Biomonitoring Programs for State Public Health Laboratories

To support the development or expansion of state-based biomonitoring programs, including necessary infrastructure, that will increase the capability and capacity of state public health laboratories (1) to assess human exposure to environmental chemicals within their jurisdictions; (2) to determine which chemicals people are exposed to and the levels of those chemicals in people�s bodies; (3) to determine the prevalence of people with levels of chemicals that are above a known toxicity threshold; (4) to determine whether levels of selected chemicals are higher among minorities, children, women of childbearing age, or other potentially vulnerable groups; (5) to assess the effectiveness of state public health actions to reduce the exposure of their residents to specific chemicals of concern; (6) to compare state-generated biomonitoring data with CDC national biomonitoring data; and (7) to track trends in levels of chemicals in a state�s population or subgroups of that population over time.

Types of Assistance: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS