L'association Pepper
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L'association Pepper

Public-private platform for the validation of endocrine disruptors characterization methods.

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PEPPER is a public-private plateform made to accelerate production of validated tests in Europe.

Scientific research

Further research is needed to understand mechanisms at play and establish new assays, supported by large scale research programs. PEPPER’s purpose is to lead towards the validation of these assays.

Health and Environment

To lower the exposure to endocrine disruptors of both the populations and the environment, thanks to the pre-validation of endocrine disruptors characterization methods.

Pooling efforts

Some existing lists of potential or suspected EDs feature thousands of substances, whereas others only feature a couple of dozens. Now is the time to mutualise our efforts in order to leave this uncertainty behind and work collaboratively to identify a list of EDs.

IDENTIFYING ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS

“An endocrine disruptor is an exogenous substance or mixture that alters function(s) of the endocrine system and consequently causes adverse health effects in an intact organism, or its progeny, or (sub) populations.” WHO, 2012.

In order to identify a substance as an endocrine disruptor, one need assays which are accepted by all and embedded in regulations.

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Goals of PEPPER

Our association sits at the heart of the pre-validation process for endocrine disruptors (EDs) characterization methods.
The end goal is to better protect human health and the environment from EDs.
PEPPER is the missing link between upstream research and operational applications.

Translational research

To protect innovation

Development of biotechnologies

To boost cooperation at European level

0 % of French people consider EDs as a high risk for our society (IRSN, 2020)
0 The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is working on 105 substances (but 100 announced)
0 substances identified as EPs under the REACH regulation in 2022.
0 "substances of interest" in relation to an EP characteristic by the ANSES

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SYMPOSIUM : Endocrine Disruptors : accelerating methods validation to improve our protection

5 years of achievements and perspectives of the PEPPER platform 🗓️ Friday December 6th🕞 9 am – 4 pm📍 Espace du Centenaire

8 November 2024
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Registration to the Symposium are open

Registration for the Symposium is now open!https://livee.io/pepper This one-day symposium is a unique opportunity to meet with a wide range of stakeholders

11 October 2024
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PEPPER is organising a conference on 6 December  

To mark its 5th anniversary, PEPPER is organising a conference in Paris on 6 December entitled ‘Endocrine disruptors: let’s speed up the

20 September 2024
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