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National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
Citation:
CDC. National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Description:
The National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals is a publication that provides an ongoing assessment of the U.S. population's exposure to environmental chemicals using biomonitoring. For this Report, an environmental chemical means a chemical compound or chemical element present in air, water, soil, dust, food, or other environmental media. Biomonitoring is the assessment of human exposure to chemicals by measuring the chemicals or their metabolites in human specimens, such as blood or urine.
The first Edition of the National Report, released in 2001, presented levels for 27 environmental chemicals measured in the U.S. population. These chemicals included metals (e.g., lead, mercury, and uranium), cotinine (a marker of tobacco smoke exposure), organophosphate pesticide metabolites, and phthalate metabolites. The first release of the Report also presented data for the general U.S. population for 1999 from CDC's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Because the sample size in any one year of NHANES was relatively small and for 1999 the survey was conducted in only 12 locations across the country, and because most analyses were conducted in sub-samples of the population, more data will be needed to confirm these findings and to allow more detailed analysis to describe exposure levels in population subgroups. Since the 2001 report, subsequent updates have been made available from the CDC website and include these larger sets of data.
URLs/Downloads:
National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (Website)
Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemical, Updated Tables, Jan 2019, Volume One (PDF, 866 pp, 21969 KB, about PDF)
Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemical, Updated Tables, Jan 2019, Volume Two (PDF, 994 pp, 34050 KB, about PDF)
Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemical, Feb 2015 (PDF, 1095 pp, 62695 KB, about PDF)
Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemical, Updated Tables, Aug 2014 (PDF, 514 pp, 28923 KB, about PDF)
Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemical, Executive Summary, Dec 2009 (PDF, 12 pp, 894 KB, about PDF)
Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemical, Dec 2009 (PDF, 530 pp, 6847 KB, about PDF)
Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemical, Jul 2005 (PDF, 475 pp, 3161 KB, about PDF)
Second National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemical, Jan 2003 (PDF, 257 pp, 3003 KB, about PDF)
National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemical, Mar 2001 (PDF, 68 pp, 264 KB, about PDF)