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30.03.2015
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 amount...
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27.03.2015
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://onlin...
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27.03.2015
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/Wha...
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24.03.2015
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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09.03.2015
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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25.02.2015
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 which can be downloaded from the follo...
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23.02.2015
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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27.01.2015
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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24.12.2014
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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19.12.2014
Publication of the Winter 2014 ECETOC e-newsletter
The Winter 2014 issue of the ECETOC e-newsletter is now available and can be downloaded in PDF format from the following link: http://bit.ly/ecetoc-enl27
In this issue:
• ECETOC workshop ad...
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10.12.2014
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 http://b...
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10.12.2014
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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03.12.2014
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 protect...
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02.12.2014
Workshop on the improvement of the OECD 306 screening test at the CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science ) laboratories, Lowestoft, UK on the 17th and 18th February 2015
Recent ECETOC workshops recommended a series of modifications and enhancements to existing OECD biodegradation screening tests to deliver more robust methods for assessing persistence . This reflects...
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03.11.2014
13 new or revised documents of the MAK value documentation series are now available in Open Access on the publisher´s website
The MAK Collection for Occupational Health and Safety.
13 new or revised documents of the MAK value documentation series are now available in Open Access on the publisher´s website:
http://online...
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03.11.2014
The MAK Collection for Occupational Health and Safety.
13 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/Whats...
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03.11.2014
Eurotox 2014: ECETOC Christa Hennes Young Scientist Award
7-10 September 2014, Edinburgh, Scotland
In 2014, the award has been renamed in memory of Dr Christa Hennes who sadly passed away in December 2013 and who was instrumental in organising this award. T...
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13.10.2014
ECHA REACH 2018 web pages unveiled
ECHA urges all companies to start preparing now for the REACH registration deadline of 31 May 2018. To support this, ECHA has published new web pages with improved access to relevant information. This...
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08.10.2014
ILSI Europe Workshop on ‘Hazard vs. Risk Based Approaches in Food Safety Assessment. 2 December 2014, Brussels, Belgium
ILSI Europe cordially invites you to a workshop on ‘Hazard vs. Risk Based Approaches in Food Safety Assessment’.
The use of hazard- and risk-based approaches in the safety assessment of foods tri...
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