2025 Annual Report
Annual Report
January 2026 news from the Sec Gen
News

January 2026 news from the Sec Gen

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...
ECETOC launches Secondee Programme
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ECETOC launches Secondee Programme

Looking for an extra challenge? A next step to help develop your career? Consider applying for our Secondee Programme!ECETOC is looking for early-career scientists currently working at a member co...
HSSD Tool

HSSD Tool

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).
The Human Exposure Assessment Tools Database (heatDB)

The Human Exposure Assessment Tools Database (heatDB)

heatdb is a public directory of exposure data sources as well as available tools for exposure
NanoApp

NanoApp

ECETOC’s NanoApp is a tool designed to define the boundaries of sets of similar nanoforms and to generate a justification for the REACH registration.
Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA)

Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA)

The Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA) estimates exposures to workers, consumers and the environment that arise during a series of events.
Chronic fish case studies towards an IATA

Chronic fish case studies towards an IATA

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....
Estimating the environmental release of Synthetic Polymeric Microparticles from Products

Estimating the environmental release of Synthetic Polymeric Microparticles from Products

Why?REACH restriction: SPM use restricted; emissions reporting required by May 2027. Gap: No analytical methods available to measure SPM emissions. Solution: Draft SPERC-based approac...
Case Studies on Reliability and Relevance Considerations during Validation of NAMs

Case Studies on Reliability and Relevance Considerations during Validation of NAMs

Why?Validation of NAMs is often overlooked despite its importance for regulatory use. Traditional validation methods are less suitable for NAMs, which focus on key events rather than apical...

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Publications

Workshop Report no.31: Advances in Consumer Exposure Science: Data, Modelling and Aggregate Exposure Assessment. 26th January 2016, Brussels
Workshop Report

Workshop Report no.31: Advances in Consumer Exposure Science: Data, Modelling and Aggregate Exposure Assessment. 26th January 2016, Brussels

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...
Technical Report

TR 121 – Efficacy and safety of antidotes for acute poisoning by cyanides

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...
JACC

JACC Report 53 – Cyanides of Hydrogen, Sodium and Potassium, and Acetone Cyanohydrin vol.I

JACC 053 Vol I : Cyanides of Hydrogen, Sodium and Potassium, and Acetone Cyanohydrin (CAS No. 74-90-8, 143-33-9, 151-50-8 and 75-86-5), Volumes I and II | November 2007This report has been produce...
Technical Report

TR 097 – Alternative Testing Approaches in Environmental Safety Assessment

TR 097 : Alternative Testing Approaches in Environmental Safety Assessment | January 2006 There are many opportunities for applying the principles of the three Rs (replacement, reduction and refineme...

Task Forces

TRA Task Force – Environment branch

TRA Task Force – Environment branch

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...
TRA Task Force – Consumer branch

TRA Task Force – Consumer branch

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...