2-FUN

2-FUN (Full-chain and UNcertainty Approaches for Assessing Health Risks in Future ENvironmental Scenarios) is an Integrated Project funded at the level of 1.6 Million € by the European Union 6th Framework Programme (thematic priority 6.3 "Global Change and Ecosystems", contract n° FP6-2005-GLOBAL-4-036976). Duration: Feb 2007 - Jan 2011. Read Project Summary

Work Packages in 2-FUN project

		2-FUN Work packages (WPs)
		WP6 Project management
WP1 Construction of realistic scenarios, accounting for future environmental and societal changes	WP2 Realistic and homogeneous multi-media exposure models covering the European diversity and uncertainty analysis	WP3 Physiological models for internal exposure and effects assessment of mixtures of stressors	WP4 Construction / assessment of realistic scenarios using the 2-FUN approach	WP5 Promoting methodologies on risk assessment by training and dissemination

Project scheme

Inputs, outputs and interactions between WPs in Case Sudies in 2-FUN project
Case Study 1 – Lisbon, Portugal
Focused on:

Acute effects of heat stress, O3, and PM10;
Chronic effects of benzene, metals and PM10, focusing on cancer.

Case Study 2 - Seine River watershed, France
Focused on:

Lead, Cadmium;
Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP);
Benzo(a)antracene (BaA) and/or Dibenzo(a,h)antracene(DahA);
Arsenic.

Case Study 3 – Upper Silesia Region, Poland
Focused on:

Anaemia due to lead exposure;
Diseases of urinary system due to cadmium exposure;
Hypertension due to combined exposure to lead and cadmium;
Cancer due to PAHs exposure.