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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ECETOC Press Release mailing service

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Combined Exposure to Chemicals Workshop to be held in July 2011

Meeting 11-12 July 2011 in Berlin, the workshop will review a number of key scientific areas which are important in the assessment of the health and environmental impact of combined exposures to che...
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Click here for abstract and free PDF download QR Code direct link for smartphones....
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Review meeting planned on REACH-driven science needs

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2 new environmental Task Forces established

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TR 110 – Guidance on Assessment Factors to Derive a DNEL

from November 2010 ECETOC publishes its 'Guidance on Assessment Factors to Derive a DNEL' The chemical industry has reached an important milestone this month by having submitted their dossiers for t...
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New Workshop planned on risk assessment of endocrine disrupting chemicals – case studies

In their September meeting, the ECETOC Scientific Committee approved a Workshop to further develop the guidance to risk assess endocrine disrupting chemicals, the potency concept, specificity and huma...
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Article published on guidance for assessment of endocrine disrupting properties of chemicals

Building on the findings of the 2008 Task Force and 2009 Workshop on identifying endocrine disrupting effects, an article is now being published in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology that presents...
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TR 110 – Guidance on Assessment Factors to Derive a DNEL

ECETOC publishes its 'Guidance on Assessment Factors to Derive a DNEL' The chemical industry has reached an important milestone this month by having submitted their dossiers for the first REACH regi...
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ECETOC and EEMS hold Symposium on ‘Omics in systems biology

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CAAT-EU Information Day, 28-Oct-2010
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CAAT-EU Information Day, 28-Oct-2010

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