Updates and Perspectives from the UK Chemical Regulations Conference
Last week, Lucy attended a conference on UK chemical regulations and policy, hosted by Chemical Watch. The conference included presentations by regulators Defra and HSE, as well as industry and NGO...
View ArticleHow important is it to update the existing environmental quality standard for...
Adam and Graham have recently published an evaluation of what the implications would be for the UK if the existing EQS for nickel, that was set under the Water Framework Directive in 2013, was updated...
View Articlewca papers on endocrine disruption
wca have contributed to two new papers on endocrine disruption published last week. The first “A Decision Logic for the Reliability Assessment and Interpretation of Vitellogenin Measurements” we hope...
View ArticleAssuring the Quality of monitoring data generated in CIP Phase 4
The Chemical Investigations Programme (CIP) is the UK water industry’s response to current and emerging legislation on trace substances in the water environment. It is used as a means of gaining a...
View ArticlePractical estimation and use of natural background concentrations in surface...
Iain, Adam and Graham, along with colleagues from NiPERA, have recently published a paper detailing a scheme for accounting for natural (or ambient) background concentrations within a tiered risk...
View ArticleInsights from the “Chemical Reactions: UK Chemicals Conference”
I recently had the opportunity to attend the “Chemical Reactions: UK Chemicals Conference“, organized by Chemicals Industries Association (CIA), Steptoe and Ramboll in Manchester. The event provided...
View ArticleCapacity building workshop to support environmental ED assessment under UK...
In October, Grace Panter and Becky Brown participated in a “Capacity building workshop to support environmental endocrine disrupter assessment under UK chemicals regulation” co-organised by the...
View ArticleDevelopment of guidance for monitoring frequency of chemical substances under...
Recently, I attended a two-day workshop in Zurich to take part in the development of new guidance on monitoring frequency for chemical substances under the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The workshop...
View ArticleApproaches to meet the new Pharmaceutical Environmental Risk Assessment Guidance
New guidance for the European Medicine Agencies (EMA) pharmaceutical environmental risk assessment (ERA) were published in February 2024, effective from September 2024. The new ERA guidance leads to...
View ArticleStrategies to meet new CLP requirements for classification for Endocrine...
New hazard classes have been introduced under Classification and Labelling (CLP) regulations to cover endocrine disruption (ED), Persistence, Bioaccumulation and Toxicity (PBT) and Persistence,...
View ArticleClarification on timelines for the new CLP hazard classes
New hazard criteria were introduced under the Classification Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation in April 2023 for Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) / very Persistent, very...
View ArticleBrief Communication on the current situation with the acute and chronic EQS...
With colleagues at NiPERA, Iain, Adam and Graham have published a Brief Communication on the current situation with the short and long-term Environmental Quality Standard (EQS) (called the Maximum...
View ArticleBioavailability and risk assessment of metals in freshwaters: is global...
Graham, Adam and Iain have worked with colleagues across the world to develop a ‘road map’ for the regulatory implementation of metal bioavailability detailed in a recent publication in Integrated...
View ArticleSvemin EnviroSummit 2025
Graham was invited by Svemin, The Swedish Association for Mines, Mineral and Metal Producers, to present an update on recent work on the development of an approach to account for bioavailability for...
View Articlewca at SETAC Europe 35th Annual Meeting
wca are long standing partners of SETAC Europe. As in previous years, we have a major presence at the 35th Annual SETAC Europe Meeting to be held in Vienna. The meeting starts on 11th May and runs...
View ArticleNew UK REACH Fees Effective from 1 April 2025
The UK government made significant changes to the fees under the UK REACH regulation, which came into force on 1 April 2025. These changes are outlined in the recently published Statutory Instrument...
View ArticleWebsite updates ahead of SETAC Vienna
As we look forward to some high quality science at SETAC in Vienna we have been reflecting on our own scientific outputs over the last few years, and consider that they are worth sharing on our...
View ArticleSETAC Vienna; Day 1
wca staff are enjoying the start of SETAC Europe 2025 in Vienna, despite some of us having one or two travel issues getting here and our posters ending up on a separate flight! These issues have been...
View ArticleSETAC Vienna 2025; Day 2 and 3
It has been an extremely busy two days for the wca team at the SETAC Europe 35th Annual Meeting in Vienna. As well as numerous pre-arranged and ad-hoc meetings with clients and partners, we have also...
View ArticleREACH Revision 2025: What It Means for Chemicals Regulation in the EU
The EU is preparing for a significant revision of REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals), its chemicals legislation. The European Commission published its final...
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