Chemical exposure : european citizens’ perspectives, trust, and concerns on human biomonitoring initiatives, information needs, and scientific results
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Chemical exposure : european citizens’ perspectives, trust, and concerns on human biomonitoring initiatives, information needs, and scientific resultsHuman biomonitoringFocus groupCitizen reflectionsChemical exposurePolicy decision makingCopyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Over the last few decades, citizen awareness and perception of chemical products has been a topic of interest, particularly concerning national and international policy decision makers, expert/scientific platforms, and the European Union itself. To date, few qualitative studies on human biomonitoring have analysed communication materials, made recommendations in terms of biomonitoring surveillance, or asked for feedback in terms of specific biomonitoring methods. This paper provides in-depth insight on citizens’ perceptions of knowledge of biomonitoring, impact of chemical exposure on daily life, and claims on how results of research should be used. Four semi-structured focus groups were held in Austria, Portugal, Ireland, and the United Kingdom (UK). The cross-sectional observational qualitative design of this study allows for better understanding of public concern regarding chemicals, application, and use of human biomonitoring. The main findings of this study include citizens’ clear articulation on pathways of exposure, the demand on stakeholders for transparent decision-making, and sensitivity in communication of results to the public. Validated and trustful communication is perceived as key to empowering citizens to take action. The results can be used to facilitate decision-making and policy development, and feeds into the awareness needs of similar and future projects in human biomonitoring. Furthermore, it also brings to light ideas and concepts of citizens’ in shaping collaborative knowledge between citizens’, experts, scientists, and policy makers on equal terms.The HBM4EU project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 73303MDPIRepositório da Universidade de LisboaUhl, MariaSantos, RicardoCosta, JoanaSantos, OsvaldoVirgolino, AnaEvans, David S.Murray, CoraMulcahy, MauriceUbong, DorothySepai, OvnairLobo Vicente, JoanaLeitner, MichaelaBenda-Kahri, SilviaZanini-Freitag, Daniela2021-02-08T13:34:35Z20212021-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/46221engInt. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 15321661-782710.3390/ijerph180415321660-4601info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:48:26Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/46221Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:58:28.368848Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Chemical exposure : european citizens’ perspectives, trust, and concerns on human biomonitoring initiatives, information needs, and scientific results |
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Chemical exposure : european citizens’ perspectives, trust, and concerns on human biomonitoring initiatives, information needs, and scientific results |
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Chemical exposure : european citizens’ perspectives, trust, and concerns on human biomonitoring initiatives, information needs, and scientific results Uhl, Maria Human biomonitoring Focus group Citizen reflections Chemical exposure Policy decision making |
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Chemical exposure : european citizens’ perspectives, trust, and concerns on human biomonitoring initiatives, information needs, and scientific results |
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Chemical exposure : european citizens’ perspectives, trust, and concerns on human biomonitoring initiatives, information needs, and scientific results |
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Chemical exposure : european citizens’ perspectives, trust, and concerns on human biomonitoring initiatives, information needs, and scientific results |
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Chemical exposure : european citizens’ perspectives, trust, and concerns on human biomonitoring initiatives, information needs, and scientific results |
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Chemical exposure : european citizens’ perspectives, trust, and concerns on human biomonitoring initiatives, information needs, and scientific results |
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Uhl, Maria |
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Uhl, Maria Santos, Ricardo Costa, Joana Santos, Osvaldo Virgolino, Ana Evans, David S. Murray, Cora Mulcahy, Maurice Ubong, Dorothy Sepai, Ovnair Lobo Vicente, Joana Leitner, Michaela Benda-Kahri, Silvia Zanini-Freitag, Daniela |
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Santos, Ricardo Costa, Joana Santos, Osvaldo Virgolino, Ana Evans, David S. Murray, Cora Mulcahy, Maurice Ubong, Dorothy Sepai, Ovnair Lobo Vicente, Joana Leitner, Michaela Benda-Kahri, Silvia Zanini-Freitag, Daniela |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Uhl, Maria Santos, Ricardo Costa, Joana Santos, Osvaldo Virgolino, Ana Evans, David S. Murray, Cora Mulcahy, Maurice Ubong, Dorothy Sepai, Ovnair Lobo Vicente, Joana Leitner, Michaela Benda-Kahri, Silvia Zanini-Freitag, Daniela |
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Human biomonitoring Focus group Citizen reflections Chemical exposure Policy decision making |
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Human biomonitoring Focus group Citizen reflections Chemical exposure Policy decision making |
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Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 1532 1661-7827 10.3390/ijerph18041532 1660-4601 |
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