Table 3.

Challenges in reporting back personal exposure results.

Ongoing contact with study participants Maintaining connections with participants given long gaps between collecting samples and reporting results Post hoc contact with study participants if new health guidelines emerge Protocols for the timing of reporting back high results for chemicals without health guidelines Developing meaningful reports Deciding on clear takeaway messages and summaries, including conveying scientific uncertainty about health outcomes Avoiding information overload Representing intra-individual temporal variability for rapidly metabolized chemicals Sharing data beyond the study participant Deciding who to share research results with (e.g., physicians, family members, and wider communities) and how to protect privacy Logistical and financial constraints Limitations in staff time, funding, and other resources