PARC – Biomonitoring of Chemical Exposure

Summary:

PARC (Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals) is a European research and innovation partnership that measures and evaluates chemicals and their effects in the environment, food, consumer products, and humans. The project brings together approximately 200 organizations from across Europe to strengthen knowledge on chemical exposure and improve chemical risk assessment.

Further information about the project is available on the Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC) website.

Objectives:

The objective of the project is to establish an EU-wide system for chemical monitoring and safety assessment, providing harmonized approaches for measuring chemical exposure and assessing the risks posed by chemicals to human health and the environment.

Keywords

Chemicals, exposure, monitoring, environment

Project Coordinators:

ANSES (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), France
Email: parc@anses.fr

Pascal Sanders
Christophe Rousselle

Finnish Food Authority Project Manager

Pertti Koivisto

Partners

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH)

Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)

Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes)

University of Oulu

Tampere University

Project Status

Ongoing

Start Year

2022

End Year

2027 (2028)

Funding

Horizon Europe Partnership
(Pillar II, Cluster 1 – Health)

Publications

Project publications are available on the PARC website.

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