Actionable eUropean ROadmap for early-life health Risk Assessment of micro- and nanoplastics

Project Information

AURORA

Grant agreement ID: 964827

DOI 10.3030/964827

EC signature date 2 February 2021

Start date 1 April 2021

End date 31 March 2026

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and well-being

Total cost € 5 996 315,00

EU contribution € 5 996 315,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM UTRECHT
Netherlands

Deliverables

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Sample pre-processing workflow and standard operating procedures for measuring MNPs in complex human sample matrices

A report describing workflows and SOPs using the optimized methods – describing the effects of sample treatments on 1) formation of secondary NPs and 2) effects of these treatments on NP, which may react differently than the larger MNPs.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Database of spectroscopic and morphological fingerprints of aged MNPs

Database on the chemical and morphological changes occurring during NP formation, as well as on the surface of the parent plastic. This will provide a key deliverable supporting MNP risk assessment through developing a database of signatures for in-depth characterization of MNPs.

Documents, reports (1)

Cluster brochure

Leaflet describing the cluster activities and participating projects

Publications

Other (4)

Experimental human placental models for studying uptake, transport and toxicity of micro- and nanoplastics

Author(s): Hanna M. Dusza a 1, Jeske van Boxel b 1, Majorie B.M. van Duursen b, Markus M. Forsberg c, Juliette Legler a, Kirsi H. Vähäkangas c
Published in: Elsevier ScienceDirect, Issue volume 860, 20 february 2023, 2023, Page(s) 160403
Publisher: Elsevier, Science direct

Progress Towards an Accurate Detection, Characterization, and Exposure Assessment of Micro and Nanoplastics to Support Risk Assessments for Early Life Health Within the AURORA Project

Author(s): Mandemaker, Laurens D. B.; Dusza, Hanna; Meirer, Florian; van Boxel, Jesker; van Duursen, Majorie; Forsberg, Markus; Legler, Juliette; Vähäkangas, Kirsi; Zimmermann, Lisa
Published in: online: https://zenodo.org/records/7968133 - online brochure/poster, Issue May 25, 2023 - v1, 2023
Publisher: zenodo.org & AURORA/CUSP
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7968132

Spectro‐Microscopic Techniques for Studying Nanoplastics in the Environment and in Organisms

Author(s): Laurens D. B. Mandemaker; Florian Meirer
Published in: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, Issue October 24, 2022, 2022
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202210494

CUSP Brochure

Author(s): CUSP
Published in: ZENODO, Issue January 12, 2022, 2022
Publisher: CUSP: www.cusp-research.eu
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5837595