Funding Information: HBM4EU E-Waste Study Team: The HBM4EU e-waste study team consists of Kukka Aimonen l, Lasma Akulova m, Radia Bousoumah n, Argelia Casta\u00F1o o, Adam Clarke p, Adrian Covaci q, Maurice van Dael c, Marta Esteban L\u00F3pez o, Thomas G\u00F6eno c, Martien Graumans c, Ogier Hanser n, Beata Janasik r, Kate Jones p, Laura Komarovska m, Sirpa Laitinen l, Henriqueta Louro s, Carla Martins b, Lind...
Funding Information: The authors would like to thank all the companies and workers who took part in the HBM4EU E-waste Study. The authors would also like to thank the late Jouko Remes for his contribution to the HBM4EU project, including the statistical analysis he performed for this peer reviewed publication. Furthermore, the authors wish to express their gratitude to the German laboratory IPASUM for analyzing...
Funding Information: We would like to thank all the experts active in the International Society for Exposure Science (ISES) European Regional Chapter, working group on Human biomonitoring (ISES Europe HBM working group) and the HBM Global Network for their support and contributions. Additionally, special thanks to ECETOC for supporting this initiative and development of www.FAIREHR.com platform. Ethical approva...
Funding Information: The recently completed EU human biomonitoring initiative (HBM4EU, www.hbm4eu.eu/about-hbm4eu/), was a European Joint Programme that aimed to harmonise the collection and use of biomonitoring data to better understand human exposure to chemicals in the environment, in occupational settings and through the use of consumer products to improve chemical risk assessment and management efforts, an...
Funding Information: Funding: This research was conducted under the HBM4EU project and was funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement no. 733032 and received co-funding from the author’s organizations and/or Ministries. Luxembourg entered the study at a later stage and thus financed the study at its own means. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the author. Licensee...
Exposure to hexavalent chromium Cr(VI) may occur in several occupational activities, placing workers in many industries at risk for potential related health outcomes. Untargeted metabolomics was applied to investigate changes in metabolic pathways in response to Cr(VI) exposure. We obtained our data from a study population of 220 male workers with exposure to Cr(VI) and 102 male controls from Belgium, Finland, ...
Crown Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.; Exposure to hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] may occur in several occupational activities, e.g., welding, Cr(VI) electroplating and other surface treatment processes. The aim of this study was to provide EU relevant data on occupational Cr(VI) exposure to support the regulatory risk assessment and decision-making. In addition, the capability a...
Funding Information: All authors are salaried staff members of their respective institutions. This publication was prepared with financial support to the WHO from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States of America (Grant 1E11OH0010676-02; Grant 6NE11OH010461-02–01; and Grant 5NE11OH010461-03–00); the German Federal Ministry...
Funding: This work has received external funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 733032 and received co-funding from the author’s organizations and/or Ministries.; Diisocyanates have long been a leading cause of occupational asthma in Europe, and recently, they have been subjected to a restriction under the REACH regulations. As part of the Europe...