Active task forces

ECETOC task forces are established by ECETOC’s Scientific Committee in response to an identified need or objective, which typically sit within the framework of its strategy.

The work of an ECETOC task force follows a terms of reference established by the Scientific Committee. Each task force is directed by a chairman, who is responsible for assuring the completion of its objectives. And each task force is supported by a scientific officer from the ECETOC Secretariat.

25.05.2018

Assessing the human health and environmental safety of polymers

Terms of Reference Considering existing risk assessment approaches (e.g. food safety regulation, EU Technical Guidance Document/REACH Guidance, international polymer assessment frameworks), devel...
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07.03.2019

Exposure-based adaptations Task Force

Background Within the REACH legal text there are 2 ways to adapt the standard testing requirements; column 2 of annexes VII to X, and Annex XI. Annex XI contains 3 potential options – testing not p...
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17.02.2023

HH TP Smart studies TF: Examine how in vivo studies could provide more information encompassing novel studies (and endpoints)

Background: Extended or “smart” studies can be defined as in vivo studies that employ additional or different endpoints from conventional studies. They fall into 2 categories: • those that...
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17.02.2023

HH TP staged assessment: Exemplify the staged assessment process by using it to provide more information in low tonnage bands

Background: The current paradigm for identifying data (study) requirements is based upon a surrogate of exposure, namely production volume. This approach offers the potential to provide a fuller asse...
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13.06.2019

Human Exposure Task Force

The objective of the Human Exposure Task Force is to decide on exposure topics to be proposed to the ECETOC Scientific Committee (i.e. as ECETOC Task Forces or Cefic LRI activities), based on either t...
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04.04.2022

Inhalation Toxicological Properties of Low Soluble Particles and Their Relevance for C&L

Background Poorly soluble particulate substances of low toxicity are progressively coming under intense regulatory pressure culminating in unjustified additional testing (see the extensive data pac...
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29.04.2019

Moving persistence (P) assessments into the 21st Century: Developing a new paradigm to assess degradation potential of chemicals

Background Recent progress in the scientific understanding of the underlying processes of persistence and degradation has provided an opportunity to develop an improved framework and best practices f...
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18.12.2018

Persistent chemicals and water resources protection

Background Several initiatives end-2017 and 2018 on identification of substances of concern to drinking water resources. ECETOC role in supporting the development of a science-based framework to a...
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07.08.2018

Special T4 Task Force

Background A potential connection between reduction of thyroid hormones, in particular thyroxine (T4), and impaired neuronal (mental) development in children is being discussed. This debate has cause...
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28.10.2015

Targeted Risk Assessment: TRA Tool Steering Team

Introduction ECETOC initiated its targeted risk assessment (TRA) activity in 2001 and the first public version (v1) of the TRA exposure model was made available in 2004. Since then the TRA tool has c...
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04.04.2022

Use of clinical data in identification of respiratory sensitisers

Background RAC has for the first time made a Classification and labelling (CLH) proposal to classify a chemical as a respiratory sensitiser based upon national surveillance data and the presence of...
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