Development of Policy Relevant Human Biomonitoring Indicators for Chemical Exposure in the European Population.

ABSTRACT: The European Union's 7th Environmental Action Programme (EAP) aims to assess and minimize environmental health risks from the use of hazardous chemicals by 2020. From this angle, policy questions like whether an implemented policy to reduce chemical exposure has had an effect over time, whether the health of people in specific regions or subpopulations is at risk, or whether the body burden of chemical substances (the internal exposure) varies with, for example, time, country, sex, age, or socio-economic status, need to be answered. Indicators can help to synthesize complex scientific information into a few key descriptors with the purpose of providing an answer to a non-expert audience. Human biomonitoring (HBM) indicators at the European Union (EU) level are unfortunately lacking. Within

SUBMITTER: Buekers J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6209865 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature