ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Environ. Health
Sec. Environmental Epidemiology
Volume 4 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fenvh.2025.1610200
This article is part of the Research TopicIntervention and Implementation for Environmental Health SciencesView all articles
Stakeholder perspectives on environmental health-related testing
Provisionally accepted
- Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, United States
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There has been a growing literature on exposome and environmental health-related research, public acceptance, and understanding of ecological health-related testing; however, it has remained underexplored, especially in the context of rapid testing. This study aims to fill this gap by gathering insights into what key stakeholders see as the primary ethical implications, benefits, and possible risks of environment-related tests. 32 interviews were conducted with potential users, medical providers, and ethicists, asking them about their perceptions of environment-related testing, who would benefit most from the research, and if these tests might detract focus from other, directly relevant health-related factors. The study found that the main concerns among these stakeholders include test reliability, the need for tests where the ecological factor being tested has a proven causality for human health, the possibility for individuals or communities to achieve change based on the test results, and the need for tests that foster social justice.
Keywords: Exposome, self-testing, environmental tests, Health, Benefits, risks, Social Justice
Received: 11 Apr 2025; Accepted: 24 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Laas, Vargas Barreto and Hildt. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Kelly Laas, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, United States
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