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Join ECETOC’s 2024 Scoping Meeting Organising Committee!
Are you an ECETOC member, currently not on the Board or Scientific Committee? We are looking for a couple of volunteers to join the Organising Committee of next year’s Scoping Meeting, tentatively s...
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Contribute to the TRA tool user survey and work groups
To support our work on the maintenance of the ECETOC TRA tool, we’ve launched a very quick (one-question) users survey to understand better the current usage by our stakeholders.
As well as shari...
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A note from the Secretary General – Sept 2023
Dear ECETOC Members,
Greetings from an unusually warm and dry September! It’s “back to school" season for everybody and I'd like to share some important updates and upcoming events with you:...
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Experts can still join new ECETOC Task Forces
ECETOC members, academics, regulators and scientists from NGOs are still in time to join our recently launched Task Forces:
Smart studies: Examine how in vivo studies could provide more informati...
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ECETOC publishes workshop report on how to overcome final hurdles for using omics technologies in chemical safety assessments
The Centre for chemical safety assessment (ECETOC) convened an online workshop on 20 – 21 January 2022 to bring together experts from industry, regulatory and academic arenas to discuss how best to...
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ECETOC publishes 2022 report of activities
At the end of the 2023 Annual General Meeting, the Assembly of Members has approved the release of the 2022 Annual Report, which contains a recap of last year's achievements as well as its financial i...
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ECETOC’s risk assessment screening tool meets its design objective of producing conservative results compared to real measurement data
Brussels, 26 March 2023 – A Task Force from the Centre for chemical safety assessment (ECETOC) has carried out an in-depth comparison of modelled results from its Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA) tool...
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April update from the Secretary General
Dear ECETOC Members,
Time for a quick update on what’s on our plate!
Following our successful Scoping Meeting in September 2022, we’re now starting 3 new Task Forces on omics, biodiversity a...
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Launch of 3 new Task Forces
Ecetoc recently launched calls for nominations for three new Task Forces that are scheduled to kick off their activities in Q2:
New TF on ‘Omics data interpretation framework’
The aim of the T...
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ECETOC task force studies the relationship between thyroid hormone imbalance in pregnant rats and neurodevelopmental effects in their pups
The third in a series of four reports on developing a science-based testing strategy for maternal thyroid disruption and neurodevelopmental effects on offspring has now been published in the medical j...
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In-depth evaluation confirms robust design of ECETOC risk assessment screening tool for consumer products
Brussels, 26 January 2023 – A task force from the Centre for chemical safety assessment (ECETOC) has carried out an in-depth evaluation of its Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA) Consumer exposure tool a...
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New year, new ideas, more impact!
A note from Blanca Serrano Ramón, Secretary General of ECETOC
Dear all,
Happy New Year! Judging from all that we have in store, 2023 promises to be very active, engaging and – hopefully – f...
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ECETOC announces launch of new activities in 2023
Besides continuing its ongoing work, ECETOC is planning to launch a series of new activities in 2023, including many that sparked from presentations and discussions at the 2022 Scoping Meeting.
Her...
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ECETOC Task Force studies criteria to identify potential drinking water contaminants
An ECETOC Task Force, established to study how best to create a reliable approach to identify potential drinking water contaminants, has recently published its key findings in Integrated Environmental...
ECETOC scientists investigate feasibility of including georeferenced data to improve ecological relevance of chemical risk assessments
The Centre for chemical safety assessment (ECETOC) has carried out a study into the feasibility of using georeferenced data to improve the ecological relevance of risk assessments.
For several deca...
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Experts sought for 2 new Task Forces within the Human Health Transformational Programme
ECETOC is inviting experts to join two new Task Forces within its Human Health Transformational Programme.
The ECETOC Human Health Transformational Programme (HH TP) recently published a framework...
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ECETOC workshop report sets out steps required to increase acceptance of mathematical modelling in chemical safety assessments
Brussels, 29 September 2022 – Scientific experts at a workshop organised by ECETOC explored how to use mathematical modelling to help extrapolate toxic doses of chemicals found in isolated cell and...
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Call for experts to support work on ECHA’s PBT/vPvB guidance update
ECHA has recently launched a call for a Partner Expert Group (PEG) on PBT/vPvB assessment guidance updates (ECHA Guidance R.11, Part C and specific sections of Chapters R.7b and R.7c). The update will...
Preparations underway for TP on new methodologies in environmental RA
A Transformational Programme on ‘Implementation of new methodologies and approaches in environmental risk assessment’ is under development. A survey on the key issues and approaches in this area,...
Environment branch of TRA TF to launch two new activities
The Environment Branch of the TRA Task Force is launching two new activities:
A literature review on assessment of humans exposed indirectly via the environment, to ascertain the state of the scien...
New task force on substances that activate liver receptors as ED
ECETOC has launched a call for nominations for the creation of a Task Force on Substances that activate various liver receptors as endocrine disruptors, with the deadline to submit nominations by the...
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Focus on… 2022 Scoping Meeting
Times are changing? So is our Scoping Meeting
ECHA's keynote will only be one of many "firsts" at this year’s Scoping Meeting.
The COVID pandemic brought many changes to our way of working and w...
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ECHA’s keynote to kick off ECETOC’s 2022 Scoping Meeting
Mounir Bouhifd from ECHA’s Directorate of Prioritisation and Integration is set to give a keynote address to open ECETOC's 2022 edition of the Scoping Meeting.
His speech will give both an over...
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ECHA announces new Executive Director
ECHA has just announced the selection of Dr. Sharon McGuinness as new Executive Director.
Prior to her recent appointment, Dr. McGuinness had worked at Ireland’s Health and Safety Authority since...