Fantke Peter, Bruinen de Bruin Yuri, Schlüter Urs, Connolly Alison, Bessems Jos, Kephalopoulos Stylianos, Zare Jeddi Maryam, van Nieuwenhuyse An, Dudzina Tatsiana, Scheepers Paul T J, von Goetz Natalie
Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Produktionstorvet, 424, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), Bilbao, Spain; European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.
Environ Int. 2022 Dec;170:107555. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107555. Epub 2022 Sep 30.
Exposure science is an emerging and rapidly growing field dedicated to all aspects concerning the contact between chemical, biological, physical or psycho-social stressors and human and ecological receptors. With that, exposure science plays a central role in protecting human and ecosystem health, and contributes to the global transition towards a green and sustainable society. In Europe, however, exposure science is currently not sufficiently recognised as a scientific field, resulting in inefficient uptake into policies. In response, the wider European exposure science community developed elements and actions under the auspices of the Europe Regional Chapter of the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES Europe), for identified priority areas, namely education, exposure models, exposure data, human biomonitoring, and policy uptake. In the present document, we synthesize these strategic elements into an overarching 'European Exposure Science Strategy 2020-2030', following three strategic objectives that focus on acknowledging exposure science as an independent and interconnected field, harmonizing approaches and tools across regulations, and exploring collaboration, education and funding mechanisms. To operationalise this strategy, we present concrete key actions and propose initiatives and funding options for advancing the underlying science, cultivating broader education and cross-sector exposure knowledge transfer, and fostering effective uptake of exposure information into policy. We aim at anchoring European efforts in the global exposure science context, with a special focus on the interface between scientific advancements, application in decision support, and dissemination and training. This will help to develop exposure science as a strong scientific field with the ultimate goal to successfully assess and manage various stressors across sectors and geographic scales.
暴露科学是一个新兴且发展迅速的领域，致力于研究化学、生物、物理或心理社会应激源与人类和生态受体之间接触的各个方面。据此，暴露科学在保护人类和生态系统健康方面发挥着核心作用，并有助于全球向绿色可持续社会转型。然而，在欧洲，暴露科学目前尚未得到充分认可，导致其在政策中的应用效率低下。作为回应，在国际暴露科学学会欧洲区域分会（ISES Europe）的支持下，更广泛的欧洲暴露科学界针对已确定的优先领域，即教育、暴露模型、暴露数据、人体生物监测和政策应用，制定了相关要素和行动。在本文件中，我们将这些战略要素整合为一项总体的“2020 - 2030年欧洲暴露科学战略”，该战略遵循三个战略目标，即承认暴露科学是一个独立且相互关联的领域、协调各法规间的方法和工具，以及探索合作、教育和资助机制。为实施这一战略，我们提出了具体的关键行动，并为推进基础科学、培养更广泛的教育和跨部门暴露知识转移，以及促进将暴露信息有效纳入政策提出了倡议和资助选项。我们旨在将欧洲的努力置于全球暴露科学背景下，特别关注科学进步、决策支持中的应用以及传播与培训之间的衔接。这将有助于把暴露科学发展成为一个强大的科学领域，最终目标是成功评估和管理跨部门和地理尺度的各种应激源。
