Bauer, Susanne2019-09-252019-09-252012-05-2820081476-069Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/185475Human biomonitoring (HBM) has rapidly gained importance. In some epidemiological studies, the measurement and use of biomarkers of exposure, susceptibility and disease have replaced traditional environmental indicators. While in HBM, ethical issues have mostly been addressed in terms of informed consent and confidentiality, this paper maps out a larger array of societal issues from an epistemological perspective, i.e. bringing into focus the conditions of how and what is known in environmental health science.engCreative Commons Copyright (CC 2.5)health ethicsBioethicsEnvironmental ethicsHealth ethicsArticle