Working together to advance chemical safety - Blanca Serrano, ECETOC
In this episode I speak with Dr. Blanca Serrano Ramón, Secretary General of the European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC).
ECETOC is a scientific organisation that brings together experts from industry, academia and regulatory bodies to tackle challenges and deliver solutions for chemical safety.
Through its range of task forces, events and coordination activities, ECETOC is working across the full spectrum of chemical hazard and risk assessment topics, including endocrine disruption, new approach methodologies (NAMs), biodiversity, microplastics, persistence, and mobility (to name a few). They also develop and maintain a number of advanced risk assessment tools.
Our conversation covers
What is ECETOC? What do they do?
Why it's important to have dialogue between industry, academia and regulatory bodies
Face-to-face vs online interactions
Blanca’s background and journey to ECETOC
Reflections on working at ECETOC
ECETOC’s work on polymers
The need to improve awareness and education in regulatory science
Risk perception, trust in science, and science communication
Two years on: the debate on conflicts of interest
ECETOC associate membership
