Biomonitoring and Environmental Monitoring
Links to Other Resources

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CDC National Biomonitoring Program

• Overview: http://www.cdc.gov/biomonitoring/overview.htm
• 3rd National Report: http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/ (Note: summary is 18 pages; full report is almost 500 pages)
• 3rd Report, Chemical list: http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/pdf/third_report_chemicals.pdf
• 3rd Report, fact sheets: http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/factsheets.htm

CDC National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program

• General: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/tracking/
• Background-Needs: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/tracking/background.htm
• Accomplishments: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/tracking/pib.htm#accomplish

EHP (Environmental Health Perspectives) Related Articles

• Goldman, L.R. et al. (1995), Banking of human tissue for biomonitoring and exposure assessment: utility for environmental epidemiology and surveillance, Environmental Health Perspectives, 103 (Suppl. 3):31-34, 1995. (for HTML of article, go to http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1995/Suppl-3/goldman-abs.html)
• Litt, J. et al. (2004) Identifying priority health conditions, environmental data, and infrastructure needs: a synopsis of the Pew Environmental Health Tracking report, Environmental Health Perspectives, 112:1414-1418. (for HTML of article, go to http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2004/7147/7147.html)
• McGeehin, M.A. et al. (2004) National environmental public health tracking program: bridging the information gap, Environmental Health Perspectives, 112:1409-1413. (for HTML of article, go to http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2004/7144/7144.html)
• Ritz, B. and Balmes, J. (2005) Can lessons from public health disease surveillance be applied to environmental public health tracking? Environmental Health Perspectives, 113:243-249. (for HTML of article, go to http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2004/7450/7450.html)
• Suk, W.A. et al. (1996) Human biomonitoring: research goals and needs, Environmental Health Perspectives 104 (Suppl 3): 479-483. (for HTML of article, go to http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/1996/Suppl-3/479-483suk/suk-full.html)

Other Articles

• Kolpin, D. W. et al. (2002). Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Wastewater Contaminants in US Streams, 1999-2000: A National Reconnaissance. Environmental Science and Technology 36: 1202-1211. (for HTML of article, go to http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/est/es011055j_rev.html)
• Pew Commission (2000), links to the Pew Environmental Health Commission's report, American's Environmental Health Gap: Why the Country Needs a Nationwide Health Tracking Network, John Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, can be found at http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/tracking/publications.htm#pew (note: the Companion Report is 21 pages long; the Technical Report is 92 pages long).

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

• National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA)
  Website for the USGS program tracking changes in water chemistry, hydrology, land use, stream habitat, and aquatic life in river basins and aquifers over time.
• Toxic Substances Hydrology Program (Toxics)
  Website for the USGS program focusing on the behavior of toxic substances in water.
• Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends Program (BEST)
  Website for the USGS program examining the response of biological resources to contaminants.

Last Update 10.10.05

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