GANZLEBEN, Catherine, Jean-Philippe ANTIGNAC, Robert BAROUKI, Argelia CASTANO, Ulrike FIDDICKE, Jana KLÁNOVÁ, Erik LEBRET, Nicolas OLEA, Dimosthenis SARIGIANNIS, Greet R. SCHOETERS, Ovnair SEPAI, Hanna TOLONEN and Marike KOLOSSA-GEHRING. Human biomonitoring as a tool to support chemicals regulation in the European Union Discussion. JENA: ELSEVIER GMBH, 2017, p. 94-97. ISSN 1438-4639. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2017.01.007.
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Original name Human biomonitoring as a tool to support chemicals regulation in the European Union Discussion
Authors GANZLEBEN, Catherine (208 Denmark), Jean-Philippe ANTIGNAC (250 France), Robert BAROUKI (250 France), Argelia CASTANO (724 Spain), Ulrike FIDDICKE (276 Germany), Jana KLÁNOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Erik LEBRET (528 Netherlands), Nicolas OLEA (724 Spain), Dimosthenis SARIGIANNIS (300 Greece), Greet R. SCHOETERS (56 Belgium), Ovnair SEPAI (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Hanna TOLONEN (246 Finland) and Marike KOLOSSA-GEHRING (276 Germany).
Edition JENA, p. 94-97, 4 pp. 2017.
Publisher ELSEVIER GMBH
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Original language English
Type of outcome Popularizing texts and activities
Field of Study 30304 Public and environmental health
Country of publisher Germany
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL
Impact factor Impact factor: 4.848
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/17:00100040
Organization unit Faculty of Science
ISSN 1438-4639
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2017.01.007
UT WoS 000401215200013
Keywords in English Human biomonitoring; chemicals risk; chemical exposure; chemical risk assessments; analytical methods
Tags NZ, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
At the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 governments agreed “to achieve, by 2020, that chemicals are used and producedin ways that lead to the minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment”. This objective is reiterated in the European Union’s (EU) 7th Environmental Action Programme. Recognising key gaps in the knowledge required to support actions on chemicals, the 7th Environmental Action Programme calls for efforts to address these gaps in order “to accelerate decision making and to enable the further development of the chemicals-related acquis to better target areas of concern”. Human biomonitoring (HBM) is identifed as a tool that can serve the chemicals agenda by providing “authorities with a more comprehensive view of actual exposure of the population to pollutants, especially sensitive groups such as children, and can provide better evidence from guiding appropriate responses”. European citizens are exposed to a wide range of chemicals through their diet and through different environmental pathways, in their homes as well as through their use of consumer products and at the workplace. While not all chemicals pose a health risk, exposure to some can seriously damage human health (European Environment Agency). Yet our current understanding of chemical risks to human health suffers limitations, both on the side of exposure and with regard to the associated health impacts. The effects of long-term and low-dose exposure to mixtures of chemicals still remain poorly understood. In addition, the potential human health impacts of chemicals used in large volumes deserve more attention. These knowledge gaps are particularly acute for a large number of emerging substances that are used in a wide range of products, some of which have been already detected in the environment.
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