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28.07.2015
ECETOC Best Platform Award at the SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting
SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting: Young Scientist Awards (YSA)
03-07 May 2015 Barcelona, Spain
The ECETOC Best Platform Award honours the early career scientist with the best platform presentation a...
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17.07.2015
New NOAA Chemical Aquatic Fate and Effects (CAFE) Database
New NOAA Chemical Aquatic Fate and Effects (CAFE) Database
Our thanks to Adriana Bejarano of Research Planning, Inc. (www.researchplanning.com) for the following announcement regarding the NOAA Che...
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16.07.2015
GreenFacts.Org publishes Summer 2015 Newsletter
GreenFacts.Org publishes Summer 2015 Newsletter:
Endocrine disruptors, Bisphenol A, Electronic cigarettes, Fukushima and more....
https://bit.ly/greenfacts-newsletter29...
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18.06.2015
ECETOC Targeted Risk Assessment Tool Update to TRAv3.1
ECETOC Targeted Risk Assessment Tool Update to TRAv3.1
and Publication of related Addendum to Technical Report No. 114
on the Technical Basis for version 3 of the TRA
Brussels, June 2014
In respons...
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29.05.2015
Publication of the Spring 2015 ECETOC e-newsletter
The Spring 2015 issue of the ECETOC e-newsletter is now available and can be downloaded in PDF format from the following link: http://bit.ly/ecetoc-enl28
In this issue:
Front page
Report from the ECET...
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19.05.2015
ECETOC Task Force assesses thresholds in chemical respiratory sensitisation
In a nutshell:
ECETOC Task Force assesses thresholds in chemical respiratory sensitisation
Brussels, May 2015
A variety of chemicals are known to cause allergic sensitisation of the respiratory...
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22.04.2015
STFC/NERC Workshop: Developing Cloud computing to support data intensive biology
The STFC/NERC Bioinformatics & Environmental 'Omics Network are now organising a new workshop on Developing Cloud computing to support data intensive biology to explore the current state of clou...
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20.04.2015
European Commission Conference on criteria to identify Endocrine Disruptors: registration open
A conference on "Endocrine disruptors: criteria for identification and related impacts" organised by the European Commission will take place on 1 June 2015 in Brussels.
The aim of the conference is...
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01.04.2015
ECETOC Task Force publication presents concept for the grouping and safety assessment of nanomaterials
The safety of nanomaterials can be ensured by undertaking animal testing only as a very last resort. This is the premise and promise of the Decision-making framework for the grouping and testing of...
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31.03.2015
GreenFacts Spring 2015 Newsletter
Thanks to Jacques de Gerlache for the GreenFacts Spring 2015 Newsletter
Latest Video which highlights reports on vaccines and vaccination from WHO, UNICEF & CDC
Potential health effects of expo...
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30.03.2015
ECETOC publication evaluates existing concepts for the grouping and safety assessment of nanomaterials
Brussels, August 2014
It is well-accepted that nanomaterials need to be safe. However, conducting a full testing scheme for each and every variant of each nanomaterial will lead to an enormous amount...
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27.03.2015
The MAK Collection for Occupational Health and Safety
The MAK Collection for Occupational Health and Safety
Further new or revised documents of the MAK value documentation series are now available in Open Access on the publisher´s website:
http://onlin...
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27.03.2015
The MAK Collection for Occupational Health and Safety
Further new or revised documents of the MAK value documentation series are now available in Open Access on the publisher´s website:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/3527600418/homepage/Wha...
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24.03.2015
Basing chemicals management on the best science
Video interview with Dr Alan Poole, Secretary General of the European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) during a recent visit to ECHA. Dr Poole describes the activities ECE...
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09.03.2015
Invitation NORMAN – UBA Workshop Biocides – compartment-specific strategies – 25-26 June 2015, Berlin
Since September 2013 the assessment and authorisation of biocides on the European market have been regulated by the EU Biocidal Products Regulation No. 528/2012 (BPR). Environmental monitoring can...
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25.02.2015
Publication of ECETOC 2014 Annual Report
In preparation for next week’s Annual General Meeting and Annual Technical Meeting, we are pleased to announce the publication of the 2014 ECETOC Annual Report which can be downloaded from the follo...
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23.02.2015
Royal Society publishes “Assessing risks and impacts of pharmaceuticals in the environment on wildlife and ecosystems”
Royal Society Publishing has just published Assessing risks and impacts of pharmaceuticals in the environment on wildlife and ecosystems, compiled and edited by Kathryn E Arnold, A Ross Brown, Gerald...
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27.01.2015
ECETOC Task Force investigates how newly developed methods in toxicity testing contribute to hazard and risk assessment of chemicals.
A taskforce was set up to investigate how newly developed methods in toxicity testing contribute to hazard and risk assessment of chemicals. The taskforce aimed at identifying the opportunities and cu...
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24.12.2014
Newsletter from the European Network for Alternative Testing Strategies in Ecotoxicology (EUROECOTOX)
The 7th EUROECOTOX newsletter has been published and can be downloaded at http://bit.ly/euroecotox-enl-7. The main feature is a report by Adam Lillicrap (NIVA) and Teresa Norberg-King (US EPA) on the...
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19.12.2014
Publication of the Winter 2014 ECETOC e-newsletter
The Winter 2014 issue of the ECETOC e-newsletter is now available and can be downloaded in PDF format from the following link: http://bit.ly/ecetoc-enl27
In this issue:
• ECETOC workshop ad...
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