Abstract The European Initiative HBM4EU aimed to further establish human biomonitoring
across Europe as an important tool for determining population exposure to chemicals and as …

One of the major goals of the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU) was to
bridge the gap between science and policy by consulting both policy makers and national …

Human biomonitoring (HBM) is a crucial approach for exposure assessment, as emphasised
in the European Commission's Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS). HBM can help to …

Human biomonitoring involves the use of human samples and data to investigate exposure
to environmental chemicals and their impact on human health. HBM4EU developed a …

Lead (Pb) is a naturally occurring heavy metal that received, in the last decades, much
attention in the human health risk assessment community. In the European Human …

Health and environmental psychology have long been walking side by side. These two
disciplines of psychology have imported and applied common psychological frameworks …

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has globally influenced the exposure of populations to
chemical substances through various channels. This study aims to evaluate the tendencies …

Background and aim The Vasilikos Energy Center (VEC) is a large hydrocarbon industrial
hub actively operating in Cyprus. There is strong public interest by the communities …

Exposure to different chemicals is an inevitable part of our everyday lives. Within HBM4EU,
focus group discussions were conducted to gather data on citizens' perceptions of chemical …

Risk perception (RP) evaluation during pregnancy and its relationship with lifestyles are
considered useful tools for understanding communities living in high-risk areas and …