BioPlast4Safe
Biomonitoring of biodegradable micro and nanoplastics: from the environment to humans in a one health perspective
The BioPlast4Safe Project is financed, from 2023 to 2026, by the National Plan for Complementary Investments (PNC) to the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), as part of Investment 1.4 dedicated to the promotion and financing of applied research with multidisciplinary approaches in specific areas of health-environment-climate intervention, of which the Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Health Prevention is the implementing body.
It promotes the study of the characteristics, fate and potential toxicological and ecotoxicological effects of plastics, with a specific focus on biodegradable polymers as a potential strategy for mitigating plastic pollution.
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The overall objective is to improve the quality, scope and efficiency of risk assessment for human health and the environment in relation to products deriving from the plastics industry, with the potential for environmental and health impact assessment.
The strong multidisciplinarity of the skills envisaged by the Project aims at promotion, development and support actions for applied research and European and national policies and regulations on the production, trade and regulation of plastics as well as on the monitoring of their possible impacts on human health and environment, pursuing the "from science to action" logic.
The Partnership, in addition to the Campania Region as leader, sees the involvement of: ISPRA, Istituto Superiore di Sanità - ISS, Anton Dohrn Zoological Station - SZN, National Research Center - CNR and University of Naples Federico II - UNINA, Lazio and Emilia-Romagna Regions , legally represented by the ARPA Lazio Agency and the University Hospital of Parma.
Data start project: 18/1/2023 Data end project: 31/12/2026