Part 1 sets out the fundamental elements, from problem formulation to risk characterisation.Brussels, 22 July 2026. The ECETOC Plastic Additives Task Force has published the first of two peer...
Dear colleagues and friends,As we begin a new year, I would like to thank you for your continued engagement and trust in ECETOC. 2026 promises to be an exciting and dynamic year, and I am pleased...
This software was developed by a consortium of partners to facilitate the uptake of novel approaches to estimate aquatic threshold concentrations (e.g. the concentration at which 5% of the species are exposed above their EC50, HC5).
Why?
The Worker TRA Task Force has been active since 2019, delivering projects that advance the scientific basis of the Worker Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA) tool. Its overarching objective is to e...
Why?Regulatory assessment of immunotoxic properties of chemicals is a complex and challenging task
Limited regulatory guidance exists
Lack of industry and regulatory knowledge...
Why?Hazard and safety assessments for the pelagic compartment often rely on in vivo studies using a single fish species, raising ethical concerns and uncertainty in terms of extrapolation....
This workshop report summarises a workshop held in Brussels on 26th January 2016 by the ECETOC Human Exposure Data Task Force on the state of the art of consumer exposure assessment science as develop...
TR124: Addendum to TR114 : Technical Basis for the TRA v3.1
Newsflash:
In response to feedback received from users of the TRA, ECETOC has further improved the consumer portion of the model by the in...
TR 121 : Efficacy and safety of antidotes for acute poisoning by cyanides | 19 November 2013
SCIENCE NEWS FLASH: New ECETOC report offers guidance on
the efficacy and safety of antidotes for acute p...
Why?
The Worker TRA Task Force has been active since 2019, delivering projects that advance the scientific basis of the Worker Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA) tool. Its overarching objective is to e...
This Task Force is active on a number of initiatives:A state of the science literature review on assessment of humans exposed indirectly via the environment, to ascertain the state of the s...
This Task Force was established to carry out an in-depth evaluation of the TRA Consumer tool.A manuscript entitled An assessment of the ECETOC TRA Consumer tool performance as a screening level tool w...
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...