SECOND NATIONAL REPORT ON HUMAN EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS
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The 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 noninstitutionalized, civilian U.S. population during the two-year period 1999-2000.
Scientists from CDC's Environmental Health Laboratory measured chemicals or their metabolites (breakdown products) in blood and urine samples from selected participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Conducted by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, NHANES is a series of surveys designed to collect data on the health and nutritional status of the U.S. population.
This Second Report presents exposure data from NHANES 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.
Scientists from CDC's Environmental Health Laboratory measured chemicals or their metabolites (breakdown products) in blood and urine samples from selected participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Conducted by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, NHANES is a series of surveys designed to collect data on the health and nutritional status of the U.S. population.
This Second Report presents exposure data from NHANES 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.