Category:Risk assessment projects: Difference between revisions

'Risk assessment projects' describe research and communication projects that deal with environmental health risks and risk assessments.

TThe European Union has funded a large number of research projects in this field in recent years. The final results of the EU Fifth Framework Programme of Research [FP5]-funded projects are available at [1] and [2].

An example of a project funded: EXPORED (Multi-organic Risk Assessment of Selected Endocrine Disrupters).

The EU has also funded a number of risk assessment projects in the Sixth Framework Programme of Research (FP6). Examples of projects include: ATHON (Impact of non-dioxin-like PCBs on neurobehavioural, reproductive and developmental toxicity, and tumour promotion)[3]. SAFEFOODS (Promoting food safety through a new integrated risk analysis approach for foods). [4]. ERAPHARM Environmental risk assessment of pharmaceuticals 248 INTARESE Integrated Assessment of Health Risks from Environmental Stressors in Europe 249 NOMIRACLE Novel Methods for Integrated Risk Assessment of Cumulative Stressors in Europe 251 NORMAN Network of reference laboratories and related organisations for monitoring and biomonitoring of emerging environmental pollutants 253 OSIRIS Optimized Strategies for Risk assessment of chemicals based on Intelligent testing 255 2-FUN Full-chain and UNcertainty approaches for assessing health risks in FUture eNvironmental scenarios 257 CAIR4HEALTH Clean Air for Health – research needs for sustainable development policies 258 HEIMTSA Health and Environment Integrated Methodology and Toolbox for Scenario Assessment 261 HENVINET Health and Environment Network 263 14.MICRODIS Integrated Health, Social and Economic Impacts of Extreme Events: Evidence, Methods and Tools

If you know something about these, or other relevant projects, please add your information on the respective pages. There is summary information available from the EU (several links to the same document): [5] [6].Needs editing