Advancing knowledge on the impacts of micro- and nanoplastics on human health

Expected Outcome:
This topic aims at supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to one or several expected impacts of destination “Living and working in a health-promoting environment”. To that end, proposals under this topic should aim to deliver results that are directed, tailored and contributing to most of the following expected outcomes:

• Environmental and health policies reducing exposure to micro- and nanoplastics and preventing their potential health impacts are supported with up-to-date scientific evidence, standards, tools and methodologies;
  Public authorities and the scientific community have access to FAIR[1] data on realistic human exposures to micro- and nanoplastics and their potential impacts on human health based on real-world scenarios across living and working environments;
• Citizens are informed about the impacts of exposure to micro- and nanoplastics on health and adopt behaviours protecting health and reducing human impacts on the environment;
  Industry is supported in the assessment of products’ safety and sustainability;
• Existing major knowledge gaps in the understanding of the health impacts of exposure to micro- and nanoplastics are filled and mitigation measures based on robust evidence are promoted;
• Public authorities and regulators are supported with evidence-based guidance to design health policies.

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