With >20 years of experience, Tom has become a recognised expert in environmental risk assessment and is well known in industry for his pioneering approach, particularly with substances with a poor environmental profile.

A veteran of several CROs and consultancies, Tom believes that the basis of a reliable risk assessment is a blend of science, maths, lateral thinking and creativity.

Tom co-founded and sits on the Board of Directors of Blue Frog Scientific.

Content by Tom Hargreaves

Biocontrol Testing

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What Evidence Is Actually Needed for a Robust Botanical Biopesticide Risk Assessment?

News Type: General

Tags: Biopesticides

Conventional regulatory assessment often starts with a data requirement: which study has not yet been submitted? For complex biological substances, ...

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Butterfly Pea Field

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Why Mode-of-Action Matters in Botanical Biopesticide Risk Assessment

News Type: General

Tags: Biopesticides

Cyclotides are small cyclic peptides found in Clitoria ternatea . Their biological activity appears to involve interaction with cell membranes rathe...

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Clitoria ternatea / Butterfly Pea

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Which Constituents Actually Matter in a Complex Botanical Extract?

News Type: General

Tags: Biopesticides

A complex botanical extract can contain dozens, sometimes hundreds, of potential constituents. That creates an obvious regulatory challenge: what sho...

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Salmon Farm in Norway

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Modelling of Chemical Discharges from Atlantic Salmon Hatcheries Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

News Type: General

Tags: Environmental Fate & Behaviour

CFD Modelling for Hatchery Discharges – Presented at SETAC North America We are delighted to share our latest work, made possible by our client Dyn...

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Chemical Structure on Computer Screen

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Designing the Future of Biocontrol Regulation

News Type: General

Tags: Biopesticides

How do we prepare for, and respond to, a world where biocontrol agents are not only discovered in nature but increasingly designed, while navigatin...

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