The European Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC) aims to advance research, share knowledge and improve skills in chemical risk assessment. It will help support the European Union's Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, paving the way for the "zero pollution" ambition announced in the European Green Deal.
The partnership encompasses all aspects of chemical risk assessment, aiming in particular to:
- better anticipate emerging risks,
- better account for combined risks,
- underpin the concrete implementation of new orientations in European public policies to safeguard health and the environment in response to important issues for health, the ecology and citizens' expectations.
The results will help launch European and national strategies to reduce risks posed by hazardous chemicals to health and the environment. Further on they will help to reduce animal testing and implement strategies for next-generation risk assessment.
PARC is a co-funded Partnership under Horizon Europe.
