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CEFIC
Long Range Initiative.
The Long-range Research Initiative (LRI) is a
research programme that provides science-based
information to help protect health and the environment.
Launched in 1999, LRI funds independent research
into the interaction between chemicals, human
health and the environment.
LRI is a global programme
of the chemical industry that sets out to identify
and fill gaps in our understanding of the hazards
posed by chemicals and to improve the techniques
available for assessing the associated risks.
For more information, go to www.cefic-lri.org
(Posted 11 February 2004)
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EPA
AND AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL ANNOUNCE $2 MILLION
TO DEVELOP ADVANCED POLLUTION EXPOSURE MODELS
To better protect human health and the environment,
EPA and the American Chemistry Council (ACC) will
provide $2 million over the next three years for
research grants to develop innovative statistical
methods and models of human exposure to pollutants.
Human health and ecological risk assessments are
key elements in EPA policy development, and a
risk assessment’s quality is directly related
to the caliber of the models used to extrapolate
laboratory data to humans or to track movement
of pollutants through the environment. Dr. Paul
Gilman, Assistant Administrator of EPA’s Office
of Research and Development, has directed the
Agency to continuously update and refine the science
that underpins EPA’s assessment work. In 2003,
EPA, as part of its Science to Achieve Results
grant program, and the American Chemistry Council,
through its Long-Range Research Initiative, signed
a Memorandum of Understanding to develop joint
Requests for Applications (RFAs) in research areas
of mutual interest. This request for applications
is the first joint effort under the agreement
and should fund five to ten grants. Examples of
the types of research to be funded are: modeling
of pollutant exposure by demographics such as
age, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic status,
or urban versus rural location; modeling of multi-pathway
exposures by linking information about contaminant
source, transport, and human interactions with
their environment; analysis of biological and
behavioral factors that contribute to individual
differences in exposure to pollutants. Additional
information about the RFA is available at: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/partners/acc/2003envstat_acc.html.
For more information about the EPA/ACC partnership,
go to: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/partners/acc/.
(Posted 28 August 2003)
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