Project description
Lower vertebrate assays for testing the effect of chemicals on human health
Many of the chemicals we use today may have a negative impact on the environment and on human health, possibly disrupting our endocrine system. To improve the identification and characterisation of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), we need to develop innovative screening tools. Scientists of the EU-funded ERGO project are putting forward an integrated approach that aims to extrapolate the effects of EDCs across different vertebrate classes. This means that if a chemical has adverse effects on fish, it may be dangerous for humans too. The ERGO approach envisions faster, safer and simpler hazard and risk assessment procedures.
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5230 Odense M
Denmark
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2000 Antwerpen
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8 Dublin
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
69117 Heidelberg
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69342 Lyon
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75007 Paris Cedex 07
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8000 Aarhus C
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67063 Ludwigshafen Am Rhein
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06844 Dessau-rosslau
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601 77 Brno
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75794 Paris
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Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.
75005 Paris
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04318 Leipzig
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75008 Paris
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12489 Berlin
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236 0027 Yokohama
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