Scientists discuss how Quantitative Adverse Outcome Pathways can be used more effectively in EU chemical safety assessments

Brussels, 13 February 2024 – Toxicologists, biologists, and computational modellers came together at a workshop organised by the Centre for chemical safety assessment (ECETOC) to discuss how to deve...

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2024 New Year message from the Secretary General

Dear ECETOC Members and Stakeholders,As we bid farewell to the successes of 2023, I am delighted to extend my warmest greetings all of you as we step into 2024.Last year was marked by signific...

18.01.2024 Read more

HSSD Tool

This software was developed by a consortium of partners to facilitate the uptake of novel approaches to estimate aquatic threshold concentrations (e.g. the concentration at which 5% of the species are exposed above their EC50, HC5).

03.10.2025 Read more

The Human Exposure Assessment Tools Database (heatDB)

heatdb is a public directory of exposure data sources as well as available tools for exposure

03.10.2025 Read more

NanoApp

ECETOC’s NanoApp is a tool designed to define the boundaries of sets of similar nanoforms and to generate a justification for the REACH registration.

03.10.2025 Read more

Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA)

The Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA) estimates exposures to workers, consumers and the environment that arise during a series of events.

03.10.2025 Read more

Moving persistence (P) assessments into the 21st Century: Developing a new paradigm to assess degradation potential of chemicals

Background Recent progress in the scientific understanding of the underlying processes of persistence and degradation has provided an opportunity to develop an improved framework and best practices...

29.04.2019 Read more

Exposure-based adaptations Task Force

Background Within the REACH legal text there are 2 ways to adapt the standard testing requirements; column 2 of annexes VII to X, and Annex XI. Annex XI contains 3 potential options – testing not...

07.03.2019 Read more

Persistent chemicals and water resources protection

Background Several initiatives end-2017 and 2018 on identification of substances of concern to drinking water resources.ECETOC role in supporting the development of a science-based framework to...

18.12.2018 Read more

06.04.2020

ECETOC 2019 Annual Report

Overview of the 2019 activities and output of ECETOC, the Centre for Chemical Safety Assessment.

2019 was a year in which ECETOC successfully started to deliver on the new vision and strategy. This 2019 Annual Report presents how the new strategy based on the three pillars - visibility, dialogue and impact – has been implemented across the organisation and at the scientific programme level.

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Practical considerations to optimize aquatic testing of particulate material, with focus on nanomaterials

2023 Annual Report

ECETOC 2023 Annual General Meeting and Debate

Workshop on Quantitative Response-Response Relationships (qAOPs)

Scientists discuss how Quantitative Adverse Outcome Pathways can be used more effectively in EU chemical safety assessments

2024 New Year message from the Secretary General

HSSD Tool

The Human Exposure Assessment Tools Database (heatDB)

NanoApp

Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA)

Moving persistence (P) assessments into the 21st Century: Developing a new paradigm to assess degradation potential of chemicals

Exposure-based adaptations Task Force

Persistent chemicals and water resources protection

ECETOC 2019 Annual Report