Endocrine Disruption

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,…
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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…
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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…
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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”…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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