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September 18, 2015

Web stream available for EFSA conference

EFSA conference on food safety on October 14-16, 2015 in Milan, Italy can be followed live via web stream; questions for Q&A sessions can be submitted via Twitter or EFSA-Expo website
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September 15, 2015

Restriction of PFOA and BPA

ECHA Committee for Risk Assessment and Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis release opinions on restriction proposals for PFOA and BPA
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September 10, 2015

ECHA report on risk assessment of nanomaterials

ECHA publishes extensive summary of scientific workshop on risk assessment of nanomaterials held on October 23-24, 2014 in Helsinki, Finland
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September 9, 2015

New members for EC scientific committees

European Commission seeks new members for scientific committees (2016-2021); application deadline is November 2, 2015
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September 8, 2015

Assessing alternatives to chemicals of concern

Frameworks for alternatives assessment reviewed in Environmental Health Perspectives
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September 4, 2015

EFSA conference on food safety

EFSA hosts 2nd scientific conference on food safety on October 14-16, 2015 in Milan, Italy
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July 14, 2015

Emerging toxicological science and food safety

Society of Toxicology and U.S. Food and Drug Administration hold four colloquia on emerging toxicological science; recordings and materials available on website
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July 3, 2015

First results of EPA’s Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program

EPA releases screening results for 52 pesticide chemicals; American Chemistry Council applauds EPA on this accomplishment
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May 21, 2015

When the dose does not make the poison

Scientists comment on first proposal to integrate non-monotonic dose response in chemical risk assessment framework
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May 20, 2015

Risk and hazard are not the same

In the context of chemicals the terms “risk” and “hazard” have very different meanings; blog post explains
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