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Tackling societal concerns on food contaminants: a perspective of the European Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals
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The use of chemicals in a wide range of products, from fields of
application as varied as biomedicine, agriculture, or food technology
has brought undeniable benefi ts to society. However, it is of utmost
importance to assess, control and minimize potential costs, in terms
of long-term impacts on human health and the environment quality.
Concerning both naturally produced (e.g., mycotoxins) and synthetic
chemicals (e.g., pesticides, residues from food contact materials) that
may contaminate food, there has been a world-wide eff ort to assess
and manage potential risks and put in place regulation to ensure food
safety. The European Partnership for the assessment of Risks from
Chemicals (PARC) aims to advance chemicals risk assessment and
management based on scientifi c evidence. Considering the relevance
of food products as a source of human exposure to a wide range
of contaminants, an overview of some approaches planned under
PARC to understand the societal concerns on food contaminants
through surveys, investigate the real exposure of citizens using human
biomonitoring, as well as their adverse eff ects through toxicological
studies using classical and more advanced in silico, in vitro, in vivo
models, will be briefl y presented. The joint eff ort of PARC and the
networking with other external research initiatives is expected to
expand the knowledge on food contaminants and reduce human
exposure with the ultimate goal of protecting public health.
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Food Contaminants Environmental Genotoxicity Chemicals Genotoxicidade Ambiental