Advanced platform for chemical analyses
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An important task in PARC is to monitor the European population's exposure to unwanted substances.
Summary
This must be done by measuring concentrations of relevant substances in human samples (e.g., blood and urine). This is called human biomonitoring and was initiated in an earlier EU project called HBM4EU, which is now continuing in PARC.
The NIPH has established an advanced platform for chemical analyses (based on on-line solid phase extraction, chromatography, and mass spectrometry) to be able to measure unwanted substances, e.g., per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in blood and phthalate metabolites in urine.
In PARC, unwanted substances will be measured in people from various countries in different laboratories in Europe, so it is important to ensure that the data are comparable and of high quality. The NIPH participates in various working groups to create good protocols for quality control of the measurement methods.
In HBM4EU, our analysis laboratory became part of a network of laboratories in Europe that have demonstrated high quality analyses. The NIPH is now working to further develop the methods to be able to measure more substances.