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25 August 2016

Workshop Report no.31: Advances in Consumer Exposure Science: Data, Modelling and Aggregate Exposure Assessment. 26th January 2016, Brussels

This workshop report summarises a workshop held in Brussels on 26th January 2016 by the ECETOC Human Exposure Data Task Force on the state of the art of consumer exposure assessment science as develop...

22 August 2016

Workshop Report no.30: The Role of Epigenetics in Reproductive Toxicity

This workshop explored the current state of the science on epigenetics and its role in reproductive toxicity. Experts from a range of scientific disciplines met over two days to share knowledge and br...

16 August 2016

Special Report no.19: Building a Prenatal Developmental Toxicity Ontology

This report discusses the need for a systematic representation of knowledge about developmental toxicity (i.e. an ontology) that would enable computer-based prediction of which chemicals are likely to...

09 August 2016

Workshop Report no.29 – Defining the role of chemical activity in environmental risk assessment within the context of mode of action: Practical guidance and advice

Chemical activity has recently been promoted as a useful concept for interpreting and classifying ecotoxicological data and for performing environmental risk assessment of chemicals.  The most common...

21 April 2016

Technical Report no.125 – Chemical Risk Assessment – Ecosystems Services

Ecosystem goods and services are the benefits we (humans) get from nature. They include provisioning services, e.g. from crops that provide food and fibre, regulating services, e.g. the plants growing...

16 December 2015

Case studies putting the decision-making framework for the grouping and 4 testing of nanomaterials (DF4nanoGrouping) into practice

ECETOC concept allows assessing the safety of nanomaterials  undertaking animal testing only as a very last resort Brussels, December 2015 The safety of nanomaterials can be ensured by testing...

26 October 2015

Application of the Activity Framework for Assessing Aquatic Ecotoxicology Data for Organic Chemicals

Brussels, October 2015 In a Nutshell: The relationship between the toxicity of narcotic chemicals and the octanol water partition coefficient (KOW) has been widely explored. An alternative but close...

31 July 2015

From Bioavailability Science to Regulation of Organic Chemicals

Ortega-Calvo JJ, Harmsen J, Parsons JR, Semple KT, Aitken MD, Ajao C, Eadsforth C, Galay Burgos M, Naidu R, Oliver R, Peijnenburg WJ,, Römbke J, Streck G, Versonnen B. 2015. From Bioavailability Scie...

19 May 2015

Thresholds in chemical respiratory sensitisation

Brussels, May 2015 A variety of chemicals are known to cause allergic sensitisation of the respiratory tract associated with allergic rhinitis and asthma. It is generally accepted that the development...

01 April 2015

A decision-making framework for the grouping and testing of nanomaterials (DF4nanoGrouping)

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 na...

26 December 2014

Contribution of New Technologies to Characterisation and Prediction of Adverse Effects

Rouquié D, Heneweer M, Botham J, Ketelslegers H, Markell L, Pfister T, Steiling W, Strauss V, Hennes C. 2014. Contribution of New Technologies to Characterization and Prediction of Adverse Effects....

02 December 2014

Workshop Report 28 – Estimating toxicity thresholds for aquatic ecological communities from sensitivity distributions

WR 28 : Estimating toxicity thresholds for aquatic ecological communities from sensitivity distributions | 02/12/2014 IN A NUTSHELL Predicting the toxicity of chemicals to aquatic communities is an in...