EFSA published on 02.09.2022 an external scientific report on the use of historical control data.
16th September 2022
EFSA reports on the use of Historical Control Data
16September
30th August 2022
UK Health updates guidance Risk Characterisation Methods
30August
The UK Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food updated its Guidance on Risk characterisation methods for carcinogens.
9th June 2020
“Repair Action” FOCUS surface water scenarios
09June
EFSA published a Scientific Report on the “repair action” for FOCUS surface water scenarios, and a report on the consultation on the draft for that report.
10th March 2020
EFSA Scientific Opinion genotoxicity triazine amine
10March
EFSA published a Scientific Opinion on the potential genotoxicity of triazine amine, a common metabolite to several sulfonylurea herbicides.
25th November 2019
OECD consultation draft Guidance eye irritation
25November
On 21.11.2019 OECD published a draft Technical Guidance on the the BCOP test method for identifying Chemicals inducing serious eye damage and chemicals not requiring classification.
15th November 2019
ANSES & EFSA joint Science Conference Day
15November
EFSA and ANSES announce a “International Scientific Conference Day devoted to bee health and to the contribution of risk assessment research to the field”
27th September 2019
OECD Webinars
27September
On 27.09.2019 OECD published a number of webinars, such as on alternatives to in vivo eye irritation testing and on defined approaches for skin sensitisation. These have been recorded and are...
22nd July 2019
ANSES will launch call for tender for glyphosate carcinogenicity studies
22July
On 22.07.2019 ANSES published an article on how to carry out additional studies on the carcinogenic potential of glyphosate.
21st March 2019
EFSA Scientific Report QSAR & genotox
21March
On 21.03.2019 EFSA published an external scientific report on the applicability of existing (Q)SAR models for predicting genotoxicity of pesticides.
13th March 2019
HEAL reports new endocrine claims glyphosate
13March
HEAL, the “Health & Environment Alliance”, reported on 12.03.2019 new scientific findings claiming glyphosate causing endocrine and developmental effects.
8th March 2019
OECD Guidance on ED Testing
08March
On 08.03.2019 OECD published an updated version, dated 18.02.2019, of its “Revised Guidance Document 150 on Standardised Test Guidelines for Evaluating Chemicals for Endocrine Disruption“.
16th January 2019
EFSA statement on genotoxicity assessment of mixtures
16January
On 16.01.2019 EFSA published a statement on genotoxicity assessment of chemical mixtures.
15th January 2019
ANSES publication on risks of SDHI fungicides
15January
The French ANSES published a report on the alleged risks of SDHI fungicides.
10th December 2018
EFSA continues work on cumulative risk assessment
10December
On 07.12.2018 EFSA published a short report of the 09-10.10.2018 meeting of the Working Group on cumulative risk assessment.
12th November 2018
EFSA consultation on TTC approach
12November
On 12.11.2018, EFSA launched a consultation on the TTC approach in food safety assessment.
16th October 2018
EFSA reports on in silico tools for dermal absorption
16October
On 16.10.2018 EFSA published an external scientific report on the applicability of in silico tools for the predictions of dermal absorption for pesticides.
24th September 2018
Consultation on EFSA draft “FOCUS sw repair” report
24September
EFSA initiated a public consultation on the draft Scientific Report on the “repair action” of the FOCUS surface water scenarios.
24th September 2018
Workshop comparative metabolism
EFSA organises on 15-16 November 2018 a Workshop on comparative metabolism in Parma.
20th September 2018
New EFSA PPR Working Group on ? bats
20September
? The minutes of the first meeting of the Working Group on Bat Risk Assessment were published by EFSA.
11th September 2018
EFSA Expert Meeting on recurring ecotox issues
11September
EFSA published the agenda for a special meeting of the Peer Review Expert Group (ecotoxicology).