ECETOC Task Force provides new insights

Toxicity testing of microparticles and poorly soluble liquids in the water environment

15-Jan-2019 - A Task Force set up by the European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) has provided new insights into scientific testing for the impact of undissolved particles in the aquatic environment. ECETOC launched the Task Force in response to increasing concerns among the ...

ECETOC Task Force reports on thresholds in chemical respiratory sensitisation

21-May-2015 - A variety of chemicals are known to cause allergic sensitisation of the respiratory tract associated with allergic rhinitis and asthma. It is generally accepted that the development of sensitisation of the respiratory tract to chemicals is a threshold phenomenon. That is, a certain minimum level ...

New ECETOC report offers guidance for the inclusion of non-extractable residues

03-Jun-2013 - There is general agreement that the formation of non-extractable residues (NER) in soil or sediment can have a significant impact on a chemical’s behaviour in the environment and it is therefore important that they should form an integral part of the environmental risk assessment (ERA) of ...

New ECETOC report addresses bioavailable residues in soils and sediments

31-May-2013 - In environmental risk assessment, chemical residues in soils and sediments are considered insignificant if they are bound to the solid matrix and hence are not available to plants and soil organisms. Improved understanding of the mechanisms of binding which can contribute to the rationale for ...

New ECETOC report addresses dermal exposure to chemicals

28-Mar-2013 - Exposure to chemicals can occur through the mouth, nose or the skin. While a lot of work has been done studying health risks of chemicals taken up through the mouth and nose, less has been done on health risks caused by chemicals getting into the body through the skin. Chemical legislation, most ...

ECETOC publishes Joint Assessment of Commodity Chemicals (JACC) Report No. 55 on Linear Polydimethylsiloxanes CAS No. 63148-62-9 (Second Edition)

23-Jan-2012 - The findings of an ECETOC task force on Linear Polydimethylsiloxanes have been published as ECETOC JACC Report No. 55. This report presents a critical evaluation of the toxicity, physico-chemical properties, and environmental fate and effects of linear polydimethylsiloxanes (PDMSs), a type of ...

Dr. Neil Carmichael to succeed Dr. Michael Gribble as Secretary General of ECETOC

17-Oct-2006 - As of 1 November 2006, Dr. Neil G. Carmichael, previous Head of Toxicology at Bayer CropScience will succeed Dr. Michael Gribble as Secretary General of ECETOC (The European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals). Dr. Carmichael obtained a B.Sc. in Zoology at the University of ...