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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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Endocrine Disruptors 2011
New International Conference
8-9 February 2011, Zurich, Switzerland
The Endocrine Disruptors 2011 conference has been developed to address key topics related to the evaluation of adverse effects on t...
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New Report: High information content technologies in support of read-across in chemical risk assessment.
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CEllSens-Eco8: Lessons learnt. Open Access Meeting prior to SETAC Europe, Milan, 15-May-11
The goal of the CEllSens-Eco8 project was to develop a strategy to predict acute fish lethality using fish cell lines and fish embryos. Specifically, this CEFIC-LRI/UK-DEFRA supported project addres...
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Season’s Greetings 2010 and a Happy New Year!
Wishing you Every Happiness this Holiday Season and Throughout the Coming Year.
1000 Euros - the money saved this year by the change to e-Christmas Cards - has been donated by ECETOC to the Brussel...
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Review meeting planned on REACH-driven science needs
Since last January, a small network activity was run by some members of the Scientific Committee to identify areas where scientific opinions need to be further developed for effective implementation o...
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2 new environmental Task Forces established
At the October meeting of the Scientific Committee, nominations were reviewed and stewards appointed for two new Task Forces in the environmental science areas. The first meetings have now been fixed....
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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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Call for the Expression of Interest in the ECVAM Stakeholder Forum (ESTAF)
The European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM), part of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and hosted by the Institute of Health and Consumer Protection (IH...
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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...
Third Party News
3rd International Conference on Alternatives for Developmental Neurotoxicity Testing (DNT3)
Third International Conference on Alternatives for
Developmental Neurotoxicity (DNT) Testing
10-13 May 2011 - Centro Congressi Ville Ponti, Varese, Italy
Developmental Neurotoxicity is an i...
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ECETOC and EEMS hold Symposium on ‘Omics in systems biology
ECETOC and EEMS (European Environmental Mutagen Society) have jointly organised a symposium entitled "Use of “omics to elucidate mechanism of action and integration of “omics in a systems biology...
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CAAT-EU Information Day, 28-Oct-2010
CAAT-EU Information Day
28 October 2010
The Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing in Europe (CAAT-Europe) has announced the first in a series of high level Information Days. The October 28 event...
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CEllSens-Eco8: Lessons learnt. Open Access Meeting prior to the SETAC Europe Meeting May 15/2011 in Milan
The goal of the CEllSens-Eco8 project was to develop a strategy to predict acute fish lethality using fish cell lines and fish embryos. Specifically, this CEFIC-LRI/UK-DEFRA supported project addresse...
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Updated overview on TTC Values
The (former) Task Force on the Threshold of Toxicological Concern has just updated its overview of established TTC values and those under development. This will continue to be updated as new informat...
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EPAA Annual Conference 30-Nov-2010
EPAA Annual Conference 2010
Reduction and Refinement: Combining Excellence in Science andAnimal Welfare
Brussels, 30 November 2010
First announcement and call for posters
The next Annual Conference o...
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NATO project workshop – Characterisation of hazardous chemical contamination. Dubrovnik.
NATO project workshop
Characterisation of hazardous chemical contamination
from environmental chemistry and toxicology to risk assessment
23 - 26 September 2010, Dubrovnik, Croatia
http://www.ir...
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Symposium at EEMS: Use of “omics in systems biology
ECETOC has prepared a symposium on the "Use of “omics to elucidate mechanism of action and integration of “omics in a systems biology concept", to be held in Oslo on 16 September 2010, at the nex...
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SETAC UK Annual Meeting 13/14-Sep-10
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry UK branch
Annual Meeting 2010
Environmental Pollution in a Changing World
The Linnean Society of London, 13th and 14th September 2010
http://www...
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Publication of WR 19 – Omics in (Eco)toxicology: Case Studies and Risk Assessment
Available as a pdf download : Workshop Report No.19 - Omics in (Eco)toxicology: Case Studies and Risk Assessment
Background
The aim of the workshop was to review the progress made on the applicati...
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SG Corner
'I am delighted to announce that the world's largest research based pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, has become a member of ECETOC. At the same time, I am equally delighted to welcome another new membe...