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SETAC workshop on the synthesis, characterisation, ecotoxicity, hazard and risk assessment of engineered nanoparticles
At the beginning of January, I attended a three-day SETAC “summer-school” entitled ‘The synthesis, characterisation, ecotoxicity, and hazard and risk assessment of engineered nanoparticles’. The workshop was run in the School ...
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Lead consultant on REACH for Johnson Mattheys catalyst division
We are lead consultant on REACH for Johnson Matthey’s catalyst division and the European Catalyst Manufacturers Association (ECMA). We have worked to demonstrate absence of risk for the manufacture and use of catalysts containing many ...
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Development of a framework to translate environmental risk assessment outputs into socioeconomic analysis inputs when developing Restrictions under REACH
The aim of this project, which was undertaken for ECHA’s Risk Assessment Committee, was to develop instructive examples for translating environmental risks into environmental impacts which can be practically used to inform SEA and eventual ...
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Derivation of water framework directive environmental quality standards
In 2005, the Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) proposed that the UKTAG Chemistry Task Team (CTT) should develop standards for certain Dangerous Substances Directive (DSD) List II substances as Annex VIII substances under the ...
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Desk based review of current knowledge on pharmaceuticals in drinking water and estimation of potential levels
There are about 3000 pharmaceuticals registered in the UK and approximately 5000 substances listed as human pharmaceuticals were sold over the counter in the UK in 2004. In addition to the consumption of drugs for health care, there is also ...
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Preparation of an ecolabel application for a cleaning product on behalf of a confidential client
This has involved: Linking ingredients to those on the Detergents Ingredients Database (DID) list Carrying out literature searches and data review for ingredients where sufficient data were not available on the DID list or from the company ...
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Assessment of links between REACH and the Water Framework Directive
Green drivers, such as reduced packaging (with consequently increased development of concentrated products) and climate change (with potentially decreased availability of water, reduced dilution of sewage plant effluents, etc.) pose a business risk ...
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Ecopharmacovigilance – an update
Interest in this subject has been given a boost by the appearance of a new EU Directive and associated regulation revising the law on pharmacovigilance. Recital 3 in the new regulation states: “The pollution of waters and soils with ...
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Coming soon: 2013 REACH registration deadline
After the first REACH registration deadline in 2010, European industry now has to prepare for the second registration deadline of the 31st of May 2013. This deadline is for the registration of all phase-in substances manufactured or imported in the ...
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OECD workshop on the environmental assessment of metals
I recently contributed to a workshop organised by the OECD which was aimed at raising awareness of the various approaches that have been developed (mostly in Europe and North America) for performing hazard assessments for metals. The workshop ...
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Effects of iron on ecological communities
Mark and I have been working with the Iron industry to try to understand the effects of iron on aquatic ecosystems. We have been analysing extensive field monitoring data on the quality of invertebrate communities in rivers and relating this to the ...