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Every year, ten million new substances are developed and introduced to the market, exposing humans to an ever-expanding range of chemicals with unknown long-term impacts on their health.

According to the World Health Organization chemical pollutants are responsible for at least 10% of all human deaths and diseases. However, due to the difficulty of quantifying and assessing the effects of chemicals on the human body, this figure is likely to be underestimated.

During his AXA Fellowship at the University of Queensland (Australia), Dr. Chang He seeks to identify new biomarkers to address the gap in human biomonitoring (HBM) programs, that currently only assess human exposure to a limited number of hazardous pollutants. With this research, Dr. Chang He aims to make the chemical industry safer and more sustainable, with the ultimate objective of improving human and environmental health.

The identified biomarkers and developed analytical method for assessing emerging contaminants will provide insights into which chemicals should be monitored, and whether their production and use should be prohibited on a national and global scale.

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About the AXA Research Fund:
Since 2008, AXA’s scientific philanthropy initiative funds innovative research in key areas related to health, climate & environment, socio economics and new technologies risks, and supports dissemination to help inform public and private decision-making based on excellent science. #AXARF

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