REVAMP · Reference materials and methods for emerging pollutants

Reference materials and methods for emerging pollutants

Each year, the chemical industry issues some 2 000 new chemicals. How these new chemicals will eventually impact humans and the environment remains unknown due to the limited efficiency of the chemical metrology sector. It is therefore necessary to improve the capacity of the sector. The EU-funded REVAMP (Reference materials and validated methods for emerging pollutants) project will offer innovative training to four early-stage researchers (ESRs). It will propose scalable solutions that rapidly identify, develop, produce and implement new certified reference materials and methods for assessing new and existing chemical compounds, for chlorinated paraffins (CPs) and perfluorinated alkyl compounds (PFAS). The ESRs will combine scientific research and industrial practice to solve specific challenges at the interface of organic and analytical chemistry and toxicology. The REVAMP project aims to provide cutting-edge training to four young researchers in the field of chemical metrology – fostering enhanced sustainability of the chemical metrology sector. This will be achieved through the development of scalable solutions to rapidly identify, develop, produce and deploy new certified analytical standards (CRMs) and methods for the assessment of the huge amount of existing and emerging chemical compounds with toxicity potential used in several (high volume) applications (as it is the case for CPs), used as flame retardants in plastics, and poly- and PFASs. Together, the ESRs will combine academic research and industrial knowledge to overcome specific challenges at the interface of organic and analytical chemistry and toxicology, applied to the chemical metrology cycle, including: i) screening of target compounds, ii) development of CRMs and methods, iii) large production of CRMs and toxicological assessment, iv) validation and v) market deployment. REVAMP training is implemented via close collaboration of leading organisations and includes a mobility plan based on secondments of ESRs between both the academic and industrial participants.

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