Leadership Through R&D

Science is essential for decision making in terms of the use, safety and development of chemicals, which is clearer today than ever before. Demands for more data and better information are increasingly heard to help improve public health and environmental quality. At its core, the chemistry is about science - science aims to advance innovations in products and technologies that help make our lives healthier, safer, more balanced, and more constructive.

Through innovative, support and top-level research, we are helping to advance 21st century methodologies that improve science and risk-based determinations. At the same time, we are committed to building a common and local/international scientific network that is helping to strengthen the link between investigation, action, and policy. Simply put, our aim is to improve chemical safety assessments to advance risk-based decision-making that can be applied more easily and effectively by government and regulatory agencies as well as by the general public.

The research conducted by PCC is guided by a set of governing principles:

Scientific Excellence

In scientific research, also excellence connecting science to society, teaching and mentoring scientists, in science management, and in science advice to policy makers.

Transparency

Collaboration among colleagues, using sound scientific methods, correct interpretation of results is crucial to achieve the desired outcome

Fair and Unbiased Conduct

Unbiased Conduct

The guiding principles constitute a code of conduct that include notions of ethical behavior. They operate like norms in a community, in our case, a community of scientists

Relevance

In scientific discipline, the scientific relevance of your study is crucial. It means, the research should fill the gap in existing scientific knowledge

Project Management

The Team

Our Strategic Science Team, includes senior scientists and science manager from PCC member companies and scientific experts from academia and government agencies, is responsible for implementing the Management and Research Strategy of PCC. The team reports to the Board of Directors, which ensures coordination of research team activities with high priority issues across the PCC.

Implementing Research Projects

Research projects are generally carried out by interdisciplinary investigatory groups. LRI-funded investigators are responsible for all aspects of their studies. They publish their results in peer-reviewed journals. LRI researchers own their data. It is specifically stated that LRI has no approval authority concerning publications and presentations.

About Funded Research

Each research project has been developed with an impact delivery component designed to accelerate the use of research results. The aim is to exchange extensive information about research funded by PCC create debate about the findings and review appropriate next steps for research.

  • Research Strategy

    The Research Strategy outlines an agenda that complements the PCC's advocacy priorities for which to advance the necessary analytical and scientific tools to improve exposure science, develop new approach to determine biological activities and profiles of chemicals, and drive knowledge transfer to promote uptake and use of these advanced technologies and approaches.

  • Communication

    Communication is an integral part of The Team initiated research programs. The PCC members sponsor independent scientific research and openly communicate the results to the public, the scientific community and government regulators through a variety of media approaches, including peer-reviewed publications, workshops, conferences, and the Internet.

  • Workshops

    The PCC co-sponsors workshops and conferences with scientific societies, international organizations and government agencies designed to focus on timely issues of mutual interest for these groups and policy makers. The main goals are to promote interaction between researchers and stakeholders, promote debates that can improve the scientific basis of policymaking and support consensus building that can advance the risk assessment process.

Assessment Guidelines

  • 01

    Vital issues should be identified in advance before starting assessment and stakeholders should engage in the formation and locking study parameters of problems. Modern scientific policies and methods should be used instead of relying on outdated assumptions and default methods.

  • 02

    Evaluators should develop and apply uniform criteria for the selection of studies used in data assessment and evaluation. All evaluations should be based on a framework that takes into account and coordinates all relevant studies, while giving the highest weight to the most relevant and high quality studies.

  • 03

    Transparency in the chemical review process has to be enhanced by providing disclosure of key information used to produce basic data and assessments. Both risks and hazards should be characterized correctly and in a manner that deals with actual human exposure.

  • 04

    To ensure the value and objectivity of studies, all chemical identification must be subject to a robust review of independent experts and peer review panels. Further, accountability and transparency can be ensured by improving the process of dealing fully with expert results and public comments.