Assessing population health from exposure to tobacco-specific carcinogens in Belgium using an innovative wastewater-based epidemiology approach

Información del proyecto

APOLLO

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 749845

DOI

10.3030/749845

Proyecto finalizado el 31 Marzo 2018

Fecha de la firma de la CE 22 Febrero 2017

Fecha de inicio 1 Abril 2017

Fecha de finalización 31 Marzo 2019

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coste total

€ 160 800,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 160 800,00

Coordinado por

UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN
Belgium

Objetivo

Tobacco smoking is the major cause of many chronic diseases, especially cancer. Knowledge on population exposure to tobacco smoking is essential to characterise the population health. National questionnaire surveys are currently the main source of population tobacco smoking. However, surveys have clear limitations due to its dependence on true self-reported usage and representativeness of the whole population. International comparison of surveyed data is also restricted due to different questionnaire formats among nations. An additional approach allowing more objective, efficient and near real-time assessment is necessary to address this important societal issue. Hence, the project APOLLO aims at developing and validating an innovative approach, wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), for assessing population exposure to tobacco and its related carcinogens in the community. This involves analysis of raw wastewater from targeted communities for tobacco-specific biomarkers of exposure and cancer risk (the tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) and their metabolites). The project comprises three main objectives: (1) development and validation of the WBE methodology; (2) evaluation of TSNA and metabolite levels in wastewater from different Belgian communities; (3) assessment of population health from exposure to tobacco-specific carcinogens in Belgium. The completion of the project will advance our knowledge on factual and near-real-time assessment of population exposure to these carcinogens from community to national and international levels using WBE as a standardised approach. This will be also a valuable tool to evaluate the efficacy of intervention actions against tobacco smoking and its related diseases in the population and specific community e.g. prisons, high schools. This project will promote my career prospect with enhanced interdisciplinary network and research mobility in Europe.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• ciencias naturales › ciencias químicas › química analítica
• ingeniería y tecnología › ingeniería ambiental › procesos de tratamiento de aguas › procesos de tratamiento de agua residual
• ciencias médicas y de la salud › ciencias de la salud › salud pública y medio ambiental › epidemiología
• ciencias naturales › ciencias de la tierra y ciencias ambientales conexas › hidrología
• ciencias médicas y de la salud › medicina clínica › oncología

Palabras clave

• wastewater analysis
• biomarkers
• exposure
• tobacco smoking
• carcinogens

Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions PROGRAMA PRINCIPAL
  
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
  

Tema(s)

• MSCA-IF-2016 - Individual Fellowships
  

Régimen de financiación

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-MSCA-IF-2016

Coordinador

UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 160 800,00
• Dirección: PRINSSTRAAT 13 ; 2000 Antwerpen ; Bélgica
• Región: Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Antwerpen › Arr. Antwerpen
• Tipo de actividad: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Coste total: € 160 800,00