Human Biomonitoring for Environmental Chemicals

by Committee on Human Biomonitoring for Env, National Research Council, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, et al.

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;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309102723
• ISBN13: 9780309102728
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.