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  1. Environmental toxicants and child development

    Environmental toxicants and child development

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    Environmental toxicants can affect a child's development as early as the foetal stage. The NeuroTox and MoBa-PlastChem projects contribute to insights on how certain chemicals impact development during this vulnerable phase and how this relates to health development in childhood and adolescence.
    Article
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  2. MoBa-PlastChem: Prenatal exposure to plastic chemicals and reproductive health in children and adolescents from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study

    MoBa-PlastChem: Prenatal exposure to plastic chemicals and reproductive health in children and adolescents from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study

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    The purpose of this study is to investigate whether prenatal exposure to environmental toxicants, originating from plastic production or products, is associated with reproductive health problems in children and adolescents.
    Project
    foster med navlestreng i en runding. Plastgjenstander som roterer rundt fosteret
  3. «European Test and Risk Assessment Strategies for Mixtures (EuroMix) – a human biomonitoring study

    «European Test and Risk Assessment Strategies for Mixtures (EuroMix) – a human biomonitoring study

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    The Horizon 2020 EuroMix project aims to provide validated test strategies for the hazard and exposure assessments of chemical mixtures.
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  4. Prenatal exposure to toxicants and childhood neurodevelopmental disorders and cognitive functions (NEUROTOX)

    Prenatal exposure to toxicants and childhood neurodevelopmental disorders and cognitive functions (NEUROTOX)

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    To investigate if prenatal exposure to environmental toxicants disrupts normal fetal brain development, acting through thyroid and epigenetic mechanisms.
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  5. Alternatives to animal testing: New Approach Methodologies (NAMs)

    Alternatives to animal testing: New Approach Methodologies (NAMs)

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    Our focus lies in revolutionising toxicological assessment through the development of innovative New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) and advancing our understanding of environmental chemicals and their impact on human health.
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  6. Intrauterine environmental exposures and pregnancy outcomes

    Intrauterine environmental exposures and pregnancy outcomes

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    This project will investigate whether various intrauterine environmental factors have a causal effect on pregnancy complications by using genetic markers as instrumental variables.
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  7. Plasma concentrations of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in pregnant women and the association with child's prenatal and postnatal growth.

    Plasma concentrations of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in pregnant women and the association with child's prenatal and postnatal growth.

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    We will investigate how exposure to PFAS during pregnancy can affect fetal growth within a large meta-analysis of European birth cohorts.
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  8. Mapping of exposure to unwanted substances

    Mapping of exposure to unwanted substances

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    The NIPH has established the Environmental Biobank where we collect blood and urine samples from people living in Norway.
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  9. Advanced platform for chemical analyses

    Advanced platform for chemical analyses

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    An important task in PARC is to monitor the European population's exposure to unwanted substances.
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  10. Relationship between exposure and health outcomes

    Relationship between exposure and health outcomes

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    At PARC, we are investigating the association between chemical concentrations measured in humans and their various health effects.
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  11. Norwegian children have many environmental contaminants in their bodies

    Norwegian children have many environmental contaminants in their bodies

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    Children and adolescents have many environmental contaminants in their bodies, with a large proportion having higher levels of Bisphenol A (BPA) and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) than are considered safe, according to a new report from the Norwegian Institu
    Research findings
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  12. Prenatal exposure to toxicants and childhood neurodevelopmental disorders and cognitive functions (NeuroTox)

    Prenatal exposure to toxicants and childhood neurodevelopmental disorders and cognitive functions (NeuroTox)

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    Do maternal blood levels of perfluoroalkyl substances and different metals (e.g. mercury, lead, and arsenic) during pregnancy have negative effects on neurodevelopment in children?
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  13. Plasma concentration of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in relation to menstrual characteristics

    Plasma concentration of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in relation to menstrual characteristics

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    Our project will allow an enhanced assessment of why menses-related outcomes are related to PFAS concentrations.
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  14. Pre- and postnatal exposure to a mixture of dietary contaminants and weight development at 3, 5 and 8 years.

    Pre- and postnatal exposure to a mixture of dietary contaminants and weight development at 3, 5 and 8 years.

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    This project will study how prenatal exposure to contaminants are associated with growth and weight development in children until the age of 8 years.
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  15. Breast milk and environmental pollutants in Norway - fact sheet

    Breast milk and environmental pollutants in Norway - fact sheet

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    As well as nutrients and other useful substances, breast milk also contains environmental pollutants. The amount of several types of environmental pollutants in breast milk has decreased significantly in recent decades.
    Article
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  16. Methods and tools for assessing chemical exposure in humans: protocol for a systematic scoping review

    Methods and tools for assessing chemical exposure in humans: protocol for a systematic scoping review

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    The vision of ONTOX is to provide a functional and sustainable solution for advancing human risk assessment of chemicals without the use of animals in line with the principles of 21st century toxicity testing and next generation risk assessment.
    Project
  17. About PARC

    About PARC

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    The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) is participating in a large EU research partnership to improve chemical risk assessment, called PARC.
    Article
    FHI deltar i PARC, EUs nye forskningspartnerskap om kjemisk risikovurdering
  18. Ontology-driven and artificial intelligence-based repeated dose toxicity testing of chemicals for next generation risk assessment (ONTOX)

    Ontology-driven and artificial intelligence-based repeated dose toxicity testing of chemicals for next generation risk assessment (ONTOX)

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    ONTOX will deliver a generic strategy to create innovative new approach methodologies (NAMs) in order to predict systemic repeated dose toxicity effects that, upon combination with tailored exposure assessment, will enable human risk assessment.
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  19. Risks of microplastic and nanoplastic particles (POLYRISK)

    Risks of microplastic and nanoplastic particles (POLYRISK)

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    Understanding human exposure and health hazard of micro- and nanoplastic contaminants in our environment
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  20. Energy-efficient light bulbs or fluorescent tubes: what to do if they break

    Energy-efficient light bulbs or fluorescent tubes: what to do if they break

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    Energy-efficient light bulbs and fluorescent tubes contain small amounts of mercury. If they break, mercury is released. This causes a minimal health risk, but dispose of all the glass and mercury carefully.
    Article
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  21. The CATCH-UP project: The impact of pre- and postnatal exposure to mixtures of environmental toxicants on catch-up growth, obesity and cardio-metabolic health in children

    The CATCH-UP project: The impact of pre- and postnatal exposure to mixtures of environmental toxicants on catch-up growth, obesity and cardio-metabolic health in children

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    The overall objective of the project is to study the potential effects of exposure to mixtures of toxicants during vulnerable life stages on child growth and weight status.
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  22. Miljøfaktorer og helseutfall i populasjonsbaserte helseundersøkelser (HEALS)

    Miljøfaktorer og helseutfall i populasjonsbaserte helseundersøkelser (HEALS)

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    Mennesker utsettes for påvirkning fra omgivelsene under hele livsløpet. Alt fra miljøgifter og luftforurensing til eksponering i fosterlivet kan ha betydning for senere helse.
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  23. MoBa tannstudien

    MoBa tannstudien

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    This study will use the child's baby teeth collected in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Study (MoBa) to investigate the connection between environmental exposure and the development of disease in children.
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  24. EXIMIOUS - Mapping Exposure-Induced Immune Effects: Connecting the Exposome and the Immunome

    EXIMIOUS - Mapping Exposure-Induced Immune Effects: Connecting the Exposome and the Immunome

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    We will build a multifaceted toolbox to help assess the impact of the exposome on the immune system at the level of individuals and populations.
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  25. Dietary habits contribute to environmental contaminant levels in the body

    Dietary habits contribute to environmental contaminant levels in the body

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    In a new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, researchers studied how diet affects the levels of environmental contaminants in pregnant women and children.
    Research findings
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