Welcome to Talia Neal-Walthall
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Welcome to Talia Neal-Walthall

We are pleased to welcome Talia Neal-Walthall to ECETOC as a secondee. Talia joins us to work on topics related to exposure, an area central to much of our current scientific programme. She will be wi...
September 2026 news from the Sec Gen
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September 2026 news from the Sec Gen

Dear members and colleagues, As we move through the year, there is a good deal to share. This has been a busy period for ECETOC, with changes to our team, our governance, and the work ahead. Let me...
HSSD Tool

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).
The Human Exposure Assessment Tools Database (heatDB)

The Human Exposure Assessment Tools Database (heatDB)

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

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.
Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA)

Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA)

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

TRA Task Force – Worker branch

Why? The Worker TRA Task Force has been active since 2019, delivering projects that advance the scientific basis of the Worker Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA) tool. Its overarching objective is to e...
Immunotoxicity assessment: Addressing Challenges and Advancing Methodologies [Workshop → Task Force]​

Immunotoxicity assessment: Addressing Challenges and Advancing Methodologies [Workshop → Task Force]​

Why? Regulatory assessment of immunotoxic properties of chemicals is a complex and challenging task​ Limited regulatory guidance exists​ Lack of industry and regulatory knowledge​...
Chronic fish case studies towards an IATA

Chronic fish case studies towards an IATA

Why? Hazard and safety assessments for the pelagic compartment often rely on in vivo studies using a single fish species, raising ethical concerns and uncertainty in terms of extrapolation....
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Dates announced for Annual General and Technical Meetings

2012 Annual General Meeting22 May 2012 Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel, Brussels, Belgium Open to Delegates representing ECETOC Member companies only 2012 Annual Technical Meeting 06 June 2012 09...
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ECETOC Targeted Risk Assessment Tool version 3 and associated workshop

ECETOC Targeted Risk Assessment Tool version 3 and associated workshop3rd May 2012, Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel Since its launch in 2004, the ECETOC Targeted Risk Assessment Tool has proved to...
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1st European Conference on the Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of Animal Experiments in Ecotoxicology 28th-29th June 2012

FIRST EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON THE REPLACEMENT, REDUCTION AND REFINEMENT IN ANIMALS EXPERIMENTS ON ECOTOXICOLOGY28th (noon) - 29th (noon) of June 2012, Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland Fore more deta...
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ECETOC publishes Joint Assessment of Commodity Chemicals (JACC) Report No. 55 on Linear Polydimethylsiloxanes

ECETOC publishes Joint Assessment of Commodity Chemicals (JACC) Report No. 55 on Linear Polydimethylsiloxanes CAS No. 63148-62-9 (Second Edition) The findings of an ECETOC task force on Linear Poly...
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Science jobs from ECETOC: job description ECETOC Secretary General

ECETOC Secretary General : Brussels, Belgium Employer: ECETOC AISBL Location: 6 Avenue Edmond Van Nieuwenhuyse, 1160 Auderghem, Brussels, Belgium Type: Director/ CEO/ Chair Posted: January 17, 201...
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ECETOC welcomes NiPERA

ECETOC welcomes NiPERA as its latest member company. Incorporated in 1980 as a not-for-profit organisation, the Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association (NiPERA) was formed to develop and...
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ECETOC welcomes GlaxoSmithKline

ECETOC Press Release The European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) welcomes GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as its latest member. A global pharmaceutical, biologics, vaccines and...
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ECETOC publishes report on “Refined Approaches for Risk Assessment of PBT/vPvB Chemicals”

Download TR112: "Refined Approaches for Risk Assessment of PBT/vPvB Chemicals" Brussels, October 2011 ISSN-0773-8072-112 (print) ISSN-2079-1526-112 (online) D-2011-3001-218 Summary Building upon...
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ECETOC publishes report on “Development of guidance for assessing the impact of mixtures of chemicals in the aquatic environment”

Download TR111: "Development of guidance for assessing the impact of mixtures of chemicals in the aquatic environment" Brussels, October 2011 ISSN-0773-8072-111 (print) ISSN-2079-1526-111 (online...
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Report published on the May workshop on endocrine disrupting chemicals

Download WR 21 Risk Assessment of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals 9-10 May 2011, Florence ISSN-2078-7200-21 (print) ISSN-2078-7219-21 (online) D-2011-3001-217 Recent European legislation has creat...
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E-newsletter issue 21, Nov-2011

The November 2011 edition of the ECETOC e-newsletter has just been published and can be downloaded in PDF format from: http://bit.ly/ecetoc-enl21 In this issue Front page: Workshop reviews combin...
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Report published on the July workshop on combined exposure to chemicals

A well-attended workshop on the topical subject 'mixtures' took place this July in Berlin. Over the course of two days, sixty-six invited experts from academia, regulatory bodies and industry review...
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Chemical Watch report on ECETOC Combined Exposure Workshop of July 2011

Chemical Watch report on ECETOC Combined Exposure Workshop of July 2011. http://bit.ly/ecetoc-news-CW-combined_exposure...
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3rd party event: Endocrine Disruptors 2012

3rd party event organised by iSmithers: For more information: http://www.ismithers.net/conferences/XED12/endocrine-disruptors-2012 Conference programme:...
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ECETOC publishes report on Environmental Impact Assessment for Socio-Economic Analysis of Chemicals: Principles and Practice

Environmental Impact Assessment for Socio-Economic Analysis of Chemicals: Principles and Practice Executive Summary This report describes the requirements for, and illustrates the application of...
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Closing ceremony of the International Year of Chemistry IYC 2011

The UN International Year of Chemistry (IYC) 2011, decreed by the UN General Assembly under the auspices of UNESCO and of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has encountere...
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Thomas Backhaus of the University of Gothenburg on the recent ECETOC combined exposure workshop

Homepage: http://www.thomasbackhaus.eu/ Article address: http://www.thomasbackhaus.eu/2011/07/last-weeks-ecetoc-workshop-on-mixture-toxicity/ Posted by Thomas on July 16, 2011 ECETOC, the Europea...
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2011 Annual Technical Meeting: “REACHing maximum impact”

This year's Annual Technical Meeting (ATM) was constructed around a simple idea: to showcase the efforts and products of ECETOC task forces. While many scientists have dedicated time and effort over t...
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Science in Society at EUROTOX 2011

At the annual meeting of EUROTOX (European Societies of Toxicology) in 2008, ECETOC organised a workshop on “Science in Society'. It explored the issues of conflict of interest and sources of fund...
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Young Scientist Awards 2011

The ECETOC Best Platform Award is to honour the early career scientist with the best platform presentation at the SETAC Europe Annual Meeting. The award winner is invited to the SETAC Annual Meeting...
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E-newsletter issue 20, Jul-2011

The July 2011 edition of the ECETOC e-newsletter has just been published and can be downloaded in PDF format at http://bit.ly/ecetoc-enl20 Table of contents: Page 1 2011 Annual Technical Meeting: "...
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Two new task forces established

In March, the SC agreed terms of reference for two new task forces: “Practical guidance for the risk assessment of genotoxic carcinogens' “Potency in carcinogenicity and reproductive toxicity clas...
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2011 Revisions to the science strategy

The science strategy of ECETOC guides the development of its work programme and hence the specific activities that it undertakes. At last year's ATM, ECETOC member companies gave their input on curren...
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