Body Burden - International Initiatives

BODY BURDEN
International Initiatives

INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES

While there is no global project to examine contaminants in human blood, there are a national government programs, for example the US based National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals.

The US based National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals is an ongoing assessment of the exposure of the U.S. population to environmental chemicals using biomonitoring. The first Report on 27 chemicals was issued in March 2001. This Second Report, released in January 2003, presents blood and urine levels of 116 environmental chemicals from a sample of people that represent the non institutionalized, civilian U.S. population during the two-year period 1999-2000.

This Second Report presents exposure data from 1999-2000 for 116 chemicals, including expanded information on the 27 chemicals listed in the first Report and 89 new chemicals. This Report also presents exposure data for the U.S. population by age, sex, and race/ethnicity.

The first Report provided data on lead, mercury, cadmium, and other metals; dialkylphosphate metabolites of organophosphate pesticides; cotinine; and phthalates.

The Second Report includes data on these chemicals and adds the following:

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
Dioxins, furans, and coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
Non-coplanar PCBs
Phytoestrogens
Selected organophosphate pesticides
Organochlorine pesticides
Carbamate pesticides
Herbicides
Pest repellents and disinfectants

Copies of the Reports are available in the electronic Reference Library under "C" for Chemical Exposure,

and for further information visit http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/dls/report

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IPEN Body Burden Community Monitoring Handbook - 2005