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Clarification on timelines for the new CLP hazard classes
December 19, 2024 by Rhiannon Smith
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 Bioaccumulative (vPvB), Persistent,…
Strategies to meet new CLP requirements for classification for Endocrine Disruption
November 22, 2024 by Becky Brown
New hazard classes have been introduced under Classification and Labelling (CLP) regulations to cover endocrine disruption (ED), Persistence, Bioaccumulation and Toxicity (PBT) and Persistence, Mobility and Toxicity (PMT) and, last…
Approaches to meet the new Pharmaceutical Environmental Risk Assessment Guidance
November 20, 2024 by Becky Brown
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…
Development of guidance for monitoring frequency of chemical substances under the WFD
November 15, 2024 by Lucy Kennelly
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…
Capacity building workshop to support environmental ED assessment under UK chemicals regulation
October 30, 2024 by Grace Panter
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…
Insights from the “Chemical Reactions: UK Chemicals Conference”
October 14, 2024 by Sylwia Kosmala-Grzechnik
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…
Practical estimation and use of natural background concentrations in surface waters
September 27, 2024 by Iain Wilson
Iain, Adam and Graham, along with colleagues from NiPERA, have recently published a paper detailing a scheme for accounting for natural…
Assuring the Quality of monitoring data generated in CIP Phase 4
August 1, 2024 by Dean Leverett
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…
wca papers on endocrine disruption
July 16, 2024 by Becky Brown
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”…
How important is it to update the existing environmental quality standard for nickel? An example based on the UK
July 8, 2024 by Adam Peters
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…
Updates and Perspectives from the UK Chemical Regulations Conference
May 31, 2024 by Lucy Kennelly
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…
SETAC Seville – what a week!
May 29, 2024 by Sylwia Kosmala-Grzechnik
Although the SETAC Europe conference in Seville has come to an end, the inspiring experiences and discussions will linger with us for a long time…With over 3000…
Preparation for UK REACH – Analytical data
May 24, 2024 by Rhiannon Smith
As discussed in our previous blog, the consultation on the Alternative Transitional Registration model (ATRm) for UK REACH indicates that there is potentially a significant reduction in the amount…
Consultation on UK REACH – what might this mean?
May 21, 2024 by Becky Marks
The long-awaited consultation on the Alternative Transitional Registration model (ATRm) under UK REACH is now open, with two of the key takeaways from the new proposals…
Water Quality Stocktake: Identification of Priority Emerging Pollutants in Waters of England and Northern Ireland
May 14, 2024 by Ed Stutt
At the SETAC Europe conference in Seville Ed presented his poster on the prioritisation of emerging contaminants in water on the same day…
SETAC Seville Day 2
May 8, 2024 by Iain Wilson
Becky was co-chair of an endocrine disruption session on Day 2 of SETAC Europe and also had a platform on the assessment of endocrine disruption potential…
SETAC Seville Day 1
May 7, 2024 by Iain Wilson
wca had an action packed Day 1 at SETAC Europe; Iain chaired a session, Ed having a poster spotlight, a poster each from Becky and…
How to Make the Most of Data of Chemicals Concentrations in Environmental Media: Practical Use of CREED, Challenges and Solutions
April 30, 2024 by Graham Merrington
How to Make the Most of Data of Chemicals Concentrations in Environmental Media: Practical Use of CREED, Challenges and Solutions…
Regression on Order Statistics – an approach for dealing with non-detects
April 29, 2024 by Iain Wilson
Measured concentrations below the limit of detection (LoD) (or limit of quantification (LoQ)) can be a potential issue when performing a chemical risk assessment. Numerous methods have been applied ranging…
wca at CHEMUK 2024
April 18, 2024 by Olivia Tran
wca will be at the CHEMUK show for the first time this year on the 15th and 16th May at the NEC, Birmingham . The event is…
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December 19, 2024 by Rhiannon Smith