08.10.2025: PFAS – Challenges and Scientific Perspectives in Human Health Risk Assessment
PFAS – Challenges and Scientific Perspectives in Human Health Risk Assessment
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals”, are a large group of industrial compounds that are persistent and can accumulate in the environment, the food chain and humans.
Programme
Poster abstracts
Presentations can be found further down this website.
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The international conference brings together national and international scientists and risk assessors to exchange current scientific knowledge on PFAS and to discuss challenges and advances in human health risk assessment. Emphasis is placed on the following topics:
- Targeted and Untargeted Analytical Methods
- External and Internal Exposure
- Toxicokinetics
- Toxicity
- In Silico Methods
- New Approach Methodologies
Poster abstracts
Presentations from 08.10.2025Dr Christian Unkelbach, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Germany
Background and state of play on the PFAS restriction
Prof. Dr Stuart Harrad, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Sources and pathways of human exposure to PFAS
Dr Ron Hoogenboom, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
EFSA 2020: risk assessment and related challenges
Dr Bernd Göckener, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Germany
Untargeted methods: overview of existing methods
Dr Christian Jung, BfR, Germany
PFAS in food: Data sourcesand exposure estimatesPresentations from 09.10.2025
Dr Finnian Freeling, German Water Centre, Germany
Sources, fate and exposure to trifluoroacetic acid (TFA)
Dr James Chan, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
Understanding half-life variability using mechanistic kinetic modellingProf. Dr Thorhallur I. Halldorsson, University of Iceland, Iceland
Epidemiological data on the most sensitive endpoint in humans: Immunotoxicity
PhD Federica Madia, International Agency for Research on Cancer, France
IARC Monographs programme: identification of PFOA and PFOS cancer hazardPresentations from 10.10.2025
Dr Ron Hoogenboom, Wageningen Food Safety Research (WUR), The Netherlands
Consideration of potency factors for the human health risk assessmentVenue
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
Location Berlin-Marienfelde
Lecture theatre
Diedersdorfer Weg 1
12277 BerlinOrganiser
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
Max-Dohrn-Straße 8–10
10589 Berlin
Germany
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