Environmental exposures play a key role in the development of chronic diseases worldwide. EIRENE is a global research infrastructure that builds a coordinated network of laboratories, population studies, and databases to systematically map the human exposome – the totality of non-genetic factors influencing health over the life course.

May 2025

EHEN calls for policy action on environmental and health risks

The European Human Exposome Network (EHEN) has released a policy brief urging EU policymakers to take action to address the rising public health crisis caused by pollution, chemicals and environmental degradation. The policy brief highlights key findings from EHEN’s extensive research, emphasising that environmental factors, from air pollution to chemical exposure, significantly contribute to the burden of non-communicable diseases. It calls for targeted interventions and transformative policies that prioritise health and sustainability.

21 May 2025

Protecting children’s health – Addressing chemical exposures

Co-hosted by MEP Christophe Clergeau with support from the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), ATHLETE scientists from across Europe came to Brussels to brief policymakers on how they can protect children’s health from chemical exposures. Featuring the latest scientific findings from the ATHLETE project, the event focused on how EU policymakers can take action to address chemical pollution.

19 May 2025

Global Forum of the Group of Earth Observations 2025

„The Earth Talks“ was a motto of the 2025 Global Forum of the Group of Earth Observations (GEO) held on May 5-9 in the Auditorium della Tecnica in Rome. GEO brought together all elements of our society – from ministers and global leaders to citizens – to harness Earth Intelligence to empower informed and ambitious actions to ensure food security, restore ecosystems, prevent disasters, and confront the triple planetary crisis, transforming the Sustainable Development Goals into an achievable reality.

16 May 2025

The Moonshot Forum laid the foundation for translating the concept of the exposome into public health practice

Comprehensive characterization of human exposome - a first step to translate its potential into medicine and public health practice - demands a coordinated international effort involving governments, organizations, scientists, funders, the technology sector and the public. The Exposome Moonshot Forum held in the Bloomberg Centre in Wahington, D.C. in May 12-15, 2025 aimed to gather these diverse stakeholders to collaboratively translate the exposome from concept to utility.

5 May 2025

EIRENE's and PARC's side event on COPs 2025

The RECETOX Centre has been operating at the science-to-policy interface at the national, European and global levels for two decades. As the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre (SCRC) for capacity building and technology transfer it supports the implementation of the global conventions protecting human health from the chemical risks and presents its activities at the Conferences of Parties of these conventions at the regular basis.

30 Apr 2025

“Human Exposome Research: Potential, Limitations, and Public Policy Implications,” commissioned by the European Parliament’s Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA)

This report explores how exposomics can play a transformative role in tackling today’s pressing societal challenges, from cities health, chemical safety to climate adaptation, child development, occupational (Career) risk, and clinical care.

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Upcoming Events

ICRI 2026 | Rome

In person

Conference

2 – 4 Dec

The International Conference on Research Infrastructures (ICRI) is the flagship global forum for strategic dialogue and international cooperation on research infrastructures (RIs). It brings together scientists, policymakers, RI directors and operators, funding organizations and industry to share best practices, align priorities, and help shape the future of the world’s most advanced facilities, services, and data ecosystems.

EIRENE BGR Meeting | Rome

In person

meeting

2 Dec 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Following the inaugural meeting of the Board of Governmental Representatives (BGR), EIRENE convenes its next BGR meeting in Rome to review progress towards ERIC establishment, discuss governance and strategic developments, and align on key actions supporting the implementation phase. The meeting will provide an opportunity for representatives of participating countries to guide EIRENE's transition and contribute to preparations for its future ERIC operations.

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Vision and Mission

EIRENE's mission is to establish a sustainable research infrastructure enabling the advancement of exposome research in Europe by bringing together complementary capacities available in the member states, harmonizing them and upgrading to address current scientific and societal challenges in the areas of chemical exposures and population health.

EIRENE's vision is to mediate an open access to the infrastructures supporting a world-class research expanding the scientific knowledge in the area of human exposome, supporting the development of new technologies and translation of the research results to the daily lives of citizens via public-private (industry, spin-offs) or public-public (policy-making) partnerships in order to tackle a problem of non- genetic factors behind the development of chronic conditions and to improve the population health.