Environmental pollutants enter the human body and can cause long-term morbidities or disease. Emerging evidence indicates that chemicals used in everyday consumer goods and materials also transfer into human bodies with yet unknown consequences.
Biomonitoring of chemical exposure is vital for improving risk assessment and employing more sustainable approaches for chemicals’ usage. Presently, we lack the understanding of how and to what extent consumer chemicals or chemicals in our external environment enter our bodies.
Further details: Monitoring exposure to consumer chemicals