Bio-monitoring

In the framework of the 2004-2010 European Environment and Health action Plan and under the 7th Framework Programme, the European Commission is preparing a project pilot on human biomonitoring (HBM). The project aim to measure pollutants in human tissues and fluid. The data can be used to fine tune or even launch environment and health policy, and allow policy makers to identify priorities. In this project NGOs play a important role
Objectives of the Human Biomonitoring
HBM calculates (...)

Data released in Norway and Denmark on November 2003 reinforce concerns over brominated flame retardants and phthalates respectively.
A study by the Norwegian public health institute (FHI) finds that levels of the former in mothers’ milk have risen 58% over the past decade, while the Danish veterinary and food administration (DVFA) reports that children, especially infants of 6-12 months, still suffer levels of exposure to phthalates up to ten times those of adults, despite a series of (...)

WWF UK has issued a report which summarises a nation-wide blood survey they have carried out.
The survey found a cocktail of highly toxic man made chemicals in every single person tested in the UK-wide blood survey.
WWF press release.
WFF’s biomonitoring report.

Commissioner Margot Wallström and 155 other people (among them MEPs) have had their blood checked for the presence of persistent chemicals on 6 November.
The tests were part of an awareness-raising campaign organised by World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
Chemicals such as PCBs (Poly Chlorinated Biphenyls) and PBDEs (Poly Brominated Diphenyl Ethers) build up in the human body over time, can be transfered to developing babies in the womb and are known to have serious health implications (eg (...)