The importance of having a solid PC data package to support human health/environmental risk assessment and read across under REACH

Ecotoxicological assessment of pharmaceuticals and personal care products using predictive toxicology approaches

With their widespread and ever increasing use, active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and personal care products (PCP) represent contaminants of emerging […]

Natural ingredients, inherently safe?

The Executive Director of the Cosmetics Ingredient Review (CIR) addresses the myth of the perceived greater safety of natural versus synthetic and the importance of an expert safety assessment of ingredients in the journal Cosmetics & Toiletries.

Developments on the identification of potential endocrine disruptors under EU legislation

Introducing 2018 developments in EU policy and legislation on endocrine disruptors and our first experiences with the EFSA/ECHA guidance.

Dr. Francesca Tencalla

Joint EFSA/ECHA guidance document for the identification of endocrine disruptors under EU Biocides and Pesticides Regulation

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) jointly published in June 2018 the long-awaited guidance for the identification of endocrine disruptors.