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Not Just Another NAMs meeting – NAMs from Aspiration to Implementation

Following on from ECHA’s recent workshop, I was in London last week, at the NAMs workshop held by HESI and NC3Rs, which has been a great way to build on our knowledge of this vibrant and ever-expanding...

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New EU hazard classifications for ED, PBT/vPvB and PMT/vPvM

The EU has recently finalised new hazard classes under the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation. The new hazard classes are: Endocrine disruption for human health, Category 1 and 2...

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Employee Ownership Day 2023

wca are proud to be an employee owned company and Employee Ownership Day is celebrated annually across the UK; this year’s celebrations on 23rd June will be as important as ever. The Employee Ownership...

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Implementing approaches to account for metal bioavailability in freshwaters:...

When Graham and Adam attended SETAC North America in Pittsburgh last year they organised a meeting to discuss the approaches to metal bioavailability implementation in different regions, states, and...

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Confirmation of extension of the UK REACH registration deadlines and data...

We published a blog in May about the draft Statutory Instruments which the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) had presented to Parliament for extending the registration...

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Detection of anti-androgenic activity of chemicals in fish studies: a data...

Hot off the press! Grace and Becky, with colleagues from CropLife Europe, have just had a review paper on the sensitivity of fish testing guidelines to detect the anti-androgenic activity of...

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Conducting and interpreting vitellogenin measurements in fish for regulatory...

wca are pleased to announce the publication of two new open access papers concerning the assessment of the vitellogenin protein (a pivotal protein biomarker for endocrine activity of chemicals) in...

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SETAC Seville 2024

wca will be active again at SETAC in 2024 which will be hosted in sunny Seville (#SETACSeville). We are inviting people to submit abstracts for a variety of sessions covering topics including endocrine...

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Biocides Europe 2023 conference

Earlier in December, I had the privilege of attending the Biocides Europe 2023 conference in Vienna, organized by Chemical Watch. The conference brought together representatives of the European...

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Criteria for Reporting and Evaluating Exposure Datasets (CREED)

When undertaking an environmental risk assessment for a chemical there are commonly two key inputs; the first is related to the how hazardous the chemical is, most often determined through the use of...

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