Category Archives: Conferences and workshops
Final Marine Paint Conference in Gothenburg
We presented the results of the Marine Paint programme at its final conference here in Gothenburg at the beginning of this week. And we also took the opportunity to discuss things with a couple of journalists. So, if you can follow Swedish, here’s the pressrelease from the University and the corresponding article in Göteborgs Posten, the local newspaper. If you prefer German, here’s the interview that I did with Deutschlandfunk: We’ll post an English summary of the conference on our … Continue reading
Final Report of the Marine Paint Programme finished and printed
We’ve finally made it! The report of the Marine Paint Programme is finally done, available for download (PDF) and (upon request) as a paper copy. Marine Paint will also present and discuss its finding at the final conference, which will be held 14/15th of May in Gothenburg. Please contact me if you would like to get more information. Thanks a bunch to my colleague Åsa Arrhenius! She put in all the effort into compiling the report, finally hunting down all … Continue reading
Presentations from NAS Workshop on Mixtures and Cumulative Risk Assessment
Now this is what a call a thorough documentation of a workshop (and an incredible time-sink), but check for yourself… The National Academy of Sciences conducted a workshop on Mixtures and Cumulative Risk Assessment in July . And they have put many of the talks of online. Tons to of materials to listen to, read and think about. Strict human toxicology / health assessment perspective and very US-centred (obviously) – but the principles hold anyway. Thomas
Last week’s ECETOC workshop on mixture toxicity
ECETOC, the European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals, conducted a 2-day workshop on mixture toxicity and risk assessment last week in Berlin. Around 80 (my estimate) toxicologists and ecotoxicologists, coming from industry (obviously the majority), academia and regulation. The first day was occupied with a collection of presentations on various topics, covering (amongst others) the recently published WHO/ICPS workshop report, the MCR (maximum cumulative ratio) concept, the draft opinion of the EU Scientific Committees on mixture toxicity assessment, … Continue reading