November 2004 Maryse Lehners InitiativLiewensufank IBFAN1 Biomonitoring TWG  Is continuing its work up to end of Implementation Group (IG) for action 3  Reimbursements for travel costs and consultant  Core group enlarged and ad hoc members  Work program and mandate to be decided  Table to select substance and matrix for pilot project  Coordination with biomonitoring under REACH?

November 2004 Maryse Lehners InitiativLiewensufank IBFAN2 Human biomonotoring Program of tomorrows session  Introduction (Action 3 of Action Plan)  Oral presentations (6)  Posters (31)  Discussion

November 2004 Maryse Lehners InitiativLiewensufank IBFAN3 8 questions to be addressed in presentations and discussion  Contribution of your biomonitoring data to policy measures relevant environ. health ?  What was done with biomonitoring data resulting from your project ?  How were biomonitoring data integrated with health monitoring data and environmental monitoring data ?  How were results communicated to study participants, decision makers, public, etc.?  Expertise, experiences, protocols etc. shared with other research/survey groups ?  What are the next steps ?  Recommended objectives for an EU approach for biomonitoring?  What experiences should be taken into consideration for a European Pilotproject ?

November 2004 Maryse Lehners InitiativLiewensufank IBFAN4 Oral Presentations Biomonitoring  1. Germany: “German Environmental Survey (GerES)” by Kerstin Becker  2. Belgium: “Flemish biomonitoring: from pilot study (1999) to biomonitoring campaign ( ) and follow-up” by Greet Schoeters  3. Portugal: “Biomonitoring activities in Portugal” by M. Fatima Reis  4. Poland: “Biological monitoring of environmental exposure to lead in children: an example of Poland” by Marek Jakubowski  5. Croatia: “Collaboration between cancer & miscarriage registers with biomonitoring databases in identifying populations at health risk as the basis for policymaking” by Alexandra Fucic  6. WHO: “Breast milk surveys” by R van Leeuwen.

November 2004 Maryse Lehners InitiativLiewensufank IBFAN5 Posters  Environmental exposure  Biomarkers  Mercury and cadmium  Air quality  WWF and IBFAN  Reproductive health, children, adolescents and environmental health well represented

November 2004 Maryse Lehners InitiativLiewensufank IBFAN6 Discussion It is up to us to voice the right questions!