Identification and quantification of emerging organic contaminants in the Czech aquatic ecosystem and food market supply. With focus on perfluorianted alkylated compounds
Public support
Provider
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Programme
EEA/Norwegian Financial Mechanism
Call for proposals
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Main participants
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Contest type
RP - Co-financing of EC programme
Contract ID
3098/2010-32
Alternative language
Project name in Czech
Identification and quantification of emerging organic contaminants in the Czech aquatic ecosystem and food market supply. With focus on perfluorianted alkylated compounds
Annotation in Czech
The here presented project aims to investigate the presence and distribution of perfuorinated alkylated compounds (PFC) in selected represented Czech environmental / food samples collected from aqueous environments. Perfluorinated chemicals have been identified internationally as high priority persistent organic pollutants and are currently evaluated as priority monitoring compounds for the international UNEP Stockholm convention on global restriction of POPs. PFC can enter the environment via the aquatic environment after accidental spillage, use and disposal of PFC treated consumer products or as emissions of manufactures and industry, as well as through atmospheric transport of precursors. People are exposed directly through contaminated food itemsor beverages as well as direct skin contact via impregnated outdoor clothing and other impregnated textiles and ingestion of dust. Except for PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonate), PFC are not yet regulated as contaminants in food through regulation measureswithin the European Union. However, international regulations are highly overdue due to the well documented toxicological as well as ecotoxcicological effects of many PFC in various environmental biosystems as well as humans. The here presented study aims at contributing significantly to the national and international scientific knowledge on PFC in the Czech food basket. The project team will - Develop and optimize new ultra-trace analytical methods for the compound specific quantification of selected PFC compounds. - Evaluate potential hazardous effects of PFC on humans and environment through own investigations as well a literature studies. - Provide effective knowledge and method transfer between involved analytical laboratories in Norway and the Czech Republic
Scientific branches
R&D category
ZV - Basic research
CEP classification - main branch
GM - Food industry
CEP - secondary branch
CB - Analytical chemistry, separation
CEP - another secondary branch
DJ - Pollution and water control
OECD FORD - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)
10406 - Analytical chemistry<br>10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)<br>21101 - Food and beverages
Completed project evaluation
Provider evaluation
U - Uspěl podle zadání (s publikovanými či patentovanými výsledky atd.)
Project results evaluation
Following the condition that the candidate of financial contribution was evaluated and afterwards selected by international provider in accordance with the rules of the program the Ministry of Education, Youth ans Sports does not realize the evaluation of project results. The project is evaluated only after its approval by an international provider
Solution timeline
Realization period - beginning
Jun 1, 2009
Realization period - end
Dec 31, 2010
Project status
U - Finished project
Latest support payment
May 11, 2010
Data delivery to CEP
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data delivery code
CEP11-MSM-7F-U/01:1
Data delivery date
Jun 30, 2011
Finance
Total approved costs
291 thou. CZK
Public financial support
291 thou. CZK
Other public sources
0 thou. CZK
Non public and foreign sources
0 thou. CZK