EU wants human biomonitoring
EU environment ministers have asked the European Commission to press ahead with an EU pilot project that will test human blood for pollutants in support of environmental and health policy
The conclusions on environment and health, adopted by the EU-27 environment ministers on 20 December urged the Commission to ensure adequate funding for the EU pilot project on human biomonitoring. The Commission is invited "to implement this project as early as possible ... to provide data to develop, adapt and evaluate environmental policies".
The European pilot project in human biomonitoring, launched in the framework of the EU Action Plan on Environment and Health 2004-2010, aims to measure pollutants in human tissue and fluid. The data can be used to support both environmental and public health policy and help policymakers to identify priorities.
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