National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA)

Lab fully equipped for PAH, pesticides, bisphenol A, metals, disinfection by-products, etc, in water matrices. Monitoring the quality of drinking water, freshwater bodies, the toxicity of wastewater effluents, screening of new chemicals for environmental safety and prediction of potential risks.

In vivo

Human health

Chemicals from daily use products and materials

Chemicals from food packaging

Metals and trace elements

Natural Toxins

Other chemicals

Biological

Complex daily use products and materials

Complex environmental mixtures, toxicity drivers

Nanomaterials

Other matrix

Human exposure to tobacco smoke (cotinine as biomarker) and genotoxicity assessment of environmental exposures using micronucleus test, comet assay, and gamma-H2AX assay. Occupational exposure to PAHs and metals and their association with effect biomarkers. Blood levels of bio-accumulating metals (Pb, Hg) in older adults and their association with frailty syndrome prevalence. Single/mixture toxicity of advanced materials and potentially toxic elements. Physicochemical transformations of nanomaterials within food matrices. DNA damage induced by Fusarium toxins (beauvericin and enniatins). Biocompatibility testing of medical devices. Safety of phytochemical-based products with antimicrobial action.