The Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology (SCAHT), a centre of excellence that assesses the risks of chemical substances to human health, celebrates its 10-year anniversary this month ...

This year's Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Toxicology will be held in conjunction with a celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology (SCAHT) ...

SCAHT researcher David Pamies from the University of Lausanne, discusses the potential of brain organoids to study the neurotoxic effects of compounds ...

Editors Prof. Harald Krug and Dr. Annette Kraegeloh. Submission deadline 15 November 2019.

EFSA is carrying out a public consultation on its pilot assessments of the risks posed to humans by residues of multiple pesticides in food. Interested parties have until 15 November to submit comments on two assessments ...

Editors Prof. Jiayin Dai (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Dr. Christopher Lau (US EPA) and Dr. Yang Song (Southwest University, China). Submission deadline 15 January 2020.

There is an opportunity to participate in a survey on using non-animal methods, mechanistic information and the Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) Framework in chemical risk assessment ...

A recent study by the group of Ariane Giacobino has investigated the underlying reasons for differences in susceptibility of male foetuses to in utero phthalate exposure and its effect on spermatogenesis ...

Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, working in collaboration with the SCAHT and other institutions and with logistical support from the Swiss army, have undertaken the first nationwide assessment of the semen quality of men between the age of 18 and 22 ...

Das SCAHT betrachtet es als kritisch, wenn dem Leser suggeriert wird, dass man aufgrund der gezeigten Daten Rückschlüsse auf mögliche Gesundheitsschäden ziehen kann ...