Human Biomonitoring for Environmental Chemicals

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Committee on Human Biomonitoring for Environmental Toxicants, National Research Council
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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 data ...
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Front Matter	i-xxiv
Summary	1-14	(skim)
1 Introduction	15-26	(skim)
2 U.S. and International Biomonitoring Efforts	27-70	(skim)
3 Framework to Characterize Biomarkers and Uses of Biomonitoring	71-83	(skim)
4 Considerations in the Design of Biomonitoring Studies	84-131	(skim)
5 Interpretation of Biomonitoring Results	132-200	(skim)
6 Communicating Results, Interpretations, and Uses of Biomonitoring Data to Nonscientists	201-237	(skim)
7 Research Agenda	238-256	(skim)
Appendix A Biographic Information on the Committee on Human Biomonitoring for Environmental Toxicants	257-262	(skim)
Appendix B Additional Case Studies Used to Exemplify Interpretative Approaches Described in Chapter 5	263-277	(skim)
Appendix C PBPK Modeling	278-286	(skim)
Glossary	287-292	(skim)

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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 data showing high blood lead concentrations resulted in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) regulatory reduction of lead in gasoline; biomonitoring data confirmed a resultant drop in blood lead concentrations. Despite recent advances, the science needed to understand the implications of the biomonitoring data for human health is still in its nascent stages. Use of the data also raises communication and ethical challenges. In response to a congressional request, EPA asked the National Research Council to address those challenges in an independent study. Human Biomonitoring for Environmental Chemicals provides a framework for improving the use of biomonitoring data including developing and using biomarkers (measures of exposure), research to improve the interpretation of data, ways to communicate findings to the public, and a review of ethical issues.

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