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18 Dec. 2024
LRI Marks 25 Years of Advancing Chemical Safety Assessments
LRI has transformed ambitious ideas into actionable solutions, delivering tools, methodologies, and insights trusted by industry, academia, and regulatory bodies worldwide. These efforts have delivered tangible impacts— advancing chemical safety assessments.
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4 Dec. 2024
LRI Celebrates 25 Years of Pioneering Chemical Safety & Sustainability
LRI has released an anniversary book which traces the programme’s journey in advancing chemical safety by showcasing its achievements and the programme's vision for the future.
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30 May. 2024
Cefic-LRI Launches New Funding Opportunities for Research on Microplastics, Mixtures Exposure, and Polymers
The Long-range Research Initiative (LRI) program of the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) is now accepting grant applications for research in the following areas: How plastic fabrication impacts the breakdown of plastics into micro and nanoplastics? How microplastics and nanoplastics […]
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25 Jan. 2024
Unlocking Innovation: ECETOC and Cefic-LRI’s Call for Collaborative Research Ideas
In 2024, ECETOC (the Centre for Chemical Safety Assessment) and Cefic-LRI (Long-Range Research Initiative) are teaming up once again to host their joint Scoping Meeting, on 24-25 September 2024, in Brussels. This meeting serves as a platform for experts to […]
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21 Dec. 2023
End of year message from Cefic-LRI
At Cefic-LRI, next year holds special significance as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of our commitment to chemical safety. What did 2023 bring us? Reflecting on the past year, highlights include the introduction of a new Cefic-LRI Manager, Dr Katherine […]
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9 Oct. 2023
Welcoming Katherine Santizo: The New Cefic-LRI Programme Manager
We are delighted to announce that Katherine Santizo has assumed the role of Cefic-LRI Programme Manager. With a comprehensive research background spanning various academic and industrial disciplines, including environmental chemistry, materials science, fluid dynamics, contaminant fate and transport, as well […]
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26 Jul. 2023
Research Update: a study has investigated the factors influencing breast development
A study conducted by the University of Milan, supported by Cefic-LRI, has investigated the factors influencing breast development. According to their findings, mothers who have a high weight, give birth for the first time, or gain weight early in pregnancy […]
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28 Jun. 2023
Are you doing research into the impact of chemicals on health and environment? Then check out our new funding opportunity.
The Long-range Research Initiative (LRI) programme of the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) is now accepting grant applications to carry out research in the following areas: Improving testing on how polymers break down naturally in the environment; Investigating how polymers […]
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27 Apr. 2023
A New Tool for Assessing Chemical Persistence in the Environment
Cefic Long-Range Research Initiative (LRI) and the European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) contributed to the development of a new Persistence Assessment Tool launched by Ricardo, a global environmental and engineering consulting company. This software-based tool aims […]
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12 Aug. 2022
Advancing on Chemical Risk Evaluations
Significant investments in research over many years to improve the understanding of how chemicals can cause toxicity have generated new methods to predict and identify hazards of chemicals. While considerable progress has been made, this effort is still halfway to […]
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