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12 May 2021
EFSA has updated safety assessment of titanium dioxide (E171)
Based on all the relevant available scientific evidence, EFSA concluded ...
12 May 2021
Call for session proposals: International Congress of Toxicology (ICT 2022), deadline is 1 June 2021
The XVIth International Congress of Toxicology (ICT 2022) is a joint congress of IUTOX and EUROTOX ...
29 Mar 2021
New OECD Guidance document on the "Characterisation, validation and reporting of Physiologically Based Kinetic (PBK) models for regulatory purposes"
OECD Series on Testing and Assessment No. 331; Environment, Health and Safety, Environment Directorate.
16 Mar 2021
EFSA has launched a public consultation on the “Draft updated Guidance on the assessment of exposure of operators, workers, residents and bystanders in risk assessment for plant protection products”, open until 9th May 2021
EFSA’s Pesticide Peer Review Unit has launched an open consultation
15 Mar 2021
Publication ”Reflections on the OECD guidelines for in vitro skin absorption studies“ - by SCAHT researchers Nancy Hopf, Aurélie Berthet, Elena Reale (Unisanté), et al. - was awarded 'DTSS Annual Paper of the Year'
The Dermal Toxicology Specialty Section (DTSS) of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) presents the 'Annual Paper of the Year Award' in recognition of an exceptional recent publication in the field of skin toxicology and pharmacology ...
4 Mar 2021
New OECD guidance: Identifying and selecting safer chemical alternatives
OECD guidance on hazard and exposure assessment and evaluating trade-offs, including case studies.
15 Feb 2021
EUROoC - Organ-On-Chip and the 3R: A virtual lab tour in 11 laboratories - Video published
15 PhD students give you a virtual lab tour in 11 laboratories, where they are working on finding alternatives to reduce animal testing ...
3 Feb 2021
Public consultation on the draft Scientific Opinion on "Development of Integrated Approaches to Testing and Assessment (IATA) on developmental neurotoxicity (DNT) risk assessment" launched on EFSA's website
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments by 15 March 2021.
26 Jan 2021
New Research and Education Coordinator for the SCAHT
We would like to welcome Dr Stéphanie Boudon who has joined the SCAHT on 1 January 2021 as Research and Education Coordinator ...
17 Dec 2020
Launch of the new specialty section „Regulatory Toxicology“ in Frontiers in Toxicology
Today saw the launch of a new specialty section of the peer-reviewed open-access journal Frontiers in Toxicology, focusing on regulatory toxicology. Led by Specialty Chief Editor Prof Martin Wilks, the new section strives to be ...