Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks
The Scientific Committee "Health and Environmental Risks" (English: Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks, SCHER) was founded in 2008 by the European Commission established. Together with the Scientific Committees “Consumer Safety ” (SCCS) and “Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks” (SCENIHR), it is part of an advisory structure for scientific risk assessment in the areas of consumer safety, public health and the environment. The committee has up to 17 members - scientific experts who cover the widest possible range of scientific disciplines. These are appointed by the European Commission for three years. The maximum term of office is three consecutive terms of three years each.
In 2016 the two committees "Health and Environmental Risks" (SCHER) and "Emerging and newly identified health risks" (SCENIHR) became the new Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks, SCHEER). The term of office is five years.
Jurisdiction
The Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks prepares opinions on the health and safety risks posed by the release of pollutants into the air, water and soil. The same applies to biological and physical factors that can have a negative impact on health and the environment, for example with regard to air and water quality, waste management and the quality of the soil as well as life cycle analysis . In addition, expert opinions are prepared in connection with emerging or newly identified health and environmental risks. The committee deals with health and safety issues related to the toxicity and ecotoxicity of biocides .
Together with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) and other European risk assessment agencies, it can address issues related to the toxicity and ecotoxicity of chemical, biochemical and biological compounds, the use of which could harm human health and the environment. Another topic is the methodological aspects of assessing the health and safety risks of chemical substances, including chemical mixtures.
Members
According to the decision of the EU Commission on August 7, 2015, the SCHEER Committee has the following members:
Surname organization country Roberto Bertollini Representative of the World Health Organization to the European Union Italy Teresa Borges Ministry of Health Portugal Wim De Jong National Institute for Public Health and Environmental Protection (RIVM) Netherlands Pim De Voogt KWR Watercycle Research Institute Netherlands Raquel Duarte-Davidson Public Health England Great Britain Peter Hoet Medical faculty, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium Rodica-Mariana Ion National Institute of R&D for Chemistry and Petrochemistry - ICECHIM Romania Renate Krätke (Deputy Chair) Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) Germany Demosthenes Panagiotakos Harokopio University of Athens Greece Ana Proykova Sofia University Bulgaria Theodoros Samaras Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece Marian Scott University of Glasgow Great Britain Remy Slama Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) France Emanuela Testai (Deputy Chair) Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Department of Environment and Primary Prevention Mechanism of Toxicity Unit Italy Theodorus Vermeire (chairman) National Institute for Public Health and Environmental Protection (RIVM) Netherlands Marco Vighi IMDEA Water Institute, Alcala 'de Henares Spain Sergei Zacharov University Hospital Prague Czech Republic
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b DECISION OF THE COMMISSION of August 5, 2008 establishing an advisory structure for scientific committees and experts in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment and repealing Decision 2004/210 / EC
- ↑ Xavier Prats Monné: New association and new members - the task of the scientific committees remains the same. European Commission, accessed August 29, 2019 .
- ^ Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS). SCCS MEMBERS. European Commission, accessed on August 28, 2019 .