HBM4EU - Human Biomonitoring for Europe

HBM4EU was a joint effort of 26 countries, the European Environment Agency and the European Commission, co-funded under Horizon 2020. The main aim of the initiative was to coordinate and advance human biomonitoring in Europe. HBM4EU imed to provide better evidence of the actual exposure of citizens to chemicals and the possible health effects to support policy making. The HBM4EU initiative represented a novel collaboration between scientists and chemical risk assessors and risk managers, including several Commission services, EU agencies and national representatives. The project aimed to build bridges between the research and policy worlds and deliver benefits to society in terms of enhanced chemical safety. HBM4EU run for five years, from 2017 to 2021. In developing priorities for HBM4EU under the first annual work plan, the consortium conducted a prioritisation exercise to identify those substances to be the focus of activities. Additional rounds of prioritisation were carried out during the project lifespan to ensure that our research responds dynamically to policy needs.

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HBM4EU Intro video

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