Casteleyn, LudwineDumez, BirgitBecker, KerstinDen Hond, EllySchoeters, GreetCastaño, ArgeliaKoch, Holger MartinAngerer, JürgenEsteban, MartaExley, KarenSepai, OvnairBloemen, LouisFiddicke, UlrikeHorvath, MilenaKnudsen, Lisbeth E.Joas, AnkeJoas, ReinhardBiot, PierreKoppen, C.Dewolf, M.-C.Katsonouri, AndromachiHadjipanayis, AdamosCerna, MilenaKrskova, A.Kolossa-Gehring, MarikeNielsen, Jeanette K.S.Jensen, J.F.Rudnai, PeterKözepesy, S.Mulcahy, M.F.R.Mannion, R.Gutleb, Arno C.Fischer, M.E.Ligocka, DanutaJakubowski, M.Reis, M.FátimaNamorado, S.Lupsa, Ioana-RodicaSchwedler, GerdaGurzau, Anca Elena2024-06-162024-06-162015https://doi.org/10.60810/openumwelt-231https://openumwelt.de/handle/123456789/8293In 2004theEuropeanCommissionandMemberStatesinitiatedactivitiestowardsaharmonizedap-<BR>proach forHumanBiomonitoringsurveysthroughoutEurope.Themainobjectivewastosustainen-<BR>vironmental healthpolicybybuildingacoherentandsustainableframeworkandbyincreasingthe<BR>comparability ofdataacrosscountries.Apilotstudy totestcommonguidelinesforsettingupsurveys<BR>wasconsideredakeystepinthisprocess.Throughabottom-upapproachthatincludedallstakeholders,<BR>a jointstudyprotocolwaselaborated.<BR>FromSeptember2011tillFebruary2012,17Europeancountriescollecteddatafrom1844mother-<BR>child pairsintheframeofDEMOnstrationofastudytoCoordinateandPerformHumanBiomonitoring<BR>on aEuropeanScale(DEMOCOPHES). Mercury inhairandurinarycadmiumandcotininewereselected<BR>as biomarkersofexposurecoveredbysufficient analyticalexperience.PhthalatemetabolitesandBi-<BR>sphenol Ainurinewereaddedtotakeintoaccountincreasingpublicandpoliticalawarenessfor<BR>emerging typesofcontaminantsandtotestlessadvancedmarkers/markerscoveredbylessanalytical<BR>experience.Extensiveeffortstowardschemo-analyticalcomparabilitywereincluded.<BR>The pilotstudyshowed thatcommonapproachescanbefoundinacontextofconsiderablediffer-<BR>ences withrespecttoexperienceandexpertize,socio-culturalbackground,economicsituationandna-<BR>tional priorities.ItalsoevidencedthatcomparableHumanBiomonitoringresultscanbeobtainedinsuch<BR>context.AEuropeannetworkwasbuilt,exchanging information,expertise andexperiences,andpro-<BR>viding trainingonallaspectsofasurvey.Akeychallengewas finding therightbalancebetweenarigid<BR>structure allowingmaximalcomparabilityanda flexibleapproachincreasingfeasibilityandcapacity<BR>building. NextstepsinEuropeanharmonizationinHumanBiomonitoringsurveysincludetheestab-<BR>lishment ofajointprocessforprioritizationofsubstancestocoverandbiomarkerstodevelop,linking<BR>biomonitoring surveyswithhealthexaminationsurveysandwithresearch,andcopingwiththediverse<BR>implementations ofEUregulationsandinternationalguidelineswithrespecttoethicsandprivacy.<BR>©2014ElsevierInc.Allrightsreserved.12 Seitenenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Human-BiomonitoringEthikWissenschaftlicher Artikel