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wca at SETAC Europe 2024
April 12, 2024 by Iain Wilson
wca are long standing partners of SETAC Europe. As in previous years, we have a major presence at the 34th Annual SETAC Europe Meeting to be held in…
Establishing a Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals and Waste – Insights for Industry
April 9, 2024 by Olivia Tran
The International Panel on Chemical Pollution (IPCP) hosted a webinar on 4th April discussing the establishment an intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel (SPP) on chemicals, waste and pollution prevention.
Environmental risk assessment of the use of zinc oxide medicated feeds for weaning piglets in the UK
April 5, 2024 by Adam Peters
Adam and Graham have recently published a study evaluating the potential environmental risks that may result from the use of zinc oxide based medicated feeds for weaning piglets.
Criteria for Reporting and Evaluating Exposure Datasets (CREED)
February 12, 2024 by Graham Merrington
When undertaking an environmental risk assessment for a chemical there are commonly two key inputs; the first is related to the how hazardous the chemical is, most often determined through…
Biocides Europe 2023 conference
December 22, 2023 by Sylwia Kosmala-Grzechnik
Earlier in December, I had the privilege of attending the Biocides Europe 2023 conference in Vienna, organized by Chemical Watch. The conference brought together representatives of…
SETAC Seville 2024
November 6, 2023 by Becky Brown
wca will be active again at SETAC in 2024 which will be hosted in sunny Seville (#SETACSeville). We are inviting people to submit abstracts for a variety…
Conducting and interpreting vitellogenin measurements in fish for regulatory purposes
October 17, 2023 by Becky Brown
wca are pleased to announce the publication of two new open access papers concerning the assessment of the vitellogenin protein (a pivotal protein biomarker for endocrine activity of chemicals) in…
Detection of anti-androgenic activity of chemicals in fish studies: a data review
August 4, 2023 by Grace Panter
Hot off the press! Grace and Becky, with colleagues from CropLife Europe, have just had a review paper on the sensitivity of fish testing guidelines to detect the…
Confirmation of extension of the UK REACH registration deadlines and data access under 12-years rule
July 27, 2023 by Rhiannon Smith
We published a blog in May about the draft Statutory Instruments which the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) had presented to Parliament for extending the registration…
Implementing approaches to account for metal bioavailability in freshwaters: Current status and future directions
July 4, 2023 by Graham Merrington
When Graham and Adam attended SETAC North America in Pittsburgh last year they organised a meeting to discuss the approaches to metal bioavailability implementation in different regions, states,…
Employee Ownership Day 2023
June 22, 2023 by Rhiannon Smith
wca are proud to be an employee owned company and Employee Ownership Day is celebrated annually across the UK; this year’s celebrations on 23rd June will…
New EU hazard classifications for ED, PBT/vPvB and PMT/vPvM
June 19, 2023 by Olivia Tran
The EU has recently finalised new hazard classes under the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation. The new hazard classes are: Endocrine disruption for human health, Category…
Not Just Another NAMs meeting – NAMs from Aspiration to Implementation
June 13, 2023 by Rhiannon Smith
Following on from ECHA’s recent workshop, I was in London last week, at the NAMs workshop held by HESI and NC3Rs, which has…
SETAC Dublin 2023 Recap
May 25, 2023 by Dean Leverett
Now that the dust has well and truly settled on SETAC Dublin 2023, and we’ve had a little time to catch our breath from what proved to…
UK initiate formal procedure to extend registration deadlines under UK REACH
May 12, 2023 by Sylwia Kosmala-Grzechnik
In April, the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) initiated a formal procedure to extend the registration deadlines under UK REACH by presenting the draft…
SETAC Dublin Day 2 and Day 3
May 3, 2023 by Iain Wilson
wca have continued to be very busy presenting our work, attending interest groups and presentations over Day 2 and Day 3 of SETAC Dublin; as well as catching with many…
Endocrine Disruptor Training and SETAC Dublin Day 1
May 2, 2023 by Becky Brown
We are all having a great time in sunny Dublin catching up with old friends and colleagues. The atmosphere is really good and there seems to be great engagement with…
Workshop on the Derivation and Implementation of Bioavailability-based Water Quality Guidelines for Metals in Freshwaters
April 27, 2023 by Graham Merrington
Graham was invited to attend a Workshop on the Derivation and Implementation of Bioavailability-based Water Quality Guidelines for Metals in Freshwaters, in Sydney Australia, by CSIRO.
British Toxicology Society’s Annual Congress
April 25, 2023 by Kate Roylance
Last week, Owen and Kate represented wca at the British Toxicology Society’s Annual Congress, hosted at the Park Regis, Birmingham from Monday 17th to Wednesday 19th April. The…
wca at SETAC Europe 2023
April 11, 2023 by Iain Wilson
wca are long standing partners of SETAC Europe. As in previous years, we have a major presence at the 33rd Annual SETAC Europe Meeting to be held in…
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December 19, 2024 by Rhiannon Smith