Research project

Science-policy interactions in risk assessment and management of chemicals

For information, please contact Marlene Ågerstrand or Christina Rudén.

Visiting addresses:

Geovetenskapens Hus,
Svante Arrhenius väg 8, Stockholm

Arrheniuslaboratoriet, Svante Arrhenius väg 16, Stockholm (Unit for Toxicological Chemistry)

Mailing address:
Department of Environmental Science
Stockholm University
106 91 Stockholm

Press enquiries should be directed to:

Stella Papadopoulou
Science Communicator
Phone +46 (0)8 674 70 11
stella.papadopoulou@aces.su.se

Project Members

Publications

The NORMAN Association and the European Partnership for Chemicals Risk Assessment (PARC): let’s cooperate!

Valeria Dulio; Jan Koschorreck; Bert van Bavel; Paul van den Brink; Juliane Hollender; John Munthe; Martin Schlabach; Reza Aalizadeh; Marlene Ågerstrand; Lutz Ahrens; Ian Allan; Nikiforos Alygizakis; Damia’ Barcelo’; Pernilla Bohlin‑Nizzetto; Susanne Boutroup; Werner Brack; Adèle Bressy; Jan H. Christensen; Lubos Cirka; Adrian Covaci; Anja Derksen; Geneviève Deviller; Milou M. L. Dingemans; Magnus Engwall; Despo Fatta‑Kassinos; Pablo Gago‑Ferrero; Félix Hernández; Dorte Herzke; Klára Hilscherová; Henner Hollert; Marion Junghans; Barbara Kasprzyk‑Hordern; Steffen Keiter; Stefan A. E. Kools; Anneli Kruve; Dimitra Lambropoulou; Marja Lamoree; Pim Leonards; Benjamin Lopez; Miren López de Alda; Lian Lundy; Jarmila Makovinská; Ionan Marigómez; Brendan McHugh; Cécile Miège; Simon O’Toole; Noora Perkola; Stefano Polesello; Leo Posthuma; Sara Rodriguez‑Mozaz; Ivo Roessink; Pawel Rostkowski; Heinz Ruedel; Saer Samanipour; Tobias Schulze; Emma L. Schymanski; Manfred Sengl; Peter Tarábek; Dorien Ten Hulscher; Nikolaos Thomaidis; Anne Togola; Sara Valsecchi; Stefan van Leeuwen; Peter von der Ohe; Katrin Vorkamp; Branislav Vrana; Jaroslav Slobodnik

2020 | Environ Sci Eur | 32 (100)

Pharmaceuticals and Environment: a web-based decision support for considering environmental aspects of medicines in use

Ramström H; Martini S; Borgendahl J; Ågerstrand M; Lärfars G; Ovesjö M-L;

2020 | Eur. J. Clin. Pharmacol.

Emerging investigator series: use of behavioural endpoints in the regulation of chemicals

Ågerstrand M; Arnold K, Balshine S, Brodin T, Brooks BW, Maack G, McCallum ES, Pyle G, Saaristo M, Ford AT

2020 | Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts | 22 (49-65)

On the issue of transparency and reproducibility in nanomedicine

Hon S. Leong; Kimberly S. Butler; C. Jeffrey Brinker; May Azzawi; Steve Conlan; Christine Dufés; Andrew Owen; Steve Rannard; Chris Scott; Chunying Chen; Marina A. Dobrovolskaia; Serguei V. Kozlov; Adriele Prina-Mello; Ruth Schmid; Peter Wick; Fanny Caputo; Patrick Boisseau; Rachael M. Crist; Scott E. McNeil; Bengt Fadeel; Lang Tran; Steffen Foss Hansen; Nanna B. Hartmann; Lauge P. W. Clausen; Lars M. Skjolding; Anders Baun; Marlene Ågerstrand; Zhen Gu; Dimitrios A. Lamprou; Clare Hoskins; Leaf Huang; Wantong Song; Huiliang Cao; Xuanyong Liu; Klaus D. Jandt; Wen Jiang; Betty Y. S. Kim; Korin E. Wheeler; Andrew J. Chetwynd; Iseult Lynch; Seyed Moein Moghimi; André Nel; Tian Xia; Paul S. Weiss; Bruno Sarmento; José das Neves; Hélder A. Santos; Luis Santos; Samir Mitragotri; Steve Little; Dan Peer; Mansoor M. Amiji; Maria José Alonso; Alke Petri-Fink; Sandor Balog; Aaron Lee; Barbara Drasler; Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser; Stefan Wilhelm; Handan Acar; Roger G. Harrison; Chuanbin Mao; Priyabrata Mukherjee; Rajagopal Ramesh; Lacey R. McNally; Sara Busatto; Joy Wolfram; Paolo Bergese; Mauro Ferrari; Ronnie H. Fang; Liangfang Zhang; Jie Zheng; Chuanqi Peng; Bujie Du; Mengxiao Yu; Danielle M. Charron; Gang Zheng; Chiara Pastore;

2019 | Nat Nanotechnol | 14 (629-635)

Transparency of chemical risk assessment data under REACH

Ellen Ingre-Khans; Marlene Ågerstrand; Anna Beronius; Christina Rudén

2016 | Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts (12)

Reliability and relevance evaluations of REACH data

Ellen Ingre-Khans; Marlene Ågerstrand; Anna Beronius; Christina Rudén;

2019 | Toxicol. Res.

Toxicity studies used in REACH ‐ How accurately are they reported?

Ellen Ingre‐Khans; Marlene Ågerstrand; Anna Beronius; Christina Rudén;

2019 | Toxicol. Res.

Improving structure and transparency in reliability evaluations of data under REACH: suggestions for a systematic method

Ellen Ingre-Khans; Marlene Ågerstrand; Christina Rudén; Anna Beronius;

2019 | Hum. Ecol. Risk Assess.

Refining tools to bridge the gap between academia and chemical regulation: perspectives for WikiREACH

Agerstrand, M; Brenig, M; Fuhr, M; Schenten, J

2017 | Environ. Sci.-Process Impacts | 19 (12) (1466-1473)

CRED: Criteria for reporting and evaluating ecotoxicity data

Caroline TA Moermond; Robert Kase; Muris Korkaric; Marlene Ågerstrand

2015 | Environ. Toxicol. Chem. | 35 (2) (1297-1309)

Improving environmental risk assessments of chemicals: Steps towards evidence-based ecotoxicology.

Martin Olwenn; Adams; Beasley; Belanger; Breton; Brock; Buonsante; Galay Burgos; Green; Guiney; Hall; Hanson M; Harris; Henry; Huggett; Junghans; Laskowski; Maack; Moermond; Panter; Pease; Poulsen; Roberts; Christina Rudén; Schlekat; Schoeters; Solomon; Staveley; Stubblefield; Sumpter; Warne; Wentsel; Wheeler; Wolff; Yamazaki; Zahner; Marlene Ågerstrand;

2019 | Environ Int | 128 (210-2017)

NanoCRED: A transparent framework to assess’ the regulatory adequacy of ecotoxicity data for nanomaterials – Relevance and reliability revisited

Nanna B. Hartmann; Marlene Ågerstrand; Hans-Christian Holten Lützhøft; Anders Baun

2017 | NanoImpact | 6 (81-89)

Criteria for Reporting and Evaluating ecotoxicity Data (CRED): comparison and perception of the Klimisch and CRED methods for evaluating reliability and relevance of ecotoxicity studies

Kase R; Korkaric M; Werner I; Ågerstrand M

2016 | Environ Sci Eur | 28 (7)

Science in Risk Assessment and Policy (SciRAP): an online resource for evaluating and reporting in vivo (eco) toxicity studies

Linda Molander; Marlene Ågerstrand; Anna Beronius; Annika Hanberg; Christina Rudén

2015 | Hum. Ecol. Risk Assess. | 21 (3) (753-762)

Weight of Evidence evaluation and Systematic Review in EU chemical risk assessment: Foundation is laid but guidance is needed

Marlene Ågerstrand; Anna Beronius

2016 | Environ Int | 92 (590-596)

An academic researcher’s guide to increased impact on regulatory assessment of chemicals.

Ågerstrand ; Sobek A; Lilja K; Linderoth M; Wendt-Rasch L; Wernersson A-S; Rudén C.

2017 | Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts

Are the new Chinese chemicals regulations catching up with REACH?

Ding, Q; Malkiewicz, K; Ruden, C; Hansson, SO

2012 | Toxicol. Lett. | 211 (S177-S177)

Are chemicals in articles an obstacle for reaching environmental goals? — Missing links in EU chemical management

Molander, L.; Breitholtz, M.; Andersson, P.L.; Rybacka, A.; Rudén, C.

2012 | Sci. Total Environ. (280-289)

REACH is but the first step-on the need to improve testing and risk assessment for industrial chemicals

Ruden, C

2009 | Toxicol. Lett. | 189 (S249-S249)

Assessment factors for extrapolation from short-time to chronic exposure-Are the REACH guidelines adequate

Hansson, SO; Malkiewicz, K; Ruden, C

2009 | Toxicol. Lett. | 189 (S243-S243)

Improving REACH

Ruden, C; Hansson, SO

2006 | Regul. Toxicol. Pharmacol. | 44 (1) (33-42)

Improving the Value of Standard Toxicity Test Data in REACH (In: Regulating Chemical Risks: European and Global Challenges)

Breitholtz, M.; Lundström, E.; Dahl, U.; Forbes, V.

2010 | Springer-Verlag, Germany (85-96) | ISBN: 978-90-481-9427-8

Priority setting in the REACH system

Hansson, SO; Ruden, C

2006 | Toxicol. Sci. | 90 (2) (304-308)

Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) Is but the First Step-How Far Will It Take Us? Six Further Steps to Improve the European Chemicals Legislation

Ruden, C; Hansson, SO

2010 | Environ. Health Perspect. | 118 (1) (6-10)

Improving environmental risk assessment of human pharmaceuticals

Marlene Ågerstrand; Cecilia Berg; Berndt Björlenius; Magnus Breitholtz; Björn Brunström; Jerker Fick; Lina Gunnarsson; DG Joakim Larsson; John P Sumpter; Mats Tysklind; Christina Rudén

2015 | Environ. Sci. Technol. | 49 (9) (5336-5345)

A call for action: Improve reporting of research studies to increase the scientific basis for regulatory decision‐making

Marlene Ågerstrand; Sofie Christiansen; Annika Hanberg; Christina Rudén; Lars Andersson; Sjur Andersen; Henrik Appelgren; Christine Bjørge; Ian Henning Clausen; Dag Markus Eide; Nanna B. Hartmann; Trine Husøy; Halldór Pálmar Halldórsson; Marianne van der Hagen; Ellen Ingre‐Khans; Adam David Lillicrap; Vibe Meister Beltoft; Anna‐Karin Mörk; Mari Murtomaa‐Hautala; Elsa Nielsen; Kristín Ólafsdóttir; Jaana Palomäki; Hinni Papponen; Emilie Marie Reiler; Helene Stockmann‐Juvala; Tiina Suutari; Henrik Tyle; Anna Beronius

2018 | J Appl Toxicol | 1-3

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