News
15 Apr 2019
AOPs in chemical risk assessment – OECD webcast
on 30 April 2019, 1:00 pm (CET). Introduction to AOP framework, collaborative development, and application examples in chemical risk assessment ...
27 Mar 2019
Chemical mixtures in food – EFSA guidance
Understanding how combined chemicals behave is complex and the number of combinations is potentially infinite ...
21 Feb 2019
7 New AOPs
The OECD Environment, Health and Safety Division requests review and endorsement of 7 AOPs. Deadline for comments is 29 March 2019.
21 Feb 2019
EU-ToxRisk Update
EU-ToxRisk is a Horizon2020-funded European ‘Flagship’ Programme driving mechanism-based toxicity testing and risk assessment for the 21st century.
22 Jan 2019
EFSA lowers safe level for toxic dioxins in food by a factor of seven
The EFSA expert panel CONTAM set a new tolerable weekly intake ...
13 Nov 2018
SCAHT AOP on developmental neurotoxicity and neurodegeneration
A newly published Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) links chemical effects during brain development to impairment of learning and memory and Alzheimer-like neurodegeneration ...
7 Aug 2018
New publication on quantitative risk assessment model for evaluating the safety of skin sensitizing plant protection products
Fruit of a collaboration between Federal Authorities and SCAHT researchers, this paper discusses a novel approach for quantitative risk assessment of the skin sensitizing potential of plant protection products ...