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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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April 15, 2015

RIVM calls for innovation in risk assessment of nanoparticles

Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) assessed current state of affairs with regards to development and use of nanomaterials
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