Located in Devon, in the South West of England, the Laboratory supports chemical and related businesses world-wide with assessments of the environmental safety of new and existing products and of the manufacturing processes they operate.
BEL was established in 1948 as a testing facility for ICI Paints, and transferred to Zeneca Limited following the demerger of ICI in 1993. In 1999 the Laboratory became part of the AstraZeneca organisation.
There are about 100 full-time staff in the laboratory at Brixham, covering a wide range of scientific disciplines, including:
Microbiologists
Ecologists
Oceanographers
Geologists
Hydrogeologists
Cytogeneticists
Computer Specialists
Marine Biologists
Mathematicians
Biologists
Statisticians
Chemists
Chemical Engineers
Biochemists
Information Specialists
| Contact Details: |
| Freshwater Quarry |
| Brixham |
| Devon |
| TQ5 8BA |
| United Kingdom |
| Tel: | 44 (0)1803 882882 |
| Fax: | 44 (0)1803 882974 |
| Email: | Infomaster.Brixham@astrazeneca.com |
| WWW: | www.brixham.astrazeneca.com/
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Recent Publications by Brixham Environmental Laboratory: |  |
Key issues concerning environmental enrichment for laboratory-held fish species.
An improved knowledge and understanding of the fundamental biological... | 22nd May, 2009
| AstraZeneca, Safety, Health and Environment, Brixham Environmental
| Lab Anim. 2009 Apr;43(2):107-20. Epub 2008 Nov 17.
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Defining the chronic impacts of atenolol on embryo-larval development and reproduction in the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas).
Atenolol is a beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist ('beta-blocker') widely... | 5th November, 2008
| AstraZeneca Global Safety, Health and Environment, Brixham Environmental
| Aquat Toxicol. 2008 Feb 18;86(3):361-9. Epub 2007 Dec 3.
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Acute and chronic effects of ibuprofen in the mollusc Planorbis carinatus (Gastropoda: Planorbidae).
Laboratory populations of freshwater Keeled rams horn snails (Planorbis... | 1st November, 2008
| AstraZeneca Global Safety, Health and Environment, Brixham Environmental
| Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2008 May;70(1):47-52. Epub 2008 Jan 22.
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Validation of a larval zebrafish locomotor assay for assessing the seizure liability of early-stage development drugs.
INTRODUCTION: Seizure liability is an adverse property of new candidate... | 20th August, 2008
| AstraZeneca Global Safety, Health & Environment, Brixham Environmental
| J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods. 2008 May-Jun;57(3):176-87. Epub 2008 Feb 9.
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Development of chronic tests for endocrine active chemicals. Part 1. An extended fish early-life stage test for oestrogenic active chemicals in the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas).
An extended early-life stage test (based on OECD test guideline 210) was... | 3rd August, 2007
| AstraZeneca Global Safety, Health and Environment, Brixham Environmental
| Aquat Toxicol. 2006 May 10;77(3):279-90. Epub 2006 Feb 14.
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