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26 December 2014

Contribution of New Technologies to Characterisation and Prediction of Adverse Effects

Rouquié D, Heneweer M, Botham J, Ketelslegers H, Markell L, Pfister T, Steiling W, Strauss V, Hennes C. 2014. Contribution of New Technologies to Characterization and Prediction of Adverse Effects....

02 December 2014

Workshop Report 28 – Estimating toxicity thresholds for aquatic ecological communities from sensitivity distributions

WR 28 : Estimating toxicity thresholds for aquatic ecological communities from sensitivity distributions | 02/12/2014 IN A NUTSHELL Predicting the toxicity of chemicals to aquatic communities is an in...

26 August 2014

Incorporating potency into EU classification for carcinogenicity and reproductive toxicity

Although risk assessment, assessing the potential harm of each particular exposure of a substance, is desirable, it is not feasible in many situations. Risk assessment uses a process of hazard identif...

01 August 2014

Special Report 18 – Information to be considered in a weight-of-evidence-based PBT/vPvB assessment of chemicals (Annex XIII of REACH)

SCIENCE NEWS FLASH: ECETOC publishes report on new information and weight-of-evidence in PBT/vPvB assessment of chemicals Brussels, 1st August 2014 An ECETOC task force has reviewed the ne...

10 July 2014

ED Pack – ECETOC publications on endocrine disrupting chemicals (updated 10 July 2014)

Publisher : This is the updated version of the package of ECETOC publications relating to endocrine disrupting chemicals originally published in October 2012. It comprises: Report commissioned by E...

17 June 2014

TR 124 – Addendum to TR114 : Technical Basis for the TRA v3.1

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 incl...

11 June 2014

Environmental Exposure Assessment of Ionisable Organic Compounds

When predicting the concentration of an ionisable chemical in the environment (an important step in risk assessment), it should be realised that the compound may have different key properties (acidity...

11 June 2014

Poorly Soluble Particles / Lung Overload

Brussels, January 2014 Despite being regarded as biologically inert, many poorly soluble substances can still cause toxicity when high concentrations of small particles are inhaled repeatedly over a...

11 June 2014

Efficacy and safety of antidotes for acute poisoning by cyanides Volume I

Brussels, November 2013 When it happens, cyanide poisoning can have very serious neurological consequences that may result in severe disability and death. Cyanide poisoning may occur after swallowing...

10 June 2014

Evaluation of systemic health effects following dermal exposure to chemicals

Technical Report no.119. Evaluation of systemic health effects following dermal exposure to chemicals ISSN-0773-8072-119 (print) ISSN-2079-1526-119 (online) D-2013-3001-227 Science Newsflash Expos...

10 June 2014

Mode of Action: Recent developments, regulatory application and future work

Workshop Report no.26. Mode of Action: Recent Developments, Regulatory Applications and Future Work 21-22 February 2013, Vienna ISSN-2078-7200-26 (print) ISSN-2078-7219-26 (online) D-2013-3001-228 SCI...

10 June 2014

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Package of ECETOC publications on ED

This is the updated version of the package of ECETOC publications relating to endocrine disrupting chemicals originally published in October 2012. It comprises: Report commissioned by ECETOC Expone...

10 June 2014

Understanding the relationship between extraction technique and bioavailability

Technical Report no.117. Understanding the relationship between extraction technique and bioavailability ISSN-0773-8072-117 (print) ISSN-2079-1526-117 (online) D-2013-3001-225 Science Newsflash New...

10 June 2014

Development of interim guidance for the inclusion of non-extractable residues (NER) in the risk assessment of chemicals

Technical Report no.118. Development of interim guidance for the inclusion of non-extractable residues (NER) in the risk assessment of chemicals ISSN-0773-8072-118 (print) ISSN-2079-1526-118 (online...

10 June 2014

‘Omics and risk assessment science. 25-26 February 2013, Málaga

Workshop Report no.25. 'Omics and risk assessment science 25-26 February 2013, Málaga ISSN-2078-7200-25 (print) ISSN-2078-7219-25 (online) D-2013-3001-229 SCIENCE NEWS FLASH ECETOC reports on Feb...