Registration is required for this free webinar
Hosted by the SOT Sustainable Chemicals through Contemporary Toxicology Specialty Section, Graduate Student Leadership Committee, and Postdoctoral Assembly
As toxicologists, we know of chemical innovation examples that have adversely impacted, and continue to affect communities, workers, public health, ecosystems, and the climate, throughout their lifecycles. Advancing safer chemistry throughout a product lifecycle requires upstream thinking and implementable guidance for industries, academia, and others in innovation, investments, and policy, while avoiding regrettable chemical substitutions. The European Union Commission Joint Research Centre has proposed the “Safe and Sustainable by Design” (SSbD) framework as a mechanism to integrate human health and environmental safety assessment across the different steps in the lifecycle of a chemical or material.
SCCT’s Fall Webinar will feature an expert panel: Irantzu Garmendia Aguirre (European Commission’s Directorate General Joint Research Centre) will introduce the SSbD framework; Fabian Grimm (Clariant) will share an industry case study integrating toxicology into product design; and Lya Soeteman-Hernández (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, RIVM) will discuss a qualitative approach applied early in polymer innovation for building, transport, and packaging. A moderated panel discussion with live audience Q&A will follow the presentations.
This session aims to engage graduate students and postdocs, toxicologists, regulatory experts, and industry professionals on exploring how SSbD can improve decision-making, enhance safety and sustainability assessments, support regulatory compliance, and guide innovation toward safer products and a circular economy.
Speakers
Irantzu Garmendia Aguirre, Project Officer – Safe and Sustainable by Design, European Commission, Directorate General Joint Research Centre
Fabian Grimm, PhD, ERT, Head of Toxicology & Ecotoxicology, Clariant
Lya Soeteman-Hernández, PhD, Subject Matter Expert – Safe and Sustainable Innovations, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)