Biomonitoring of pollutants and their metabolites and derivatives using biofluids provides new opportunities for spatiotemporal assessment of human risks to environmental exposures. Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) have been used widely in industry and pose significant environmental concerns due to their stability and bioaccumulation in humans and animals. However, current methods for extraction...

There are numerous programs ongoing to analyze environmental exposure of humans to xenobiotic chemicals via biomonitoring measurements (e.g.: EU ESBIO, COPHES; US CDC NHANES; Canadian Health Measures Survey). The goal of these projects is to determine relative trends in exposure to chemicals, across time and subpopulations. Due to the lack of data, there is often little information correlating ...

The “European Human Biomonitoring Initiative” (HBM4EU) derives human biomonitoring guidance values (HBM-GVs) for the general population (HBM-GVGenPop) and/or occupationally exposed adults (HBM-GVWorker) several priority substances and substance groups as identified by policy makers, scientists stakeholders at EU national level, including bisphenol A (BPA). exposure to BPA is widespread of parti...

The ubiquitous nature of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems may have serious implications for biota. While microplastic research freshwater is increasing, very few studies assessed the physical presence among top predators. Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), a predator ecosystems, one most widely distributed species and has broad habitat niche. opportunistic collection spraints (i.e., feces) presen...

The use of human samples to assess environmental exposure and uptake of chemicals is more than an analytical exercise and requires consideration of the utility and interpretation of data as well as due consideration of ethical issues. These aspects are inextricably linked.In 2004 the EC expressed its commitment to the development of a harmonised approach to human biomonitoring (HBM) by includin...

Currently, heavy metals pollution is significantly becoming a global concern as it causes severe toxicity towards human health and the environmental condition. Intensive efforts to develop highly sensitive, rapid, simple assay assess toxic effects of in aquatic bodies have been done. An emerging tool solve this matter by using microorganisms one them yeast. In study, simple, cost-efficient Bake...

In this issue of Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), Schecter et al. (2011) report levels of poly brominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants in butter purchased from retail stores. Although the investigators found prevalent levels of PBDEs in butter, they report that one sample had inordinately high levels of octa-, nona-, and deca-BDE con-geners, likely from its highly contaminated...