Book Chapter on QSAR in Bioremediation
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 14:12 — NickIn conjunction with Professor Q Chaudhry at the UK Food & Environment Research Agency, Nick has written a book chapter called "QSAR and Expert Systems as Tools in Bioremediation". The chapter will appear in the Springer Ecophysiology Series book "Organic xenobiotics and plants - from the cellular to the ecosystem level". More details when available.
New European Cosmetic Regulations
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 14:08 — NickA revised set of EU cosmetic Regulations was published in December 2009. The regulations, EC1223/2009, make a number of significant changes to the responsibilites of manufacturers and distributors of cosmetics in the EU. To read more, follow the link under cosmetics in the left hand navigation pane.
TfG Links up with Brookes Bell
Tue, 08/11/2009 - 15:42 — Nick
Nick & Ken have been appointed as Consulting Scientists to Brookes Bell, to support their existing high quality scientific and technical expertise.
Brookes Bell is a major independent marine consultancy based in the United Kingdom and operating worldwide. Their Master Mariners, Marine Engineers, Consulting Scientists, Naval Architect, Metallurgist and Cargo Surveyors provide expert advice to the shipping and insurance industries.
Ken will carry out expert witness work and, Nick will provide technical information research, supplementing the five existing Scientist Partners, Fuel Chemist Partner and Metallurgist.
For more information use the "Contact Us" navigation link.
CAESAR Project Models Available
Fri, 07/10/2009 - 10:52 — NickThe culimination of the EU and DEFRA funded project CAESAR is a series of predictive models for estimating 5 common toxicological endpoints: bioconcentration factor, skin sensitisation, mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, and developmental toxicity. The models are freely available from the project website, (http://www.caesar-project.eu/software/index.htm), via a small JAVA based front end download.
Press the link below to see the steps in the process:
New Chemicals regulatory body for the UK
Fri, 05/15/2009 - 16:28 — NickOn the 1st April 2009 the Health and Safety Executive, (HSE) announced the creation of the Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD). The new Directorate brings together HSE 's responsibilities for pesticides, biocides, detergents, and industrial chemicals (REACH, Classification, Labelling and other legislation).
Final CAESAR Workshop
Sun, 04/26/2009 - 16:05 — Nick
The CAESAR project to develop QSAR models for regulatory use is in its write-up phase. The final project workshop was held in Milan on the 10th and 11th March 2009. The presentations from the workshop can be downloaded from: http://www.caesar-project.eu/workshop/info.htm
Methyl Bromide Replacement Faces Challenges
Sat, 03/21/2009 - 10:18 — Nick
When methyl bromide was scheduled for withdrawal as a fumigant following the discovery that it is an ozone depleting agent, the search was on for replacements. One promising contender was sulphuryl fluoride. Sulphuryl fluoride had already been successfully used to fumigate whole buildings for termite, and wood boring insect control. More recently it has been introduced to replace methyl bromide in the fumigation of large bulks of stored grain. However little was known about the fate of atmospheric sulphuryl fluoride until recently.
European Pesticide Regulation Set for a Change
Fri, 03/06/2009 - 14:21 — Nick
TfG Assists in RHS project on Conservation of Garden Plants
Thu, 11/27/2008 - 11:16 — Nick
In 1978 the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) held a conference on the Practical Role of Gardens in the Conservation of Rare and Threatened Plants. Out of that conference was born the National Council for the Conservation of Plantsand Gardens (NCCPG). In 2006 the RHS and the NCCPG, held a two day workshop to review achievements and to set the agenda for the medium term. A resulting Action Plan was published, (www.rhs.org.uk/growingheritage/ActionPlanFinal.pdf)
Chemistry & Industry Article
Thu, 08/14/2008 - 11:22 — NickNick's article on the CAESAR project and QSARs as alternatives to animal testing under the EU REACH regulations has appeared in Issue 15 of Chemistry & Industry magazine.
The article is copyrighted so cannot be reproduced in full here, but anyone interested can contact us.
