In the Czech Republic, the Human Biomonitoring Project (CZ-HBM) was launched in 1994
as an integral part of the nationwide Environmental Health Monitoring System (EHMS). Until …

As part of the Human Biomonitoring for Europe (HBM4EU) initiative a human biomonitoring
(HBM) survey is conducted in 21 countries. This survey builds on existing HBM capacity in …

Based on exposure frequency and intrinsic toxicity, lead (Pb) ranks one of the highest
priority toxic materials. Continuous regulation of environmental Pb exposure has contributed …

Lead is a ubiquitous pollutant with well-known effects on human health. As there is no lower
toxicological threshold for lead in blood and since data gaps on lead exposure still exist in …

Children's blood-lead concentration (B-Pb) is well studied, but little is known about cadmium
(B-Cd) and mercury (B-Hg), in particular for central Europe. Such information is necessary …

Metal oxide nanoparticles are increasingly being produced and will inevitably end up in the
aquatic environment. Up till now, most papers have studied individual nanoparticle effects …

Abstract The Flemish Centre for Environment and Health started with human biomonitoring
in 2002 (FLEHS I: 2002–2006). The main goal of the second human biomonitoring cycle …

This paper provides the first baseline information on a national scale regarding lead
exposure in the Spanish adult population. Blood lead levels were measured in a …

The present case study on lead in Europe illustrates the use of the Integrated Monitoring
Framework Strategy to assess the health outcome of environmental pollution by evaluating …

Several recent investigations have reported high concentrations of lead in samples of
minced cervid meat. This paper describes findings from a Norwegian study performed in …