Emerging Contaminants (EmerCon)
Identification and quantification of emerging organic contaminants in the Czech aquatic ecosystem and food market supply.
With focus on perfluorinated alkylated compounds (PFC): EMERCON
Donor of the grant: | National Training Fund Norway Grants & EEA Grants - Research Support Fund |
Focus area of research: | 4.3 R&D in food safety and quality |
Registration number of the project: | A/CZ0046/2/0026 |
MAIN GOAL
The here presented project aims to provide the first thorough data collection on fish contamination by PFC, not only predominant PFOS and PFOA but also other PFC compounds, in the Czech Republic, including complete data of the range of fresh water fish species contamination, both free living and aquaculture species.
Since no data on PFC levels in food from the Czech market are available, monitoring of PFC levels in selected food products will also be performed and an assessment of the daily intake of PFC by humans due to the consumption of fish and various food products will be provided to receive the first data in the Czech Republic on the PFC contaminated food related risks.
Appropriate analytical methods will be developed and applied enabling an assessment of the spreading of PFC in fish in water bodies of the Czech Republic and selected food products at the Czech market. These methodologies will be available for other analytical labs involved in the project and all interested regulatory bodies and other stakeholders in the Czech Republic.
Last update: 29.06.2011
Subprojekt je financován Finančními mechanizmy EHP a Norska a státním rozpočtem České republiky prostřednictvím Fondu pro podporu výzkumu.
The sub-project has been supported from the EEA/Norway Grants and the Czech Republic state budget by means of the Research Support Fund.