Welcome to Talia Neal-Walthall
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Welcome to Talia Neal-Walthall

We are pleased to welcome Talia Neal-Walthall to ECETOC as a secondee. Talia joins us to work on topics related to exposure, an area central to much of our current scientific programme. She will be wi...
September 2026 news from the Sec Gen
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September 2026 news from the Sec Gen

Dear members and colleagues,As we move through the year, there is a good deal to share. This has been a busy period for ECETOC, with changes to our team, our governance, and the work ahead. Let me...
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.
TRA Task Force – Worker branch

TRA Task Force – Worker branch

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...
Immunotoxicity assessment: Addressing Challenges and Advancing Methodologies [Workshop → Task Force]​

Immunotoxicity assessment: Addressing Challenges and Advancing Methodologies [Workshop → Task Force]​

Why?Regulatory assessment of immunotoxic properties of chemicals is a complex and challenging task​ Limited regulatory guidance exists​ Lack of industry and regulatory knowledge​...
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....

Polymers

Publications

Task Forces

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...
Plastic Additives – Chemical risk assessment in the linear and circular plastic economy

Plastic Additives – Chemical risk assessment in the linear and circular plastic economy

Why? Plastic additives and plastic-associated chemicals are a topic of great interest for the negotiations of the Internationally Legal Binding Instrument to End Plastic Waste (‘ILBI’). Develop...
Polymer Analytics Task Force

Polymer Analytics Task Force

Why Polymers are best known as components of plastics; however, many other types of polymers exist as well, with joint estimates ranging from 70,000 to 400,000 polymers currently commercialized in...

News

ECETOC publishes a framework for the risk assessment of plastic additives
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ECETOC publishes a framework for the risk assessment of plastic additives

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...