The National Centre for Environmental Toxicology (NCET), a specialised team within WRc, provides independent expert advice on risks posed to human health and to the environment by chemicals, micro-organisms and other naturally occurring and man-made substances; both in the form of consultancy for risk assessment and a UK-wide 24-hour 365-day-per-year advisory service giving a rapid response to incidents.
NCET has many years' experience in conducting hazard and risk assessments, undertaken on a wide range of chemicals. These hazards and risks are assessed in various media, such as drinking and surface waters, and contaminated soil and sediment, for a range of pollution events as well as the workplace. Longer term risk assessments are undertaken to derive levels to protect human health and the environment from pollution episodes.