Spain orders ‘biomonitoring’ of its population
The aim of the government's biomonitoring programme is to investigate what damage to health the more than 23 000 chemical substances registered in the EU could cause. “Emerging risks” are expected to be included.
Published: November 12, 2022, 5:28 am
The left-socialist government coalition around Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez claims to be concerned that the population is being exposed to more and more chemical substances and products that are harmful to health.
Therefore, on November 3, 2022, it was officially ordered that the population should be subjected to “biomonitoring” with immediate effect. For this purpose, the Decree PCM/1049/2022 “Establishing the Interministerial Commission for Human Biomonitoring” was published. As usual, the government relies on EU guidelines on this issue.
In its new regulation, the government announced: “The number of chemicals and substances on the world market is constantly increasing. More than 23 000 substances are currently registered in the European Union under the REACH regulation, according to the register of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). Global sales of chemicals amounted to 3471 billion euros in 2020, while in Europe it was 499 billion euros, accounting for 14,4 of sales.”
Despite the existing legal framework, knowledge about exposure to chemical substances and their health effects remains a major challenge, the government said. This is due to the large number of existing and newly synthesized substances, the complexity of geographic and temporal exposure situations, the impact of cumulative exposure over time, the combination of substances and emerging risks.
In this context, “Human Biomonitoring” (BMH) is a very useful tool for health protection, as it provides concrete information on exposure to chemicals through an assessment of chemicals or their degradation products in human samples.
Through the BMH one can learn about the level of exposure of individuals, the general population or specific groups, as well as the routes of exposure and the determinants of exposure – and in some cases their potential health effects. This could allow exposure reduction measures to be developed to reduce harm to individuals.
According to the government , the European Commission has supported the development of the BMH by funding various projects as part of its research programmes. In this regard, the “Human Biomonitoring Initiative for Europe (HBM4EU)” stands out. This is a multiannual program designed to establish, coordinate and promote human health surveillance in the European Union.
The aim is to gain knowledge about the exposure of citizens to chemical pollutants and their effects on health, and then taking certain public health measures which will be touted as contributing to improving the health and well-being of the population.
One of the most important points of this initiative is the need to develop national BMH structures to ensure the sustainability and continuity of the European network. This is the only way to meet the needs of each participating country in the field of “human biomonitoring”. The overarching goal in the medium to long term is to create an institutional structure for the exchange of information, experience and best practices in the field of chemical risk management.
With this decree, the Interministerial Commission for “Human Biomonitoring” (CIBMH) was created. The Ministry of Health is the competent authority for the application of all the above European regulations, the authority cooperating with the Carlos III Health Institute in Madrid, an autonomous body dependent on the Ministry of Science and Innovation and the Ministry of Health.
The Ministry of Health participates in all the assessment procedures set out in the various regulations, both for industrial chemicals (REACH regulation) and for active substances for biocidal and phytosanitary purposes (specific regulations).
Article 2 of the new regulation specifies the responsibilities of the CIBMH. This includes the coordination, planning and organization of the tasks carried out by the state administration in connection with studies or plans for human biomonitoring in the field of chemical substances and their degradation products in human samples. An exception are medicinal products or those of radioactive origin.
Spanish lawyer Aitor Gusiasola, who pointed out this regulation in a video on his channel Un abogado contra la demagogia, emphasized: “Everyone can come to their own conclusion, I have already done so. It doesn’t seem right to me that we should first be exposed to chemical substances and then see how they have damaged our health.”
All rights reserved. You have permission to quote freely from the articles provided that the source (www.freewestmedia.com) is given. Photos may not be used without our consent.
Consider donating to support our work
Help us to produce more articles like this. FreeWestMedia is depending on donations from our readers to keep going. With your help, we expose the mainstream fake news agenda.
Keep your language polite. Readers from many different countries visit and contribute to Free West Media and we must therefore obey the rules in, for example, Germany. Illegal content will be deleted.
If you have been approved to post comments without preview from FWM, you are responsible for violations of any law. This means that FWM may be forced to cooperate with authorities in a possible crime investigation.
If your comments are subject to preview by FWM, please be patient. We continually review comments but depending on the time of day it can take up to several hours before your comment is reviewed.
We reserve the right to delete comments that are offensive, contain slander or foul language, or are irrelevant to the discussion.

Care prompts bishops to criticize transgender ideology
The Catholic bishops of the Scandinavian countries presented an open five-page letter criticizing transgender ideology on March 21, just before Easter. The document primarily expresses care and advice and was read aloud in Catholic churches in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland. Cardinal Anders Arborelius, Bishop of Stockholm, is one of the signatories of the document.

Brits Forced to Live in Darkness and Cold
Food prices are rising at a furious pace, fastest in Scotland in almost half a century. At the same time, energy prices are at record highs. People are forced to choose between freezing or going hungry, and a majority of Scots are forced to live in cold and darkness to cope with bills. Old generations' tricks for saving and keeping warm are returning. Nevertheless, it is feared that 10,000 Brits will die of cold homes this winter. We present the Swedish Public Health Agency's guidelines on indoor temperature. Governments in Europe are introducing rationing and monitoring of food purchases. Net-zero emissions are a lie that, in practice, de-industrializes the West and dramatically lowers our standard of living.

Thousands of Flemish farmers block roads in Brussels against nitrogen policy
BrusselsMore than 2500 farmers from Belgium's Dutch-speaking Flanders region gathered at Brussels' central Arts-Loi street and blocked roads with tractors toward Brussels to protest the regional government's plan to limit nitrogen emissions.

Orban: EU energy sanctions costing citizens billions
BudapestHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned that some western states could soon send troops to Ukraine. He also criticized the fact that the EU sanctions against Russia had cost Hungarian taxpayers tens of billions of euros.

Italy: New leader of the Social Democrats is one of Soros’ ‘preferred politicians’
RomeDuring the election campaign, Elly Schlein presented herself as the standard-bearer of the poorest. However, her background and previous work raise doubts about her honesty.

UK greenhouses shut down due to high energy costs
LondonIn Great Britain, a particularly depressing facet of the crisis is now showing its first contours - and thus anticipating what is likely to happen in other European countries in the near future: because of the exploding energy prices, agriculture is being strangled and fresh produce has to be rationed.

Lisbon opens borders to all Portuguese speakers
LisbonNot only the German and Italian governments keep opening new paths for immigration. Portugal, too, has opened a Pandora's box and is paving the way for possibly millions of non-European immigrants to the EU – something which is not mentioned by the mainstream media.

Illegal immigration to Italy has reached its highest level ever
RomeIn Italy, despite the overwhelming right-wing electoral success in September, there is still nothing to be seen of the promised asylum turnaround – on the contrary. Giorgia Meloni has been in office for five months, but the arrivals of migrants in Italy have doubled compared to the previous year.

Dismantling diplomacy with ‘feminist foreign policy’
BudapestGerman Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) wants to counter German security issues abroad with feminist politics. Gender training, LGBTQ events and quotas are now part of their new guidelines, which are intended to bring about "cultural change". The German ambassador to Hungary, Julia Gross, provided an embarrassing example.

Germans demand investigation of Nord Stream sabotage
BerlinAfter the sensational revelations by US investigative reporter Seymour Hersh about the perpetrators of the Nord Stream attacks on September 26, 2022, the German government has remained silent. It does not want to comment on Hersh's research results, according to which the pipelines were blown up by Americans and Norwegians.