Policy recommendations and cost implications for a more sustainable framework for European human biomonitoring surveys

The potential of Human Biomonitoring (HBM) in exposure characterisation and risk assessment is well established in the scientific HBM community and regulatory arena by many publications. The European Environment and Health Strategy as well as the Environment and Health Action Plan 2004–2010 of the European Commission recognised the value of HBM and the relevance and importance of coordination of HBM programmes in Europe. Based on existing and planned HBM projects and programmes of work and capabilities in Europe the Seventh Framework Programme (FP 7) funded COPHES (COnsortium to Perform Human Biomonitoring on a European Scale) to advance and improve comparability of HBM data across Europe. The pilot study protocol was tested in 17 European countries in the DEMOCOPHES feasibility study (DEMOnstration of a study to COordinate and Perform Human biomonitoring on a European Scale) cofunded (50%) under the LIFE+ programme of the European Commission. The potential of HBM in supporting and evaluating policy making (including e.g. REACH) and in awareness raising on environmental health, should significantly advance the process towards a fully operational, continuous, sustainable and scientifically based EU HBM programme. From a number of stakeholder activities during the past 10 years and the national engagement, a framework for sustainable HBM structure in Europe is recommended involving national institutions within environment, health and food as well as European institutions such as ECHA, EEA, and EFSA. An economic frame with shared cost implications for national and European institutions is suggested benefiting from the capacity building set up by COPHES/DEMOCOPHES.

JOAS Anke Hedwig;  KNUDSEN Lisbeth;  KOLOSSA-GEHRING Marike;  SEPAI Ovnair;  CASTELEYN Ludwine;  SCHOETERS Greet;  ANGERER Jürgen;  CASTAÑO Argelia;  AERTS Dominique;  BIOT Pierre;  HORVAT Milena;  BLOEMEN Louis;  REIS M. Fátima;  LUPSA Ioana-Rodica;  KATSONOURI Andromachi;  CERNA Milena;  BERGLUND Marika;  CRETTAZ Pierre;  RUDNAI Peter;  HALZLOVA Katarina;  MULCAHY Maurice;  GUTLEB Arno;  FISCHER Marc E.;  BECHER Georg;  FRÉRY Nadine;  JENSEN Genon;  VAN VLIET Lisette;  KOCH Holger;  DEN HOND Elly;  FIDDICKE Ulrike;  ESTEBAN Marta;  EXLEY Karen;  SCHWEDLER Gerda;  SEIWERT Margarete;  LIGOCKA Danuta;  HOHENBLUM Philipp;  KYRTOPOULOS Soterios;  BOTSIWALI Maria;  DEFELIP Elena;  GUILLOU Claude;  RENIERO Fabiano;  GRAZULEVICIENE Regina;  VEIDEBAUM Toomas;  MØRCK Thit A.;  NIELSEN Jeanette;  JENSEN Janne;  RIVAS Teresa C.;  SANCHEZ Jinny;  KOPPEN Gudrun;  SMOLDERS Roel;  KOZEPESY Szilvia;  HADJIPANAYIS Adamos;  KRSKOVA Andrea;  MANNION Rory;  JAKUBOWSKI Marek;  FUCIC Aleksandra;  PEREIRA-MIGUEL Jose;  GURZAU Anca E.;  JAJCAJ Michal;  MAZEJ Darja;  TRATNIK Janja Snoj;  LEHMANN Andrea;  LARSSON Kristin;  DUMEZ Birgit;  JOAS Reinhard; 

2016-04-04

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE

JRC92280

0013-9351,   

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935114003752,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC92280,   

10.1016/j.envres.2014.10.012,