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wca at SETAC Europe 2022
May 16, 2022 by Iain Wilson
wca are long standing partners of SETAC Europe. As in previous years, we have a major presence at the 32nd Annual SETAC Europe Meeting to be held in Copenhagen. The…
New publication; An assessment of the EU-wide risk of Nickel to surface waters
May 9, 2022 by Graham Merrington
Adam, Iain, and Graham have recently published a Critical Perspectives article in ET&C with colleagues from NiPERA. The article examines the new approach produced by…
New paper published on the concentrations of contaminants in sewage effluents
April 14, 2022 by Mike Gardner
Mike Gardner and two colleagues from the UKWIR Chemicals Investigation Programme (CIP) have recently published a paper – summarising data obtained by this nationwide…
Manuscript on the assessment of secondary poisoning by the pharmaceutical diclofenac
March 18, 2022 by Dean Leverett
A few weeks ago Adam and Graham had a manuscript on the assessment of secondary poisoning by the pharmaceutical diclofenac accepted for publication by the Journal…
Do you still hold a NONS notification?
February 16, 2022 by Rhiannon Smith
The Dangerous Substance Directive was the pre-cursor to REACH in the EU and notifications made under this Directive were known as NONS (‘Notification Of New…
Recent Publication on Implementing Bioavailability
February 10, 2022 by Adam Peters
A lack of monitoring data for Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) is often a limiting factor in implementing bioavailability-based Environmental Quality Standards for trace…
SETAC Technical Workshop; Criteria for Reporting and Evaluating Exposure Datasets (CREED)
January 31, 2022 by Graham Merrington
A SETAC Technical Workshop aimed at developing Criteria for Reporting and Evaluating Exposure Datasets (CREED) began, virtually, at the end of January.
Bioavailability Implementation Guidance
January 20, 2022 by Adam Peters
Iain, Graham, and Adam have been working on helping environmental regulators to implement bioavailability based Environmental Quality Standards for metals for some…