Optimized Strategies for Risk Assessment
of Industrial Chemicals through Integration
of Non-Test and Test Information

Useful Links

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REACH

European Commission: The New EU Chemicals Legislation REACH
European Commission: What is REACH?
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
European Chemicals Bureau: REACH Implementation Projects (RIPs)
ECHA: Guidance Documents
REACH Informationsportal [in German]
REACH-Net [in German]

European Virtual Institute for Speciation Analysis (EVISA): Information on REACH

CORDIS / Framework 6 / Framework 7

Community Research & Development Information Service (CORDIS)
Sixth Framework Programme
FP6 Global Change and Ecosystems
Seventh Framework Programme
FP7 Environment - including Climate change

QSAR (Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship)

European Chemicals Bureau: Computational Toxicology

Risk assessment

RA-Courses: International training courses in health risk assessment
European Toxicology Risk Assessment Training Programme - TRISK

Related EU Projects

ACuteTox

An In-Vitro Test Strategy for Predicting Human Acute Toxicity

ALARM

Assessing Large Scale Risks for Biodiversity with Tested Methods

CADASTER

CAse studies on the Development and Application of in-Silico Techniques for Environmental hazard and Risk assessment

CAESAR

Computer Assisted Evaluation of Industrial Chemical Substances According to Regulations

CASCADE

Chemicals as Contaminants in the Food Chain - A Network of Excellence for Research, Risk Assessment and Education

DEMETRA

Development of Environmental Modules for Evaluation of Toxicity of Pesticide Residues in Agriculture

ERAPharm

Environmental Risk Assessment of Pharmaceuticals

EUROECOTOX

European Network for Alternative Testing Strategies in Ecotoxicology (FP7 coordinated action)

INTARESE

Integrated Assessment of Health Risks of Environmental Stressors in Europe

MODELKEY

Models for Assessing and Forecasting the Impact of Environmental Key Pollutants on Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems and Biodiversity

NoMiracle

Novel Methods for Integrated Risk Assessment of Cumulative Stressors in Europe

OpenTox

OpenTox predictive toxicology framework

ReProtect

Development of new in vitro tests to replace animal experimentation in reproductive toxicology

Sens-it-iv

Novel testing strategies for in vitro assessment of allergens

2-Fun

Full-chain and Uncertainty Approaches for Assessing Health Risks in Future Environmental Scenarios

Related Projects/Organisations

European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing
PREVIENI: Impact of Endocrine Disrupters on reproductive health as well as on next generations

OSIRIS Finished

The official end of the project was reached in September 2011. We thank all partners for their excellent cooperation. The public report giving an overview on the major achievements has been submitted to the European Commission. For legal reasons, please ask them in case you are interested in obtaining a copy. Please note, this news column will no more be updated.

OSIRIS Models and Webtool

ChemProp is publicly available and still being enhanced. A license agreement is necessary to obtain ChemProp
ChemProp: License agreement download

The OSIRIS webtool is no more available.

In general, information, downloads and links concerning software developed within OSIRIS can be found here:
Software overview

OSIRIS Flyer

Download the OSIRIS flyer. (1.2 MB)