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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…
Changes to EU REACH dossier completeness checks
March 28, 2023 by Lucy Kennelly
The European Commission has revised some of the information requirements for registering chemicals under REACH. New rules have been implemented under this revision which change the automatic and manual completeness…
New Publication on The Protectiveness of the Bioavailability Based Environmental Quality Standard for Zinc
March 23, 2023 by Adam Peters
Adam and Iain have recently published a study evaluating the protectiveness of the bioavailability based Environmental Quality Standard for zinc that is used in the…
Determination of PDEs for Extractables and Leachables
March 13, 2023 by Owen Green
Extractables are individual chemical entities that can be extracted from individual component types of any form of a medical device under laboratory conditions, using appropriate solvents or solvent systems. Extractables…
PFAS restriction proposal published
March 6, 2023 by Becky Marks
The long-awaited restriction proposal for Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) was published on 7th February. The restriction dossier has been prepared jointly by the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden,…
Completion of Phase 3 of the UKWIR Chemicals Investigation Programme (CIP)
January 16, 2023 by Dean Leverett
The UKWIR Chemical Investigations Programme (CIP) is a long-term chemical monitoring programme focused on the UK wastewater treatment industry. The first phase focused on the sources of contaminants in wastewater…
UK REACH registration deadlines to be extended by 3 years
December 6, 2022 by Sylwia Kosmala-Grzechnik
Since the UK left the EU, all substances manufactured in or imported into the UK at tonnages of 1 tonne per year or above need to be registered under UK…
Implementing Approaches to Account for Metal Bioavailability in Freshwaters
November 22, 2022 by Graham Merrington
Adam and Graham helped run a meeting in the margins of SETAC North America, Pittsburgh on “Implementing Approaches to Account for Metal Bioavailability in Freshwaters: Current Status and…
wca at SETAC North America 2022 Recap
November 21, 2022 by Graham Merrington
Adam and Graham participated in SETAC North America, held in Pittsburgh between 13th and 17th November, chairing two sessions and making six presentations. The CREED…
Detecting endocrine disruptor effects via the thyroid: Recent developments
November 17, 2022 by Grace Panter
At wca we have been carefully following recent developments regarding endocrine disruptor (ED) testing via the thyroid. Here we summarise some of the potential new tests which will impact ED…
13th International Akademie Fresenius Conference Endocrine Disruptors 8 and 9 November 2022
November 17, 2022 by Grace Panter
Last week I presented at the Fresenius Endocrine Disruptor (ED) conference in Cologne. It was a hybrid meeting, with as many people attending virtually, as in person. Some of…
SETAC Pittsburgh 2022
November 14, 2022 by Iain Wilson
Adam and Graham are at the SETAC North America Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh this week! Both Adam and Graham are presenting and chairing sessions this…
wca at the Fresenius Endocrine Disruptors Conference
November 2, 2022 by Grace Panter
Next Wednesday (9th November), Grace Panter from wca will be presenting in Cologne, Germany, at the International Akademie Fresenius Conference on Endocrine Disruptors. On behalf of…
Sessions at SETAC Europe 2023
October 25, 2022 by Olivia Tran
wca invites abstracts for four sessions at SETAC Dublin The 33rd annual SETAC Europe conference will be taking place in Dublin, Ireland, from 30 April to 4…
Sources of Copper into the European Aquatic Environment
October 19, 2022 by Iain Wilson
Graham, Adam and I are co-authors of the paper Sources of Copper into the European Aquatic Environment, that has just been published in IEAM,…
SETAC Technical Workshop to develop Criteria for Reporting and Evaluation of Exposure Data (CREED)
August 24, 2022 by Graham Merrington
The outputs from this workshop continue to be developed and are now being tested (beta testing) by 93 experts from over 30 countries. This beta testing is being undertaken to…
Assessing the impact of wastewater treatment works effluent on downstream water quality
July 21, 2022 by Mike Gardner
Mike Gardner and three colleagues from the UKWIR Chemicals Investigation Programme (CIP) have recently published a paper – summarising river quality obtained by this nationwide monitoring programme over the last…
SETAC-Copenhagen 2022: Topical discussion on the European Commissions Chemical Strategy for Sustainability
May 30, 2022 by Adam Peters
I moderated a topical discussion at SETAC Copenhagen on the European Commissions Chemical Strategy for Sustainability and how it relates to metals with Steve Lofts (CEH), Chris Cooper (IZA), and…
SETAC-Copenhagen 2022: Investigating endocrine-disrupting properties of chemicals
May 24, 2022 by Grace Panter
Last week I attended the session on “Investigating endocrine-disrupting properties of chemicals: developments and challenges towards new approach methodologies (NAMs)”, at SETAC-Copenhagen. It was great to be at a conference, in…