RECETOX

For a healthy future

RECETOX is engaged in research and education on managing the environmental and health risks associated with the chemicals around us

We are building a Centre of Excellence in Environmental Health Sciences. Through research and innovation, the Centre addresses the most current societal needs and scientific challenges at national and global levels and provides stakeholders and policymakers with robust scientific evidence and innovative tools for diagnosis and prevention.

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Event

25 Nov

EIRENE at the international conference “Occupational Surveillance and Environmental Health” held in Fez, Morocco

The international conference „Occupational Surveillance and Environmental Health“ was organized on 18.-21. November in Fez, the city where the Kairaouine madrasa was founded in 859, described by UNESCO as the oldest university in the world. The conference supported by BioNet, the Euro-African Biomonitoring Network, took place in the impressive new campus of the Euromed University in Fez. BioNet is an ERASMUS project co-funded by the European Union to enhance closer cooperation between European and African universities by co-building capacities for the assessment of environmental exposure in the population.

Event

20 Nov

Knowledge lab at COP6 of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

The EIRENE consortium together with the PARC partnership have organized a joint knowledge lab at the 6th Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury held in Geneva, Switzerland 3-7 November 2025. The session entitled “How Partnerships and Research Infrastructures Enhance Implementation of the Minamata Convention” held on 5th November 2025 in the exhibition area, showcased innovative tools supporting national implementation of the Convention, including a real-time mercury data platform, population exposure and risk mitigation tools, and an open-access research infrastructure as opportunity for an open access and long term collaboration.

ResearchScience-policy interface

19 Nov

From Import to Impact: Assessing the Presence and Management of HBCD in RECETOX partner countries

Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) is a brominated flame retardant that has been widely used since the late 1960s to reduce the flammability of various materials. This white crystalline powder found its primary application in expanded polystyrene and extruded polystyrene foams used in building insulation, accounting for approximately 90% of global HBCD use. Minor applications included textile back-coatings, high-impact polystyrene for electronics casings, and various consumer products.

EventScience-policy interface

18 Nov

Cleaner water, new challenges: What does the revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive bring?

In September, our research group Mechanistic Environmental Toxicology, led by Prof. Luděk Bláha, attended the Biennial Conference VODA 2025 organized by the CzWA association in Litomyšl. This conference served as an important meeting point for experts – scientists, technologists, and regulators – focused on water management and protection. The central theme of this year’s conference was the newly revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive.

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RECETOX pillars

RESEARCH

Twenty research groups in five research programmes produce over 130 peer-reviewed publications annually

SERVICES

Twelve units in three core facilities provide physical and virtual access to the Research Infrastructure

EDUCATION

Bachelor's, master's and PhD study programmes in Environmental Health and Computational Biology and Biomedicine

IMPACT

We support evidence-based policymaking and provide innovative solutions and knowledge-transfer to partners

Upcoming events

2 Dec

RECETOX Seminar Series

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Update on research in CELSPAC cohorts:
Andrea Dalecká: Environmental determinants of cognition in the HAPIEE cohort
Gabriela Kšiňanová: Assessment of child development in the TNG cohort
Albert Kšiňan: Genotyping of the HAPIEE cohort

4 Dec