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THE NETHERLANDS ASSOCIATION OF EUROPEAN TOXICOLOGISTS AND SOCIETIES OF TOXICOLOGY (EUROTOX)
Secretary-General EUROTOX,
Tel: 00 31 317 475453 Director/Secretary/Information Contact: Dr A J Baars Status: Independent association of individual toxicologists and national societies of toxicology in Europe. Membership: 600 individuals, 23 national societies (which have together some 6000 members). Principal functions and activities: EUROTOX is the result of a merger of the European Society of Toxicology (established 1962) and the Federation of European Society of Toxicology (established 1985). This merger and thus the foundation of EUROTOX was realised in 1989. EUROTOX organises an annual scientific congress, workshops and postgraduate training courses. Annually it honours a distinguished European toxicologists with the EUROTOX Merit Award. Important research contributions are recognised by inviting an outstanding European toxicologist to present the Gerhard Zbinden Memorial Lecture at the annual EUROTOX congress. Young toxicologists are encouraged by the Young Scientist Poster Award, presented to the best poster at the annual EUROTOX congress. EUROTOX assists in the organisation of other meetings on toxicological issues and is actively working towards the harmonisation of registration/accreditation of toxicologists in Europe.
Major publications: Proceedings of the annual EUROTOX congresses;
EUROTOX Newsletter (3 times a year).
RIVM-LSO
Tel: +31 30 274 91 11 RIVM is the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, located in Bilthoven, the Netherlands. It is a research institute for policy support, integrated with a planning agency for the environment and nature conservation. The core tasks of RIVM are:
Besides these core tasks RIVM carries out self-supporting activities commissioned by both government and international organizations (such as WHO, EU, ECE, EEA, UN/Unicef and the World Bank), providing these activities can be carried out in synergy with the core tasks and/or are statutorily commissioned to the Institute. Included here are activities pertaining to vaccines, assessment of existing substances and products, and the provision of information to health care workers and environmental management personnel. This is carried out with a staff of about 1500 people organized in 5 sectors, including Substances and Risks. Substances and RisksThe task of this division is to advise the policy directorates of VWS and VROM, the State Inspectorate and other Inspection services on potential risks for humans and the environment due to exposure to chemicals, radiation and noise, and on risks in the field of external safety. The division also advises on the admission of medicines, bio(techno-)logical products and medical devices. The assessment of chemical substances has an important role to play within the frameworks of notification-, registration- and admission regulations. Accident organizations are maintained to provide support in case of calamities. They can be called in night and day. By the same token, information on acute intoxication ingestion by humans and animals is supplied on a 24-hour basis to health-care workers (with advice on treatment if necessary), along with information on chemical substances and medicines having possible detrimental effects on reproduction and progeny. All the advice is supported by research in the above-mentioned areas in cooperation with the relevant (academic) institutions. The Division for Substances and Risks consists of the following laboratories and research units:
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