Humans

Various human samples are stored in the Environmental Specimen Bank of the Environment Agency Austria. Primarily these samples are from completed Human Biomonitoring Studies that are stored for later investigations. In addition, there are also human samples that are collected exclusively for the Environmental Specimen Bank.

Body fluids
  • Urine
  • Breast milk
Body tissue
  • Placental tissue

Human samples have been archived since 2019.

Especially with human samples, it is important to comply with all ethics and data protection requirements.

Data protection and ethics