Gap between Research and Application
In a nutshell:
Advances in Environmental Exposure Modelling:
Bridging the Gap between Research and Application.
ECETOC Workshop held 4-5 May 2017, Brussels
Brussels, March 2018.
This works...
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14.03.2018
Publication of the 2017 ECETOC Annual Report
In preparation for the 2018 Annual General Meeting and 40th Anniversary event on 21st March, we are pleased to announce the publication of the ECETOC 2017 Annual Report which provides an overview of t...
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09.02.2018
New ECETOC Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA) Report addresses technical questions on the TRA Tool
In a nutshell:
Since the introduction of the TRA in 2004, many thousands of users have downloaded the tool and its supporting technical guidance from the ECETOC website. In addition to the guidance c...
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12.10.2017
Olivier de Matos succeeds Dr Alan Poole as Secretary General of ECETOC
Brussels, October 2017
Olivier de Matos succeeds Dr Alan Poole as Secretary General of ECETOC
Before being appointed Secretary General of ECETOC, Olivier de Matos was Managing Director at Burson-M...
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20.09.2017
In a nutshell: Improvement of the OECD 306 screening test: 2015 workshop and subsequent ring test
Brussels, September 2017.
Previous ECETOC workshops recommended a series of modifications and enhancements to existing OECD biodegradation screening tests (BSTs) to deliver more robust methods for as...
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04.08.2017
MAK and BAT Values 2017 (German Version) now online
Thanks to @Andrea Hartwig and @Heidrun Greim for the following announcement:
Deutsche Email siehe unten/ German version, see below
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26.07.2017
WHO review of the use of chemical-specific adjustment factors (CSAF) and their relevance to applying “uncertainty factors” to health-based guidance values
ECETOC members have shown an interest in the WHO review of the use of chemical-specific adjustment factors (CSAF) and their relevance to applying “uncertainty factors” to health-based guidance val...
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11.07.2017
Publication of ECETOC e-Newsletter issue 33, Summer 2017
The Summer 2017 issue of the ECETOC e-newsletter is now available for download at https://goo.gl/5g78aZ
In this issue:
ECETOC launches a public directory of exposure data sources and exposure tool...
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03.07.2017
ECETOC launches a public directory of exposure data sources and exposure tools
The Human Exposure Assessment Tools Database (heatDB) is a resource for risk assessors to use to quickly search and locate human exposure tools and data available in the public domain.
Available so...
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30.05.2017
The GreenFacts Initiative: Circular economy: what, why, where and who?
Latest from Greenfacts:
Humanity consumes more goods and services than what is sustainable, in terms of natural resources. Circular economy aims to increase efficiency of use, in order to prevent the...
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13.04.2017
News and Updates from CAAT
CAAT Academy is an extension of a joint venture of Johns Hopkins University Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) and CAAT-Europe (University of Konstanz). CAAT Academy connects experts f...
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10.04.2017
Publication of ECETOC e-Newsletter issue 32, Spring 2017
The Spring 2017 issue of the ECETOC e-newsletter is now available for download at https://goo.gl/q7H7xZ
In this issue:
Seven Steps for the Identification of Endocrine Disrupting Properties (ECETOC...
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31.03.2017
ECETOC develops Seven Steps for the Identification of Endocrine Disrupting Properties (ECETOC 7SI-ED)
ECETOC develops Seven Steps for the Identification of
Endocrine Disrupting Properties (ECETOC 7SI-ED)
In a nutshell:
Brussels, March 2017
In response to the ‘Outline of draft Guidance Document f...
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30.03.2017
ECETOC publishes report on Biodegradation Default Half-Life Values
In a nutshell:
Brussels, May 2017
Biodegradation is a key process for breaking down and finally removing chemicals from the environment. The biodegradation half-life time is a key input parameter fo...
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27.03.2017
In a nutshell: Chemical respiratory allergy – clinical information and how to use it and improve it
Brussels, March 2017
A variety of natural and man-made materials can cause allergic sensitisation of the respiratory tract in susceptible individuals. However, the mechanisms involved in the developm...
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20.02.2017
ECETOC 2016 Annual Report Published
In preparation for the 2017 Annual General Meeting and Annual Technical Meeting, we are pleased to announce the publication of the ECETOC 2016 Annual Report, downloadable from https://goo.gl/IYxUyP. T...
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