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Bees on a flower

By Matthew Bailey on

ECHA Bee Guidance Adoption into GB

News Type: General

Tags: Biocides

The HSE have recently announced that they will be adopting the Bee Guidance (Guidance on the assessment of risks to bees from the use of biocides) tha...

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New OECD Test Guidelines

By Bryony Ross on

OECD Releases New Test Guidelines for Mechanistic Toxicity, Nanomaterials & Environmental Non-Target Organisms

News Type: General

Tags: Chemicals, Nanomaterials, Agrochemicals, Plant Protection Products, Toxicology & Human Health, Ecotoxicology & Environmental Health

The OECD has published seven new test guidelines covering physico-chemical properties, effects on biotic systems, environmental fate and behaviour, an...

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Rat in a Lab

By Bryony Ross on

ECHA Updates Dose-Setting Advice for Reproductive Toxicity Studies: What’s Changed?

News Type: General

Tags: Toxicology & Human Health

What's Included in ECHA's Latest DART Dose-Setting Update?Like much of the developmental and reproductive toxicity community, Blue Frog's DART team ha...

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Hazard Classes

By Damien Carson on

A Streamlined & Proportionate Approach to New EU CLP Hazard Classes

News Type: General

Tags: CLP, Endocrine Disruption

The introduction of the new EU CLP hazard classes under Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/707 represents one of the most significant developme...

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White Mouse

By Marianne Matzke on

Summary of ECHA's 6th Report on Alternatives to Animal Testing for REACH Regulation

News Type: General

Tags: Toxicology & Human Health

The ‘6th report on the use of alternatives to testing on animals for the REACH regulation’, published June 2026 compares long-term trends in REACH reg...

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