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Innovative Research on Hazardous Substances in Food and Environment

Laboratory in Oslo, Norway focuses on food safety, environmental monitoring of pollutants, toxicology research, education, and international cooperation. Activities include screening POPs in food, monitoring pollutants in wildlife, zebrafish model studies, and collaboration with institutions worldwide.

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Innovative Research on Hazardous Substances in Food and Environment

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  1. RO04 Reduction of Hazardous SubstancesVidar BergLaboratory of EnvironmentalToxicologyCampus Oslo Norway

  2. The mainactivities of ourgroup • Food safety • Environmentalmonitoring of persistent.organicpollutants (POPs) and pharmaceuticalproducts in wildlife • Toxicologyresearch • Education • International cooperation

  3. Food safety • The laboratory has for manyyearscarriedout screening of POPs in food for the Norwegian Food SafetyAuthority. • This screening includesa variety of chemicals, such as POPs and pharmaceuticalcompounds. • As an extencion of thefoodsafetyaspect, thelevels of pollutants in humans (mothersmilk) have beenmonitored in different regions of Norway

  4. Environmentalmonitoring • Persistent organicpollutants (POPs) and pharmaceuticalproducts in wildlife • Monitoring of possibleeffects of pollutants in wildlife species. Examples of effectsaredirectobservation of animal health and biomarkers.

  5. Toxicologyresearch • Environmentalmonitoring and effects in wildlife is alsoresearch (and published in respected journals). • In vivo animal model studies arecarriedout by thelaboratorysresearchgroup. The zebrafishmodel is frequently used. • In vitroresearchon human and animal cells is carriedout by thegroup.

  6. Education • The laboratory has a highproduction of master students and PhD students. • This includes students at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and students from otheruniversities.

  7. International cooperation • A number of institutionsoutside Norway arecooperating in researchprojects. • As an example, thelaboratoryscooperationwithcountries in Africahas resultedin numerousPhDthesis

  8. Thankyou

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