Additional Resources and Information

Following are links to sites that provide information on topics related to biomonitoring for environmental chemicals and chemical risk assessment.

International, national, or state biomonitoring programs

• The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Exposure Program http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/
• Canadian Health Measures Survey http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/contaminants/health-measures-sante_e.html
• European Union’s Pilot Project in Human Biomonitoring http://www.epha.org/a/2715
• Minnesota Department of Health Biomonitoring Pilot Program http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/tracking/biomonitoringpilot.htm
• California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program http://oehha.ca.gov/multimedia/biomon/index.html

Related Publications

Hays, S.M., R. Becker, H.-W. Leung, L.L. Aylward, and D.W. Pyatt.  2007.  Biomonitoring equivalents: A screening approach for interpreting biomonitoring results from a public health risk perspective. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology.  47(1):96-109.

LaKind, J.S., L. Barraj, N. Tran, and L.L. Aylward.  2008.  Environmental chemicals in people: Challenges in interpreting biomonitoring information.  J. Environ. Health. 70(9):61-64.  Reprinted with permission from Journal of Environmental Health, May 2008, a publication of the National Environmental Health Association. Copyright 2008. All rights reserved.

Chemical Risk Assessment

USEPA National Center for Environmental Assessment information on chemical risk assessment http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/nceariskassess.cfm?ActType=RiskAssess

If you know of additional websites that might be useful for us to link to, please send an email to shays@biomonitoringequivalents.net.