- 17 July 2020EPAA and NC3Rs final call for data: acute oral toxicity studiesRead more
ECETOC is supporting this call for data for acute oral toxicity studies. In collaboration with the European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal […]
- 12 May 2020ECETOC Task Force explores strategies for assessing effects of chemical mixtures on aquatic communitiesRead more
A study by ECETOC has explored the challenge of assessing the effects of mixtures of chemicals on aquatic communities comprising many species. Chemical […]
- 4 May 2020Hazard identification, classification, and risk assessment of carcinogens: too much or too little? – Report of an ECETOC workshopRead more
An international workshop organised by the Centre for chemical safety assessment (ECETOC) was held in September 2019 in Helsinki to explore the scientific […]
- 30 April 2020ECETOC gathers together gut microbiome experts to pool their knowledge and identify areas for new researchRead more
ECETOC gathered together a high-powered group of gut microbiome specialists in an expert meeting to assess progress in research, pool existing knowledge into […]
- 28 April 2020ECETOC helps improve and expand read-across techniques for chemical safety assessmentsRead more
The concept of ‘read-across’ in chemical safety assessments took a large step forward at a workshop organised by the Centre for chemical safety […]
- 9 April 2020‘Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry’ publishes ECETOC-commissioned study into microplastics ingestionRead more
An article commissioned by ECETOC’s Microplastics Scientific Platform, ‘Towards improved understanding of the ingestion and trophic transfer of microplastic particles – Critical review […]
- 7 April 2020New data and tools added to ECETOC’s Human Exposure Assessment Tools DatabaseRead more
ECETOC’s Human Exposure Assessment Tools Database (heatDB), has been enhanced with new data and tools as part of its annual update. The latest […]
- 3 April 2020ECETOC study investigates the extrapolation of aquatic environmental safety assessment data to soils and sedimentsRead more
A study by ECETOC has investigated the extrapolation of data from ecotoxicity tests carried out in water to assess toxicity in soils and […]
- 24 March 2020Second report of ECETOC trilogy on polymer safety assessment looks at analytical tools, methods and modelsRead more
ECETOC has today published the second part of its trilogy on polymer safety assessment. Polymers cover a broad spectrum of generally very large […]
- 16 May 2019Conceptual framework for polymer safety assessmentRead more
The European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals Polymers Task Force has developed a Conceptual Framework for Polymer Risk Assessment (CF4Polymers). It […]