In an ideal world, scientists would be able to monitor industrial chemicals found in people's bodies and predict the health implications from any level of exposure to the substances. At the same time, ...

Human biomonitoring is a modern movement which aims to monitor and measure the exposure of humans to various environmental substances, natural or synthetic. Many techniques are used in this monitoring ...

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 ...

The ability to measure chemicals in humans (often termed biomonitoring) is far outpacing the ability to reliably interpret these data for public health purposes, creating a major knowledge gap. Until ...

Chang He received funding from the AXA Research Fund. From pesticides in our food to hormone disruptors in our kitchen pans, modern life is saturated with chemicals, exposing us to unknown long-term ...

The Minnesota Department of Health received part of a $5 million Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant to expand its biomonitoring program in September. The grant gives Minnesota and ...

Have you received a packet in the mail recently asking you to participate in a study? Don't worry — it's not a scam. The New York State Department of Health (DOH) recently received funding from the ...

Perfluorochemicals (PFCs) are pervasive and persistent environmental contaminants with uncertain public health implications. Following the discovery of PFC contamination in public and private drinking ...

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 ...