PERFOOD
PERFluorinated Organics in Our Diet
| Coordinatore | UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM
Organization address
address: SPUI 21 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Netherlands [NL] |
| Sito del progetto | http://www.perfood.eu/ |
| Totale costo | 4˙011˙390 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙999˙432 € |
| Programma | FP7-KBBE
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology |
| Code Call | FP7-KBBE-2008-2B |
| Funding Scheme | CP-FP |
| Anno di inizio | 2009 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2009-08-01 - 2012-11-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM
Organization address
address: SPUI 21 contact info |
NL (AMSTERDAM) | coordinator | 406˙254.00 |
| 2 |
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V
Organization address
address: Hansastrasse 27C contact info |
DE (MUENCHEN) | participant | 603˙752.00 |
| 3 |
STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: Universitetsvaegen 10 contact info |
SE (STOCKHOLM) | participant | 488˙204.00 |
| 4 |
VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG
Organization address
address: De Boelelaan 1105 contact info |
NL (AMSTERDAM) | participant | 307˙663.00 |
| 5 |
NORSK INSTITUTT FOR LUFTFORSKNING
Organization address
address: Instituttveien 18 contact info |
NO (KJELLER) | participant | 278˙500.00 |
| 6 |
VYSOKA SKOLA CHEMICKO-TECHNOLOGICKA V PRAZE
Organization address
address: TECHNICKA 5 contact info |
CZ (PRAHA 6) | participant | 277˙640.00 |
| 7 |
ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITA
Organization address
address: Viale Regina Elena 299 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | participant | 210˙890.00 |
| 8 |
UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN
Organization address
address: PRINSSTRAAT 13 contact info |
BE (ANTWERPEN) | participant | 164˙690.00 |
| 9 |
BUNDESINSTITUT FUER RISIKOBEWERTUNG
Organization address
address: MAX DOHRN STRASSE 8-10 contact info |
DE (BERLIN) | participant | 133˙030.00 |
| 10 |
KWR WATER B.V.
Organization address
address: GRONINGENHAVEN 7 contact info |
NL (NIEUWEGEIN) | participant | 128˙809.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'Proposal summary Anthropogenic perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) have recently gained socio-economic and scientific interest. PFCs constitute a newly emanating group of environmental contaminants, with physico-chemical as well as toxicological properties different from those of other halogenated compounds. PFCs are generally persistent in the environment, and can be found over a broad concentration range and within most parts of the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Food, produced with natural ingredients, and possibly beverages, including drinking water, are likely to be contaminated with PFCs, giving rise to human exposure. Whether or not industrial food processing and packaging may give rise to additional contamination of food and beverages is currently not understood. Whatever the sources, PFCs have indeed been found to be present at a global scale in blood of the general population. PERFOOD brings together the institutes most renowned in Europe and the Globe for their chemical analytical work on PFCs with experts in food consumption and drinking water quality as well as food processing and packaging. The aims of the present project are to develop robust and reliable analytical tools including reference materials for the determination of PFCs in food items, and to use these to (i) qualify and quantify PFCs in our diet, employing a large European sampling campaign; (ii) understand how PFCs are transferred from the environment into dietary items, and (iii) quantify the possible contribution of food/beverage contact materials and food and water processing to the overall PFC levels in our diet. The newly gained knowledge will enable us to evaluate the possible routes, including their relative importance, of human exposure to PFCs via our diet, to assess the role of the technosphere in the contamination of our food, and to identify ways to reduce the PFC contamination of dietary articles.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
A European study investigated the origins of perfluorinated alkylated substances (PFAS) in the human diet and its spread through the food chain. An exposure assessment was made in order to establish the role of food and beverages in human exposure to PFAS.