Allocation of reliable analytical procedures for human biomonitoring published by the DFG Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area.

In 1955 the Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area (MAK Commission) was founded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). The Commission is responsible for analysing health risks by chemical exposure at the workplace and for advising public authorities accordingly. Within the Commission, the working group "Analyses of Hazardous Substances in Biological Materials" (AiBM) deals with the development of procedures to analyse chemical substances in biological materials.

External quality assessment of human biomonitoring in the range of environmental exposure levels.

The number of human biomonitoring (HBM) applications for identifying and assessing the chemical exposure of the general population from the environment has distinctly increased during the last decade. An appropriate external quality assessment of the applied methods is essential to assure the accuracy and the comparability of HBM results. The international programme of the German External Quality Assessment Scheme (G-EQUAS) provides proficiency testing for most of the HBM parameters, which are commonly used for the assessment of the human exposure to chemicals.

Strategy of biological monitoring and setting of biological threshold limits (BAT values) in Germany.

Biological monitoring is of fundamental importance in Germany. The successful strategy of biological monitoring is based on four factors. Recommendations for the pre-analytical phase have been issued by official societies.