University of Gothenburg
FRAM - Centre for Future Chemical Risk Assessment and Management Strategies
FRAM - Centre for Future Chemical Risk Assessment and Management Strategies

FRAM - Centre for Future Chemical Risk Assessment and Management Strategies

Chemicals have a great impact on many different parts of society
  2. FRAM - Centre for Future Chemical Risk Assessment and Management Strategies

Welcome to FRAM, the Centre for Future Chemical Risk Analysis and Management! We work for a safe use of chemicals for both humans and the environment.

We are dependent on chemicals for our daily life. Industrially produced chemicals enable healthcare, food production, consumer products and infrastructure. The development goes fast, 40 new chemicals are registered every hour. The challenge is that chemicals also endanger human health and the environment. Unfortunately, no one today knows exactly how. Data on how toxic a chemical is, are in most cases missing. In addition, a mixture of chemicals is usually much more toxic than its individual ingredients. In order to ensure sustainable development in this area, FRAM focuses on chemical risk assessment and management of the combined effect of chemicals.

News and events

News – 8 April 2021
Chemical exposure: what has gender got to do with it?
Are you the one cleaning the house, using the most make-up, or using chemicals at work? Socially constructed norms and your…
News – 3 March 2021
Data is the key to understanding emissions of chemicals from Swedish households
In a FRAM Centre financed project, Mikael Gustavsson has estimated chemical emissions from Swedish households. He has also…
News – 25 February 2021
Is industry using research to affect environmental regulation?
Industries worldwide are greatly expanding their sponsorship of research in an era when thousands of newly engineered…
News – 18 February 2021
Scientists Call for a Global Science Panel on Chemicals
​​​​​​​An international group of scientists is proposing a global intergovernmental science-policy body for informing…
News – 21 January 2021
How serious is water pollution from chemicals in Kenya and what can be done…
There has not been much research done in Africa about the occurrence of chemical pollutants but now this is starting to…
News – 21 October 2020
How much chemical pollutants can be found in the ocean by the Swedish west…
What priority chemical contaminants can be found in the marine environment? In October, FRAM conducted a field campaign by…

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FRAM in media
Our researchers are active in the public debate. They write debate articles and are also being interviewed by media. Here is…
EU’s International Leadership and the New EU Chemicals Strategy
The implementation of a common worldwide classification and labeling of chemicals has been an unfulfilled international goal…
News – 20 November 2020
Four projects from researchers at the UGot centre FRAM receive SEK 14 Million…
The Swedish research funder Formas announced this week the 188 projects that will receive funding from the annual call for…
New report
International trade agreements and chemicals
FRAM researcher Jessica Coria participated in the writing of a new report called "Have international trade agreements…
News – 23 February 2021
The FRAM Centre engaged in summer school in Chile
Last year's explosion of digital opportunities has enabled FRAM researcher Jessica Coria to give a course to a group of…
News – 14 December 2020
How the EU's new chemicals strategy relates to chemical mixtures
The European Commission published the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability on 14 October. What does this strategy mean for…
News – 28 January 2021
The FRAM Centre invests to keep young researchers and support small projects on…
The steering committee of the FRAM Centre has decided to distribute funding to keep junior scientist in the FRAM team and in…
News – 29 September 2020
FRAM participates in a new network for chemical substitution
In the work of replacing hazardous chemicals with alternatives that are better for health and the environment,…

Chemical tax on textiles

Read about the work on the new Swedish tax on clothes and shoes.

News – 22 October 2020
The Swedish government moves forward with implementing a tax on chemicals in…
As reported before, FRAM has been part of an investigation of a new tax on chemicals and shoes. The Swedish government has…
News – 21 April 2020
Tax in fashion - to get rid of harmful chemicals
The Swedish inquiry about taxation of chemicals in clothing and shoes has now submitted its report to the government (SOU…
Podcast
Big closets small planet - part 2
FRAM researcher Daniel Slunge participates in part 2 of the podcast debate about the proposed Swedish chemical tax on…
Podcast
Big closets - small planet: part 1
Michael Schragger from the Sustainability Fashion Academy is hosting a debate about the new tax on textiles in his podcast…

Research

We investigate the environmental status, evaluate risks and develop management strategies for a safe use of chemicals.

Research for a safe use of chemicals
Research about chemicals faces a big challenge, speed. Every hour, 40 new chemicals are discovered. What happens when you…
Research
Environmental status
Environmental status is in one of our three research areas. Here, we investigate what chemicals are found in the environment…
Research
Chemical risk assessment
In this research area, we evaluate chemical risks (in particular with chemical mixtures) to enable a safe and sustainable…
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Management strategies
In this area, we work with policy options for regulation of chemicals, e.g. taxes, laws, and policy frameworks. The work is…

Case studies

There is a huge need for increased understanding of the effects of chemical mixtures. We conduct three case studies in different parts of the world to contribute with new knowledge and test new ideas for risk assessment and management.

Case Study: Stenungsund Bay - the biggest chemical cluster in Sweden
Stenungsund is a municipality at the Swedish west coast, about 40 km north of Gothenburg. It is host to the biggest chemical…
Case Study: Aconcagua River in Chile - the polluted drinking water supplier
The Aconcagua River is about 142 kilometers long and runs through five Chilean provinces, supporting a number of cities…
Case Study: Lake Victoria - multiple chemical pollution in the largest…
Chemical pollution in Kenyan waters is receiving increasing attention with media alarms about high level of pollution of…

Why chemicals

Chemicals concern everyone globally
Learn about why hazardous chemicals are a threat to human health and the environment.

Interact with us

We collaborate with Swedish, European and global partners in projects, workshops, case studies and in other activities. Our researchers engage in the public debate and are often requested as speakers in scientific and public events.

Collaboration partners
We share knowledge, thoughts and views with many different stakeholders in Sweden, in Europe and globally. We collaborate in…
News and Events
FRAM Seminar series
The FRAM Seminars is a series where we invite speakers from academia, authorities or other organisations to provide…
The International Science Festival
The International Science Festival in Gothenburg is one of Europe’s leading popular science events. FRAM arranges open…
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Conferences and workshops
We engage in arenas for brainstorming, interactive learning, relationship building, and problem-solving.
Our participation in Almedalen week
Almedalen Political Week is the most important and progressive political gathering in Sweden. It takes place in the capital…
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Education

The University of Gothenburg arranges several programs on both Bachelor and Masters level that are relevant for the chemical risk assessment and management. We arrange courses on PhD level.

Education
Would you like to work for a safe use of chemicals and a toxic-free environment? Then you need a competence that spans…
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