by Marine Teixidor | Sep 6, 2022
Concawe has updated the PetroRisk model used to calculate the environmental risk assessments (ERAs) for petroleum substances needed for REACH registration dossiers. The updates result in a model which is (1) faster, (2) more transparent, (3) better aligned with the...
by Marine Teixidor | Sep 6, 2022
Petroleum substances contain hundreds to thousands of constituents, making it very difficult to generate biodegradation data on all of those constituents individually. Concawe is undertaking a novel project with SINTEF—one of Europe’s largest independent research...
by Marine Teixidor | Sep 6, 2022
To improve the persistence assessment of petroleum substances, Concawe started a testing programme for several hydrocarbons. Ready biodegradability tests were proposed on six 3-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), in accordance with the OECD 301 F protocol....
by Marine Teixidor | Sep 6, 2022
As vertebrate animal studies form the basis for assessing certain human health and ecotoxicity hazards under the EU (European Union) REACH regulation, appropriate alternative approaches to fulfil information requirements must be considered in order to avoid...
by Marine Teixidor | Jul 15, 2022
As both vehicle technology and emissions legislation continue to evolve, Concawe has conducted studies to examine the multidimensional effects that fuels can have on greenhouse gases (GHGs) and pollutant emissions from diesel passenger cars (PCs) and commercial...
