{"id":116454,"date":"2026-10-07T08:37:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T07:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irbcatsud.cat\/european-scientists-meet-in-tarragona-to-protect-health-and-the-environment-from-the-risks-of-chemicals\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T08:37:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T07:37:03","slug":"european-scientists-meet-in-tarragona-to-protect-health-and-the-environment-from-the-risks-of-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irbcatsud.cat\/en\/european-scientists-meet-in-tarragona-to-protect-health-and-the-environment-from-the-risks-of-chemicals\/","title":{"rendered":"European scientists meet in Tarragona to protect health and the environment from the risks of chemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span dir=\"auto\"><span dir=\"auto\">IRB CatSud organizes this meeting with representatives from 200 international organizations to integrate AI and cutting-edge technologies into chemical safety regulations applied to health and the environment<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"auto\"><span dir=\"auto\">The meeting is part of the PARC megaproject which has a budget of 400 million euros co-financed by the European Union and with the participation of 30 countries.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" class=\"wp-image-116033\" style=\"width: 569px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irbcatsud.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Meeting-PARC-2-1024x725.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irbcatsud.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Meeting-PARC-2-1024x725.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.irbcatsud.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Meeting-PARC-2-300x213.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.irbcatsud.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Meeting-PARC-2-768x544.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.irbcatsud.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Meeting-PARC-2.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The director of the IRB CatSud, Joan Vendrell, welcoming at one of the meetings related to the PARC macroproject<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">This week, Tarragona is the European headquarters for the protection of health and the environment against the risks caused by products of chemical origin. A hundred scientists, researchers and risk assessors from the European continent are meeting until this Thursday to mark the roadmap for the scientific regulation of the European Union in the field of chemical safety in the coming years. The Institute for Biomedical Research of Catalonia South (IRB CatSud) is leading this meeting with representatives of a total of 200 international organizations. The objective is to accelerate a paradigm shift through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and cutting-edge technologies, in the assessment of the risks that chemical products pose to health and the environment. Through these new analytical approaches, the scientific community seeks to predict the impact of pollutants on health and the environment in a much faster, more precise, transparent and economically efficient way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">The meeting, which began on Monday, is led by IRB CatSud together with international scientific organizations from Germany (BfR), France (ANSES) and Greece (AUTH). The conference will feature the direct participation of the continent&#8217;s top regulatory authorities, including the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Throughout Monday and Tuesday, presentations and discussions focused on the impact of emerging technologies, with a special emphasis on the use of artificial intelligence language models for the automation of risk assessment. In parallel, specialists participated in an intensive hackathon to develop prototypes of next-generation analytical tools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">This Wednesday, the focus shifted to the annual meeting of the Working Group on Scientific Data Management (WP7), led by the VITO Institute (Belgium), the University of Birmingham (UK) and IRB CatSud, represented by Vikas Kumar and his team. Experts discussed guidelines to ensure that the vast amount of information generated in Europe is fully accessible and interoperable. This will lay the foundations for the future Centre for Chemical Risk Assessment, contributing to the creation of the European Union&#8217;s Common Data Platform on Chemicals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">This meeting is held within the framework of the <\/span><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eu-parc.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span dir=\"auto\">Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\"> (PARC), a \u20ac400 million European megaproject, co-financed by the European Union&#8217;s Horizon Europe framework program. PARC brings together more than 200 public and academic institutions from nearly 30 countries with the mission of promoting the European Commission&#8217;s Sustainability Strategy for Chemicals and advancing towards the zero pollution goal of the European Green Deal.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRB CatSud organizes this meeting with representatives from 200 international organizations to integrate AI and cutting-edge technologies into chemical safety regulations applied to health and the environment The meeting is part of the PARC megaproject which has a budget of 400 million euros co-financed by the European Union and with the participation of 30 countries. 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