Category Research project
  • Analytik
  • Expositionsschätzung

Strategies for health protection, pollution Control and Elimination of Next generAtion RefractIve Organic chemicals from Soil, vadose zone and water

Project status
In Progress
Project start
Nov 2021
Project end
Oct 2025
Acronym
SCENARIOS
Department
Lebensmittelsicherheit
Website
https://scenarios-project.eu/

Description and Objective

Poly- and perfluorinated compounds (PFAS) are industrial chemicals that are used for a large number of products with water and dirt-repellent properties. The group of PFAS currently consists of more than 5000 different compounds, for most of which little or no data are available regarding their distribution, use and toxicological properties. PFAS are extremely stable compounds and, due to their persistence, are considered to be global environmental contaminants in soil, water and the air. As part of its Green Deal program, the EU is funding the SCENARIOS project, in which 19 project partners are working on innovative solutions to the global problems associated with the manufacture and use of PFAS. The aims of the joint project are (i) the development of fast and inexpensive methods for the detection and quantification of PFAS in environmental and biological samples, (ii) the development of integrated approaches to testing and assessment (IATA) of PFAS, especially with regard to their human toxicity and ecotoxicity, and (iii) the development and implementation of innovative technical solutions for the remediation of PFAS-contaminated soils and waters. Thus, SCENARIOS will not only provide a valuable contribution to the risk assessment of PFAS, but the project will also provide specific technical solutions to overcome the worldwide problems related to the contamination of the environment with PFAS.
Type of project

Third-party funded project

Areas of research

Wirkungsbezogene Analytik und Risikofrüherkennung

Organisational units and partners

Lead unit: Zellbasierte Teststrategien und Toxikogenomik (74)
Involved BfR partners: Experimentelle Toxikologie und ZEBET
External partner: Universität Ostpiemont, University of Salento, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas , University of Castilla-La Mancha, Sensoil Innovations Ltd, LOMARTOV SL, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, National Technical University of Athens, Tampere University of Applied Sciences, University of Birmingham, Envytech Solution AB, Hospital “SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo” of Alessandria, GEO, IDP Ingenieria Y Arquitectura Iberia SL, COMET Global Innovation and Commercialization, Polo d'innovazione di Genomica, Genetica e Biologia

Funding body and grant number

Europäische Union
Grant Agreement 101037509

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