Clean environment and zero pollution

The objective is addressing persistent pollutants in aquatic environments through:

1. Detection: Develop and test advanced laboratory and field-scale detection technologies to accurately identify persistent chemicals, their sources, and environmental occurrence.

2. Understanding: Investigate and model contamination pathways and combined effects of pollutant mixtures to assess their accumulation in marine ecosystems and potential human health impacts through the food chain.

3. Prioritizing: Rank detected substances by risk level to guide intervention strategies, continuously updating the prioritization as new data emerges.

4. Acting: Designing integrated treatment trains to remove, degrade or recycle pollutants from rivers and lakes. This includes technologies for capturing litter, microplastics, and suspended solids; filtering organic matter and ions and degrading persistent chemicals via advanced oxidation and electrochemical processes