CEFIC calls for proposals for five LRI projects

The European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) has issued a call for proposals for five projects under its Long-range Research Initiative (LRI). The projects include:

• Threshold of toxicological concern for inhalation exposure
• The capacity of the endocrine system to cope with combined exposure to exogenous endocrine active substances at environmentally relevant concentrations
• Comparison of natural and synthetic endocrine active compounds – assessment of potential combinatory effects
• Evaluation of test methods for measuring toxicity to sediment organisms
• Toxicogenomics as mechanistic readouts from in vitro studies

The deadline for proposals to be submitted is 31 August 2010.

• CEFIC statement