En este proyecto se pretende crear un observatorio que genere datos cuantitativos y cualitativos del impacto que tienen los microplásticos y diferentes contaminantes en las playas de los archipiélagos de Canarias, Cabo Verde, Madeira y Azores.

PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) also known as the forever chemicals, are a large group of mobile persistent man-made substances, that have been linked to serious health issues.

LIFE AMIA is a LIFE Environment and Resource Efficiency project with the main objective of obtaining high quality regenerated water in compliance with European reuse regulations, by using low energy consumption technologies, eliminating emerging contaminants and pathogens and with the application of circular economy to minimize waste. This project hopes to not only obtain adequate water for reuse in agriculture in compliance with the new European Regulation of Water Reuse, but also other milestones such as: achieve an energetically self-sufficient system to urban wastewater treatment; reduce

Although microplastics (MP) are recognized as an emerging contaminant in the environment, currently neither sampling, extraction, purification nor identification approaches are standardized, making the increasing numbers of MP studies hardly ‐if at all‐ comparable. The overall goal of this interdisciplinary and international collaborative research project, is to overcome this problem through a profound and detailed comparison and evaluation of all approaches from sampling to identification of MP.

Microplastics show the potential to play a remarkable role in the incorporation and trophic transfer of pollutants into marine food webs. The toxic effects of microplastics on marine organisms are unclear and need further investigation. EPHEMARE, targets (1) the uptake, tissue distribution, final fate and effects of microplastics in organisms representative of pelagic and benthic ecosystems, and (2) the potential role of microplastics as vectors of model Persistent Pollutants that readily adsorb to their surfaces.

The Water Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) includes the theme “Developing Safe Water Systems for European Citizens” with the main goal being to protect the health of European citizens through the provision of safe water. Attention is particularly paid to the impacts of i) emerging pollutants; and ii) water infrastructures on environmental and human health.

PROMISCES aims to increase the circularity of resources by overcoming barriers associated with the presence of industrial Mobile, Perstistent and Potentially Toxic chemicals (iPM(T)s) in the soil-sediment-water system.

The LIFE PRISTINE project aims to develop an integrated solution to remove different contaminants of emerging concern from water. These substances, of different origin, chemical nature and generated by anthropogenic action, are a matter of growing concern due to the effects that their presence in the environment may cause on human and ecological health.