Antje Gerofke, Rosa Lange, Nina Vogel, Phillipp Schmidt, Till Weber, Madlen David, Hanne Frederiksen, Kirsten Baken, Eva Govarts, Liese Gilles, Laura Rodriguez Martin, Žanna Martinsone, Tiina Santonen, Greet Schoeters, Martin Scheringer, Elena Domínguez-Romero, Marta Esteban López, Argelia Castaño Calvo, Holger M Koch, Petra Apel, Marike Kolossa-Gehring
Phthalates and the substitute plasticizer DINCH belong to the first group of priority substances investigated by the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU) to answer policy-relevant questions and safeguard an efficient science-to-policy transfer of results. Human internal exposure levels were assessed using two data sets from all European regions and Israel. The first collated existing human biomonitoring (HBM) data (2005-2019). The second consisted of new data generated in the harmonized "HBM4EU Aligned Studies" (2014-2021) on children and teenagers for the ten most relevant phthalates and DINCH, accompanied by a quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) program for 17 urinary exposure biomarkers...
April 16, 2024: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health