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ECETOC publishes 2021 annual report of activities
The 2021 Annual Report is now available online!...
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ECETOC Expert Group identifies research needs to enable regulatory assessment of endocrine disruption in invertebrates
An ECETOC Expert Group on Endocrine Disruption Assessment in Invertebrates has just published its findings on the state of the science of invertebrate endocrine disruption in relation to EU regulation...
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ECETOC task force reviews external studies of targeted risk assessment tool for chemical exposure at work
BRUSSELS, 4 May 2022 – In a recently released technical report available here, a task force from the Centre for chemical safety assessment (ECETOC) has reviewed external performance studies of its T...
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Blanca Serrano talks to Chemical Watch about new role and future challenges
ECETOC's incoming Secretary General, Dr Blanca Serrano recently spoke to Chemical Watch about the path that led her to her current role as well as upcoming challenges in chemical safety assessment - a...
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ECETOC welcomes Dr Blanca Serrano Ramón as new Secretary General
Brussels, 4 April 2022. ECETOC’s Board of Administration has appointed Dr Blanca Serrano Ramón as new Secretary General. Dr Serrano Ramón officially stepped into her new role on 1 April 2022 and w...
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ECETOC members can contribute draft the ECHA PBT Guidance update
The ECHA PBT Expert Group has recently identified some aspects of the PBT REACH guidance (R.11) requiring update. ECHA is initiating eleven drafting groups to address the approximately fifteen update...
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Help write the guidance to determine population relevance for wildlife per EU ED Criteria
Later this year, ECETOC will be launching an Expert Group to tackle the need for ‘Guidance to determine population relevance for wildlife per EU Endocrine Disruption Criteria’. This activity relat...
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ECETOC Task Force is looking for clinical experts on respiratory sensitizers
The recently-launched Task Force on Use of clinical data in identification of respiratory sensitizers is inviting clinical experts to join the group. The main goal of the Task Force is to support with...
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ECETOC Task Force is looking for data on rodent studies on poorly soluble particles
The newly-formed Task Force on Inhalation Toxicological Properties of Low Soluble Particles will launch an open call to ECETOC members to collect data on rodent studies on poorly soluble particles. Th...
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ECETOC Members can contribute to the CARACAL CASG-Polymers discussion
After publishing three Technical Reports on the ECETOC Conceptual Framework For Polymer Risk Assessment CF4Polymers (TR 133-1, TR 133-2, TR 133-3) over the past few years, the Task Force ‘Assessing...
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ECETOC Transformational Programme develops framework to assess safety of chemicals using ‘new approach methodologies’
Scientists from the Centre for chemical safety assessment, ECETOC, have published a new framework to assess the safety of chemicals that incorporates ‘new approach methodologies’ (NAMs), such as...
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ECETOC workshop on carcinogenicity leads to in-depth activity in the U.S.
A recent report on assessing chemical carcinogenicity details the outcome of a Toxicology Forum workshop held in late 2020.
The original proposal for this US-led gathering originated at a 2019 EC...
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ECETOC Task Force assesses methods to improve evaluation of chemical persistence
A Task Force from the Centre for chemical safety assessment (ECETOC) has just published its findings on improving methods to evaluate a chemical’s persistence in the environment in the peer-review...
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ECETOC Task Force develops weight-of-evidence framework for assessing chemical persistence
Brussels, 9 December 2021 – A Task Force from the Centre for chemical safety assessment (ECETOC) has just published a proposed a new framework for the assessment of chemical persistence (P) in the e...
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Final report of ECETOC trilogy on polymers presents seven case studies addressing different components of safety assessment
ECETOC publishes today the final part of its trilogy on polymer safety assessment. Technical Report (TR) 133-3, Case Studies Putting the ECETOC Conceptual Framework for
Polymer Risk Assessment (CF4...
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Real-life study shows ECETOC’s nanoApp consistent with data gathered from animal tests
A team of scientists has carried out a series of real-life studies on nanoforms using the nanoApp designed and developed by the Centre for chemical safety assessment (ECETOC). The results of the study...
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ECETOC General Assembly elects two new Board members
Brussels, 21 June 2021 – The Centre for chemical safety assessment (ECETOC) has elected two new members to its Board of Administration during its Annual General Meeting of 21 June 2021.
Dr Jihane...
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Task Force publishes second of four reports developing science-based testing strategy for maternal thyroid disruption
Brussels, 9 June 2021 – The second in a series of four reports on developing a science-based testing strategy for maternal thyroid disruption has just been published in the peer-reviewed medical jou...
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ECETOC Task Force reviews scientific and legislative framework protecting Europe’s drinking water
Brussels, 27 May 2021 – An ECETOC Task Force has reviewed the current scientific and legislative framework, as well as the state of knowledge, used in protecting the sources of Europe’s drinking w...
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ECETOC releases new and improved heatDB
A new version of ECETOC's heatDB is now available.
This latest release features a better overview of search results and a tier filtering system for better accuracy.
In addition to that, users ca...
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ECETOC Task Force report recommends changes to REACH’s exposure-based testing strategies for chemicals
Brussels, 5 May 2021 - A task force set up by the Centre for chemical safety assessment (ECETOC) has recommended improvements to the Exposure Based Adaptation (EBA) procedure in EU chemical legislatio...
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ECETOC presents at SETAC Europe 2021 Conference
Two ECETOC Task Forces (TF) will share results of their recent activities at the SETAC Europe 31st Annual Conference.
On Monday 3 May at 16:20 CET, representatives from the Assessing the human he...
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New ECETOC guidance says there isn’t any scientific justification for using chemical doses that cause pain or suffering in animal testing
Brussels, 10 March 2021 – In 21st century toxicology practice, there isn’t any scientific justification for selecting high doses of chemicals in animal tests which could result in lethality, pain,...
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ECETOC report reviews information used to determine chemical exposure levels that are safe for human health
Brussels, 24 February 2021 – An ECETOC technical report has reviewed the existing information used to determine a substance’s ‘derived no-effect level’ (DNEL), defined as the exposure level be...