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ECETOC Best Platform Award at the SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting
SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting: Young Scientist Awards (YSA)
03-07 May 2015 Barcelona, Spain
The ECETOC Best Platform Award honours the early career scientist with the best platform presentatio...
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New NOAA Chemical Aquatic Fate and Effects (CAFE) Database
New NOAA Chemical Aquatic Fate and Effects (CAFE) Database
Our thanks to Adriana Bejarano of Research Planning, Inc. (www.researchplanning.com) for the following announcement regarding the NOAA...
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GreenFacts.Org publishes Summer 2015 Newsletter
GreenFacts.Org publishes Summer 2015 Newsletter:
Endocrine disruptors, Bisphenol A, Electronic cigarettes, Fukushima and more....
https://bit.ly/greenfacts-newsletter29...
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ECETOC Targeted Risk Assessment Tool Update to TRAv3.1
ECETOC Targeted Risk Assessment Tool Update to TRAv3.1
and Publication of related Addendum to Technical Report No. 114
on the Technical Basis for version 3 of the TRA
Brussels, June 2014
In r...
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Publication of the Spring 2015 ECETOC e-newsletter
The Spring 2015 issue of the ECETOC e-newsletter is now available.
In this issue:
Front page
Report from the ECETOC ATM
Page 2
Scientific Committee News
Upcoming Events
Page 3
Recent Events
P...
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ECETOC Task Force assesses thresholds in chemical respiratory sensitisation
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ECETOC Task Force assesses thresholds in chemical respiratory sensitisation
Brussels, May 2015
A variety of chemicals are known to cause allergic sensitisation of the resp...
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STFC/NERC Workshop: Developing Cloud computing to support data intensive biology
The STFC/NERC Bioinformatics & Environmental 'Omics Network are now organising a new workshop on Developing Cloud computing to support data intensive biology to explore the current state of cl...
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European Commission Conference on criteria to identify Endocrine Disruptors: registration open
A conference on "Endocrine disruptors: criteria for identification and related impacts" organised by the European Commission will take place on 1 June 2015 in Brussels.
The aim of the conferenc...
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ECETOC Task Force publication presents concept for the grouping and safety assessment of nanomaterials
The safety of nanomaterials can be ensured by undertaking animal testing only as a very last resort. This is the premise and promise of the Decision-making framework for the grouping and testing o...
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GreenFacts Spring 2015 Newsletter
Thanks to Jacques de Gerlache for the GreenFacts Spring 2015 Newsletter
Latest Video which highlights reports on vaccines and vaccination from WHO, UNICEF & CDC
Potential health effects of...
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ECETOC publication evaluates existing concepts for the grouping and safety assessment of nanomaterials
Brussels, August 2014
It is well-accepted that nanomaterials need to be safe. However, conducting a full testing scheme for each and every variant of each nanomaterial will lead to an enormous amou...
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The MAK Collection for Occupational Health and Safety
The MAK Collection for Occupational Health and Safety
Further new or revised documents of the MAK value documentation series are now available in Open Access on the publisher´s website:
http://on...
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The MAK Collection for Occupational Health and Safety
Further new or revised documents of the MAK value documentation series are now available in Open Access on the publisher´s website:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/3527600418/homepage/Wh...
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Basing chemicals management on the best science
Video interview with Dr Alan Poole, Secretary General of the European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) during a recent visit to ECHA. Dr Poole describes the activities ECE...
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Invitation NORMAN – UBA Workshop Biocides – compartment-specific strategies – 25-26 June 2015, Berlin
Since September 2013 the assessment and authorisation of biocides on the European market have been regulated by the EU Biocidal Products Regulation No. 528/2012 (BPR). Environmental monitoring can...
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Publication of ECETOC 2014 Annual Report
In preparation for next week’s Annual General Meeting and Annual Technical Meeting, we are pleased to announce the publication of the 2014 ECETOC Annual Report....
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Royal Society publishes “Assessing risks and impacts of pharmaceuticals in the environment on wildlife and ecosystems”
Royal Society Publishing has just published Assessing risks and impacts of pharmaceuticals in the environment on wildlife and ecosystems, compiled and edited by Kathryn E Arnold, A Ross Brown, Gerald...
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ECETOC Task Force investigates how newly developed methods in toxicity testing contribute to hazard and risk assessment of chemicals.
A taskforce was set up to investigate how newly developed methods in toxicity testing contribute to hazard and risk assessment of chemicals. The taskforce aimed at identifying the opportunities and cu...
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Newsletter from the European Network for Alternative Testing Strategies in Ecotoxicology (EUROECOTOX)
The 7th EUROECOTOX newsletter has been published and can be downloaded at http://bit.ly/euroecotox-enl-7. The main feature is a report by Adam Lillicrap (NIVA) and Teresa Norberg-King (US EPA) on the...
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Publication of the Winter 2014 ECETOC e-newsletter
The Winter 2014 issue of the ECETOC e-newsletter is now available.
In this issue:
•   ECETOC workshop addressed aquatic toxicity using species sensitivity distribution
•   Date an...
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Report on the RSC Low Doses Endocrine Disrupter Effects Workshop
Royal Society of Chemistry
Expert Panel on Endocrine Disrupter Low Dose Effects
RSC London 4th June 2014
This RSC Workshop took place on June 4th 2014 and the report can be downloaded from ht...
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Royal Society of Chemistry Expert Panel on Endocrine Disrupter Low Dose Effects RSC London 4th June 2014
This RSC Workshop took place on June 4th 2014 and the report can be downloaded from http://bit.ly/rsc-low-dose-effects . The workshop was a follow-up to a previous workshop “ECETOC Expert Panel to B...
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ECETOC workshop addresses aquatic toxicity using species sensitivity distribution
Brussels, December 2014
Predicting the toxicity of chemicals to aquatic communities is an integral element in environmental risk assessment. It is therefore a major component in environmental prote...