Vacancy for Senior Consultant (Toxicology)
Job title: Senior Consultant (Toxicology) Salary: An attractive and competitive remuneration package will be offered to the right candidate. Benefits: Professional development and training in hazard...
View Articlewca Abstracts Accepted for SETAC Barcelona
At wca we take considerable pride in being active members and supporters of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC). The 2015 SETAC-Europe conference will be held in Barcelona in...
View ArticleNon-animal testing for skin sensitisation – some regulatory acceptable...
REACH Annex VII requires assessment of available human animal and alternative data followed by an in vivo test (usually OECD429 mouse LLNA and variations OECD442A and B or the less popular OECD406...
View ArticleSETAC Europe – Barcelona, 3-7 May
Several of us at wca are relatively recently back from the SETAC Europe meeting in Barcelona where we gave presentations on a variety of issues relating to metals speciation, toxicity and regulation,...
View ArticleREACH: The importance of substance identity
The 2018 REACH registration deadline is fast approaching and with so many substances due to be registered substance identity is set to be a huge issue. Before commencing with the other parts of a REACH...
View ArticleSEGH – Bratislava, 22-26 June
I’ve just returned from the 31st International Conference of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health, held in the capital of the Slovak Republic, where I presented a poster on the...
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Environmental Regulations and the Green Chemist
I have a chapter on “Environmental Regulations and the Green Chemist”in this new publication from the Royal Society of Chemistry. Note, in this publication it is possible to purchase individual...
View ArticleREACH in the Aviation Industry
Many different chemicals are used in the aviation industry for a wide range of different uses, many crucial in maintaining aircraft and passenger safety. The substances used in each application have...
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Still Only One Earth
The series “Issues in Environmental Science and Technology”, edited by Ron Hester and Roy Harrison has now reached its 40th volume and the editors decided, at my suggestion, that it might be...
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The Pharmaceutical Industry – An introduction
Hot on the heels of Volume 40 in Issues in Environmental Science and Technology comes Volume 41 dealing with the current status of the Pharmaceuticals in the Environment issue. Over the last fifteen...
View ArticleEnvironmental Risks of Nickel in Southeast Asia and Melanesia
I was in Jakarta this week with Chris Schlekat of NiPERA for meetings on Bioavailability-based Methods to Assess the Potential Environmental Risks of Nickel in Southeast Asia and Melanesia. Separate...
View ArticleThe Manganese Showcase Symposium
Last week Graham and I attended the Manganese Showcase Symposium organised by the International Manganese Institute in Ottawa. The symposium covered a wide variety of issues relevant to manganese...
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There is a Conflict at the Heart of EU Water Pollution Policy
The current application of the hazardous substances provisions of Article 16 of the EU Water Framework Directive are in fundamental conflict with a number of other Directives and Regulations...
View ArticleOutputs from Terrestrial Bioaccumulation workshop
In January 2013 a workshop was hosted by ILSI Heath and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI), in Miami, Florida, USA on ‘Bioaccumulation of organic chemicals in terrestrial environments’. The aims...
View ArticleEndocrine Disruptor Training and SETAC Dublin Day 1
We are all having a great time in sunny Dublin catching up with old friends and colleagues. The atmosphere is really good and there seems to be great engagement with the science. Grace and I attended...
View ArticleSETAC Dublin Day 2 and Day 3
wca have continued to be very busy presenting our work, attending interest groups and presentations over Day 2 and Day 3 of SETAC Dublin; as well as catching with many colleagues and collaborators....
View ArticleUK initiate formal procedure to extend registration deadlines under UK REACH
In April, the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) initiated a formal procedure to extend the registration deadlines under UK REACH by presenting the draft statutory instrument...
View ArticleSETAC Dublin 2023 Recap
Now that the dust has well and truly settled on SETAC Dublin 2023, and we’ve had a little time to catch our breath from what proved to be an extremely busy event, it is perhaps worth reflecting on a...
View ArticleNot 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...
View ArticleNew 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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