News + Events

May 2013.
Update: Relivant articles and conferences update.


April 2013.
Endocrine disrupting chemicals under fire: Common synthetic chemicals suspected of disrupting the hormone system could be responsible for serious health problems, WHO and UNEP report.


March 2013.
Chemicals linked to problems with otters' penis bones: Otters' reproductive organs may be affected by chemicals in our waterways, according to scientists.


February 2013.
Drug residues 'alter fish behaviour': A BBC Science and Environment report on the effects of drug residues on fish behaviour.


Update: Publication and Relevant article update.


January 2013.
Plastic is everywhere: A report on additives in plastics and their influences on the human body (in German).


December 2012.
Water wars: Also see this editorial from Nature.


Drug-pollution law all washed up: See Nature News article on EU initiative to clean up waterways.


November 2012.
Bad Reporting On Bad Science: An interesting piece commenting on the reporting in the media on two recent studies looking at the possible links between BisphenolA exposure and obesity and ovarian cancer.


September 2012.
Nachholbedarf: This short film (in German) discusses the experience in Germany of analysis of drinking water for microbial and chemical contamination and the surrounding legislation.


August 2012.
Low doses, big effects: Scientists seek 'fundamental changes' in testing, regulation of hormone-like chemicals.


Bisphenol A: EFSA launches full re-evaluation focussing on exposure and possible low dose effects.


April 2012.
Stéphane Follonier, the project coordinator, was chosen as the next Euresearch Success Story.


March 2012.
RADAR spring meeting at the Marine Biology Station in Piran, Slovenia.


January 2012.
The RADAR project enters its second year.


October 2011.
Second general meeting.


What is RADAR?

A 7-member consortium of SMEs and research associations developing a modular platform for monitoring toxins in water and food production facilities using biosensors derived from aquatic organisms (Rationally Designed Aquatic Receptors).

 

 

Why is monitoring needed?

Large numbers of compounds both natural and manmade are released into the environment; some of these are toxins such as endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) and can affect the endocrine, immune and nervous systems of a wide range of animals causing many different types of problems including reproductive disorders and cancers. Detection of these contaminants in food or water is important to protect sensitive environmental sites and reduce the risk of toxins entering the food supply.

 

 

How can RADAR help?

Current detection methods are lab-based, requiring collection of samples for analysis and the analysis methods are relatively slow, often require expensive equipment and specialist technical expertise. RADAR aims to develop an instrument for remote, on-site monitoring, for spot testing or continual monitoring using relatively low-cost methods with little user expertise required and options for automated notification of results.

FP7- KBBE / Programme 'Cooperation', no. 265721

Research Theme: 'Food, agriculture and fisheries, and biotechnology'

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