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A committee of the National Academies will review current practices and recommend ways to improve the interpretation and uses of human biomonitoring data for environmental toxicants (e.g., levels of environmental contaminants in human tissues and fluids, such as blood, urine, or hair). The committee will include some members from other countries engaged in biomonitoring. The committee's report will identify key principles and uncertainties in estimating and interpreting toxicant exposures and health risks from biomonitoring data.
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Human Biomonitoring for Environmental Chemicals
Consensus Study Report
·2006
Biomonitoring—a method for measuring amounts of toxic chemicals in human tissues—is a valuable tool for studying potentially harmful environmental chemicals. Biomonitoring data have been used to confirm exposures to chemicals and validate public health policies. For example, population biomonitoring...
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