All risk assessment articles
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OpinionMeeting the tigers of the lab
Practical teaching strikes a balance between removing hazards and learning to respect them
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BusinessWhat are the risks of fast-tracking a Covid-19 vaccine?
Condensing timelines from years to months inevitably involves compromises
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NewsEuropean risk assessment slams neonicotinoids
EFSA analysis confirming harm to bees could lead to an outright ban on the pesticides
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NewsSenate eliminates EPA chemical risk assessment programme
EPA Integrated Risk Information System will dissolve if Senate spending bill is enacted
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NewsUS chemical assessment programme under fire
Environment agency’s integrated risk information system attacked at congressional hearing
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NewsChemical reaction database sparks discussion
The Chemical Safety Library under development by Pistoia could have legal implications for those who don’t learn from near misses
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NewsNew database highlights cumulative chemical dangers
Collaborative efforts offers information on hazardous chemical reactions and allows users to add their own incident reports
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NewsWHO cancer agency criticised for outdated chemical risk methods
Criticism of carcinogenicity assessments that place processed meat in the same category as mustard gas
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BusinessWHO clarifies glyphosate risks
UN and WHO panel conclude the herbicide glyphosate is ‘unlikely’ to cause cancer at realistic exposure levels
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NewsDeal reached on US chemical regulation reform
Modernisation of America’s outdated Toxic Substances Control Act agreed, and expected to be signed into law imminently
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OpinionRethinking risk assessment
Toxicologists must embrace better ways of accounting for low dose effects, argue Annamaria Colacci and Nicole Kleinstreuer
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NewsResearch to make pathogens more dangerous halted
US agencies temporarily suspend funding certain ‘gain-of-function’ research until new government policy is in place
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NewsEPA improves embattled chemical assessment programme
Report applauds US environment agency’s efforts to improve chemical risk management system, but says reforms are still needed
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BusinessFracking risks are manageable, says UK industry body
Environmental impact of shale gas exploration should be minimal with proper oversight