Objetivo Abstract Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) have recently gained socio-economic and scientific interest because they have been found in biota from remote areas as well as in blood from humans. PFCs constitute a newly emanating group of environmental contamina nts, with physico-chemical as well as toxicological properties different from those of other halogenated compounds. Their possible sources and environmental routes are currently unknown for the most part, mainly due to a lack of physicochemical property da ta and reliable detection methods. The information on the prevalence of PFCs in the European environ- ment is scattered and incomplete and does not include all environmental compartments, in contrast to more elaborate ongoing monitoring and assessment prog rams in North America. The PERFORCE project has the aim to bring the European scientific arena in this field to a level that can match with current developments across the Atlantic Ocean. The major objectives of the project are to introduce and evaluate ne w chemical and biological techniques and tools to assess the occurrence and distribution of PFCs in the European ecosystems, to reveal the sources and routes of PFCs, and to determine experimentally their key environmental properties. In this way a reliabl e exposure assessment of PFCs can be made as a final deliverable of the project This exposure assessment will, together with ongoing hazard assessment and toxicity testing elsewhere, enable a proper environmental risk assessment of PFCs to be made in the n earby future. Ámbito científico natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistrynatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemssocial sciencessociologygovernancecrisis management Palabras clave Coastal ecosystems Environmental risks Exposure assessment Marine environment impact Programa(s) FP6-POLICIES - Policy support: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Tema(s) NEST-2003-2 - Insight activities Convocatoria de propuestas FP6-2003-NEST-A Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinador UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Spui 21 AMSTERDAM Países Bajos Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Participantes (5) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo DU PONT DE NEMOURS (BELGIUM) BVBA Bélgica Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección A. Spinoystraat 6 MECHELEN Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos NETHERLANDS INSTITUUT VOOR VISSERIJ ONDERZOEK Países Bajos Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Haringkade 1 IJMUIDEN Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos NORSK INSTITUTT FOR LUFTFORSKNING Noruega Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Instituttsveien 18 KJELLER Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET Suecia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Universitetsvägen 10 STOCKHOLM Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN Bélgica Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Prinsstraat 13 ANTWERP Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos
