Webinar – HBM4EU Chromates Study

• Exposogas Project
• March 25, 2021

The Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health and the EXPOSOGAS project invites you to join the next webinar of 2021 entitled:

“HBM4EU Chromates Study – Reflection and lessons learnt from designing and undertaking a collaborative European biomonitoring study on occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium”

🎤 Speaker: Dr. Karen Galea, Workplace Exposure, Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM)

📅 Date: March 30, 2021| 15:00 – 16:00 (Cyprus time)

📖 Abstract:  The EU human biomonitoring initiative, HBM4EU, aims to co-ordinate and advance human biomonitoring (HBM) across Europe. As part of HBM4EU, a multicentre study to characterize occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) in nine European countries (HBM4EU chromates study) was undertaken. This study intended to collect data on current occupational exposure and to test new indicators for chromium (Cr) biomonitoring (Cr(VI) in exhaled breath condensate and Cr in red blood cells), in addition to traditional urinary total Cr analyses. Also, data from occupational hygiene samples and biomarkers of early biological effects, including genetic and epigenetic effects, was obtained, complementing the biomonitoring information. Data collection and analysis is complete, with the project findings to be made separately available. As HBM4EU prepares to embark on further European wide biomonitoring studies, the team considered it important to reflect on the experiences gained through the harmonised approach. During this webinair we will reflect and share these experiences so that lessons can be learnt and further considered when developing future occupational multicentre studies.

🎥 ZOOM

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https://iomworld.zoom.us/j/97090909564?pwd=dkJLUWpqbTd0VTZsZitKeUM5aFJFQT09

Meeting ID: 970 9090 9564

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