Global Laboratories For Bisphenol Analysis.pdf

It highlights key institutions involved in research and monitoring related to these chemical compounds, known for their potential health impacts.

Key Laboratories:

- Europe:

- Germany: Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine (IPA), Ruhr-Universität Bochum; HBM Laboratory (BASF SE); Medizinisches Labor Bremen; Institute of Biomonitoring (Currenta GmbH&Co.OHG).
- Austria: Umweltbundesamt GmbH.
- Belgium: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Antwerpen; Toxicology Lab (CHU-ULg); Laboratory for Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (KU Leuven).
- Czech Republic: Research Centre for Advanced Analytical Chemistry (University of Copenhagen); Trace Analytical Laboratory (RECETOX).
- Denmark: Research Center for Advanced Analytical Chemistry (University of Copenhagen); Environmental health / Chemical risk team (National Institute for Health and Welfare, THL).
- France: INRA Toxalim; Department Toxicology and Biomonitoring (INRS); HBM Laboratory (BASF SE).
- Finland: National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL); Work Environment Laboratories (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health).
- Italy: Cardiometabolic Risk Unit (Institute of Clinical Physiology CNR).
- Netherlands: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Environmental Monitoring Sensing and Analyses (EMSA), the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO).
- Spain: Public Health Laboratory of Valencia.
- Slovenia: Jozef Stefan Institute, Department of Environmental Sciences.

- Rest of World:

- Cyprus: Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health, University of Technology.
- Czech Republic: Unit for Chemical Safety of Products (National Institute of Public Health).
- Norway: Environmental Exposure and Epidemiology (Norwegian Institute of Public Health); Laboratory of the Department of Toxicology (Medical University of Gdańsk).
- Poland: Laboratory of Separation Methods (Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences).

Purpose: This network facilitates:

- Bisphenol analysis in various matrices (water, food, air, biological samples)
- Research on bisphenol exposure and health impacts
- Monitoring environmental levels of bisphenols
- Development and validation of analytical methods for bisphenols