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| 11/14/11 | RIFM President Dr. Ladd W. Smith Announces Retirement |
Dr. Ladd W. Smith announces his retirement after 13 years as RIFM's President. |
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| 9/20/10 | Finally the Fragrance Industry is Understood |
"When it comes to the alleged toxicity of perfumes and fragrances, there’s nothing worse than non-scientists eschewing readily-available scientific research in favor of village idiocy found on the internet, . . ." Lawrence Meyers |
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| 10/14/09 | Watch RIFM President Ladd Smith on Fox Business News |
Video clip of Dr. Ladd Smith chatting with FOX Business News anchor Brian Sullivan about the effects of the IFRA Standards on the fragrance industry. |
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| 5/13/10 | RIFM Supports Fragrance Industry Response to Campaign for Safe Cosmetics Recent Publication |
FRAGRANCE INDUSTRY FINDS NEW REPORT MISLEADING - FRAGRANCE SAFETY IS NO SECRET |
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| 9/17/09 | POTENCY VALUES FROM THE LOCAL LYMPH NODE ASSAY: APPLICATION TO CLASSIFICATION, LABELING AND RISK ASSESSMENT* |
| Dr. Anne Marie Api, RIFM VP of Human Health Sciences, was a member of this European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) LLNA Task Force. Building on previous ECETOC work, the task force was started in mid 2007 with the remit to determine whether an EC31 potency value derived from the LLNA2 can be used to provide a cut-off criterion for the classification and labeling of both substances and preparations as a skin sensitiszer according to the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) and the Dangerous Substances and Dangerous Preparations Directives. If confirmed, develop sub-categories based on EC3 values. The task force will also evaluate the current use of LLNA data in risk assessment approaches for skin sensitization and propose a rationale for using concentration responses and corresponding no-effect concentrations by taking into account potency considerations. *An article about the LLNA Task Force Report from ECETOC's most recent newsletter is reprinted by permission of the European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) | |
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| 8/24/09 | The Role Of Population Modeling In Ecological Risk Assessment |
RIFM is sponsoring a workshop organized by Roskilde University in Roskilde, Denmark, August 23-25, 2009. The workshop is an outgrowth of the successful sediment program, sponsored by RIFM, that during the last three years has contributed substantially to our understanding of the fate and effects of fragrance materials in freshwater and estuarine sediments. |
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