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19 Jun 2025

EIRENE Represented by RECETOX at the OEWG Science-Policy Panel

Uruguay hosted the final negotiation round of the Open-ended Working Group on the Science-Policy Panel. This panel is being established to strengthen the science-policy interface in support of the sound management of chemicals and waste, and to prevent pollution.The panel is expected to play a pivotal role in providing expert scientific input to policy processes—similar to the functions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

17 Jun 2025

EIRENE at 3rd ESFRI Stakeholder Forum Meetup

In the second week of June, the 3rd ESFRI Stakeholder Forum Meetup was organised in cooperation with the Polish presidency. The Forum, with the key topic of "Sustainability of the Research Infrastructure ecosystem", aimed to discuss ideas and best practices regarding the enhancement of the quality and sustainability of Research Infrastructures, foster trust and cooperation among stakeholders, and promote integration within the R&I ecosystem, including building effective synergies with Technology Infrastructures.

11 Jun 2025

Post-Forum Press Release

Washington, D.C., June 2025: In a defining moment for global public health and the fight against chronic disease, more than 350 leading scientists, policy makers, ethicists, journalists and civil society representatives from over 50 countries and 150 major organizations gathered at the inaugural Human Exposome Moonshot Forum

June 2025

"Human exposome forum marks historic step forward," Reports Environmental Factor, the Online Journal of NIEHS

The NIH announced the launch of the Global Exposome Forum, marking the first discovery-driven, international initiative dedicated to understanding how environmental exposures and lifestyle factors influence human health (Exposome Moonshot Forum, Washington Declaration) As part of this global effort, the European Infrastructure project EIRENE and the International Human Exposome Network (IHEN) were acknowledged as key partners, alongside the U.S.-based Network for Exposomics (NEXUS), in advancing collaborative research and innovation in exposomics.

27 May 2025

EOSC National Tripartite Event: Czech Republic

BRNO — The 2025 National Tripartite Event (NTE) of the Czech Republic took place in Brno on 21 May 2025, as part of the Research Data Days. The opening keynote was delivered by Jana Klanová, focusing on EIRENE and its data requirements. Her presentation highlighted EIRENE as a compelling example of the importance of interdisciplinary data integration, emphasizing the need for high-quality, harmonized data to support impactful research.The event featured a panel discussion dedicated to the future of EOSC along with several sessions on data-related topics that highlighted activities of Czech actors, with special emphasis on the role of Artificial Intelligence and research infrastructures.

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

Exposome-NL | Exposome & preventative health

At the first Exposome-NL conference, Joline Beulens, member of Executive Board, reflects on the nascent and transformative field of exposome research. Why it's important, the steps needed to establish associations with health outcomes and where will we be in 8 years time, the end of term of the Exposome-NL programme.

January 2025

Exposome research: What really makes us sick!

Benedikt Warth from the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Vienna explains how novel technologies are being developed to analyze hundreds to thousands of substances simultaneously and link them to health risks. It is not just about individual substances, but also their interactions – so-called synergisms – which are of great importance for toxicology and our well-being.

4 Dec 2024

ICRI 2024, Australia: Using RI to investigate and document the impacts of the environment on human health

This session from the the International Conference on Research Infrastructures (ICRI) explores how environmental, social, and climate-related factors influence human health — and the critical role of global collaboration in research infrastructures. Experts from across the globe discuss translating exposome science into action, integrating Indigenous knowledge, and shaping future infrastructure needs to tackle complex health challenges.

July 2024

How a lifetime of exposures impact health – exposome explained

Exposomics study of the fascinating interplay between the cumulative effects of external exposures on a person's body and genes. Konstantinos Lazaridis and Gary Miller explain why you need to recognize that people are exposed to hundreds or thousands of things per day, and why it’s important to study that complexity. The experts are featured on Tomorrow's Cure, a Mayo Clinic podcast that is bringing the future of healthcare to the present.

April 2024

RECETOX | 40 years on a path toward a healthy future

For four decades, RECETOX has studied the complex relationship between humans and the environment, building knowledge and understanding about the environmental and health risks linked to toxic substances to create a healthier, safer, and more sustainable future for all.

March 2023

Exposome | UMC Utrecht

The exposome is a concept that links non-genetic factors of health and measures all of a person's exposures throughout life and the relationship of those exposures to health effects. Most diseases are complex - the exposome is about assessing the complex interactions between all exposures throughout the life course and also developing methods to do this. The exposome reinforces the idea that each person's disease is the product of their individual history of exposures superimposed on their underlying genetic susceptibility.

February 2023

ATHLETE Project | Interview with project coordinator Martine Vrijheid

ATHLETE (Advancing Tools for Human Early Lifecourse Exposome Research and Translation) is a European-funded project that aims to better understand and prevent health effects of numerous environmental hazards and their mixtures, starting from the earliest stages of life.
The project aims to develop a human exposome toolbox that can be used to evaluate the effects of a large number of environmental exposures in individuals, as well as in communities, in order to design policies and interventions to prevent or reduce their health impact.

June 2022