A total of 22 European partners and four associated partners from outside the European Union (EU) will work together to develop a test strategy for mixtures of chemicals that people are exposed to every day.
The focus will mainly be on the intake of chemicals from food sources, but the project will also involve other sources of food-related chemicals.
Since people are exposed to an infinite number of chemical cocktails every day, the project partners will identify the chemicals that are the main contributors to the intake.
Testing tools
One aim of the project is to develop new models to measure the effect of various chemical cocktails and reduce the use of laboratory animals in the future.
EuroMix will provide a test strategy for mixture testing based on new and already existing toxicological tests.
The researchers will develop new models for the calculation of the risk of mixtures and they will conduct exposure assessments.
The work will result in a freely available, web-based toolbox for use by authorities and researchers in future tests.
The toolbox can be used to measure the effect of relevant chemical cocktails.
It also contains a guide using the test strategy and performing risk assessment of chemical cocktails.
The project will help to harmonize the way risk assessments of chemical cocktails are carried out in the EU, Codex Alimentations and the US.
Euromix has received eight million Euro in funding from the EU’s framework programme for research and innovation, Horizon 2020.
Story by Miriam Meister from the Technical University of Denmark
