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HSE eBulletin

Issued: 14 September 2021

This eBulletin includes details of two upcoming Pesticide and Biocide training events.

You can get more information about Chemical Regulation Division (CRD) training and events at this webpage.

Live Online Seminar: Toxicology Endocrine Disruption of Pesticides and Biocides

2 & 3 November 2021

This seminar will focus on the toxicological endocrine disruption (ED) assessment of pesticide and biocide active substances and biocide products and will present the current evaluation approach used by CRD (HSE).

Who should attend?

The course is for those who already carry out toxicological endocrine disruptor assessments of pesticide and biocide substances and biocide products or have an interest in the evaluation approach used by HSE (CRD).

Topics covered

• ED criteria for pesticide and biocide active substances and associated ECHA/EFSA guidance
• Overview of toxicology ED assessment scheme for biocide/pesticide active substances
  - General approach and information sources for adversity and activity
  - Specificity of adverse effects
  - OECD Conceptual Framework for testing and assessment of EDs
• Templates, spreadsheets and assessment guiding principles
• Assessment of T (thyroid) modality, including data gaps, MoA (mode of action) analysis and DNT (developmental neurotoxicity) considerations
• Case studies to illustrate T modality assessment with potential different outcomes
• Assessment of EAS (estrogen-androgen-steroidogenesis) modalities, including deficient datasets, data gaps and MoA analysis
• Case studies to illustrate EAS modalities’ assessment with potential different outcomes
• Endocrine disruption assessment of co-formulants in biocide products

Registration

To register for this fee paid seminar visit this page.

The closing date for registration is 26 October 2021.

Regulatory Soil Sorption Workshop

The Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD), Enviresearch and Fera Science Ltd (Fera) are planning on co-hosting a training course on regulatory soil sorption studies in November 2021. 

This interactive course will be run virtually over a 3-day period and include a mix of informative presentations, hands-on workshop exercises and practical laboratory demonstrations. 

Attendees will be taken through the key features of both first tier OECD 106 adsorption studies and the recently noted EU guidance on aged sorption to support higher tier approaches. 

Delivered by the lead authors of the aged sorption guidance and EFSA OECD 106 evaluators checklist, the course is aimed at those with a good working knowledge of environmental fate and behaviour of pesticides, but may also be of interest to those working on biocides or general chemicals. 

If you are interested in attending, please register your interest at Events.CRD@hse.gov.uk by 28 September 2021.