Quantitative structure activity relationships for predicting fate and effects of chemicals in the environment
Country: EU Projects
Start Date:   1/1/1993         Duration: 30 months         Project Type: RTD
Contract Number: EV5V-CT920211
Organisation Type:  University research group / research institute
Topics: 
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Models
Contaminated land-->Soil and groundwater processes-->Modelling
Diffuse pollution-->Diffuse pollution overview
Diffuse pollution-->Monitoring
Project objectives: 
To develop a predictive instrument for the assessment of environmental risks of chemical substances based on their structure-activity relationships
Project Summary: 
The project consisted of five tasks:   
   
1 A critical review of existing models for environmental fate and effect parameters   
   
2 Development of schemes and multivariate models for the classification of chemical compounds   
   
3 Development of new QSAR models for predicting chemical reactivity, biotic or abiotic degradation and biotransformation   
   
4 Application of the models to the estimation of adsorption of sediment to soil, chemical degradation, biodegredation, biotransformation, bioconcentration 
and toxic effect concentrations (aquatic and terrestrial species)   
   
5 Validation of the models
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Additional Information: 
Lead Institution: 
Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, NL 
 
Partner Institutions 
European Commission, Recherche ISPRA, ISPRA, Italy 
University of Umea, Umea, SE 
Frauenhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Schmallenberg/Grafschaft, DE 
Universitat Karlsruhe (Techniche Hochschule), Karlsruhe, DE 
Rijkinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiene, Bilthoven, NL 
 
This information was taken from a source other than the project site: European Commission (1998) Examples of EC research projects directly or indirectly 
related to soil science. Edited by M. Catizzone. European Commission, Directorate-General 12: Science Research & Development
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Funding Programme(s): 
EC Framework 4 Funding Programme FP4 of European Community activities in the field of research and technological development and demonstration
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Submitted by: EUGRIS Team Dr Antony Chapman  Who does what?  29/12/2005 15:45:00
Updated by: EUGRIS Team Professor Paul Bardos  Who does what?  28/09/2006 17:26:00