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ECETOC works with leading scientists from academia, governments and industry to develop and promote trusted and practical scientific solutions which ensure a safe, sustainable and healthy world.
Scientists from the Centre for chemical safety assessment, ECETOC, have published a new framework to assess the safety of chemicals that incorporates ‘new approach methodologies’ (NAMs), such as computer modelling, or experiments carried out in test tubes or petri dishes. The proposed framewo... Read more
A Task Force from the Centre for chemical safety assessment (ECETOC) has just published its findings on improving methods to evaluate a chemical’s persistence in the environment in the peer-reviewed... Read more
Brussels, 9 December 2021 - A Task Force from the Centre for chemical safety assessment (ECETOC) has just published a proposed a new framework for the assessment of chemical persistence (P) in the env... Read more
ECETOC provides a platform for experts from industry, academia and governments to develop and promote quality science in the safety assessment of chemicals.
As part of our mission statement, at ECETOC, we actively seek to ensure gender balance in our task forces and meetings and we also encourage our member companies to promote women in science. Read more
Clearly, nanomaterials and nanotechnology-enabled products have to be safe. It is imperative that they may not harm humans or the environment. Read more