Biomonitoring: Making a Difference

Let’s review what biomonitoring can — and can’t — do. Then, check out the resources below for more information about biomonitoring.

Biomonitoring resources

Learn more about how biomonitoring shapes the policies that affect our health.

• National Biomonitoring Program
• State Biomonitoring Cooperative Agreement
• National Biomonitoring Network
• National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals and Updated Tables
• Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Toxicological Profiles
• Biomonitoring Summary: Lead
• Biomonitoring Summary: Cotinine

Learn more about how biomonitoring helps us understand nutrition.

• Second National Report on Biochemical Indicators of Diet and Nutrition in the U.S. Population 2012
• Folic Acid Fortification Fact Sheetpdf icon
• Biomonitoring Summary: Folic Acid Fortificationpdf icon
• Biomonitoring Study: Plasma trans-fatty acid concentrations in fasting adults declined from NHANES 1999-2000 to 2009-2010

Learn more about how biomonitoring helps us respond to public health emergencies.

• Environmental Health Laboratory Emergency Response Branch
• The Association of Public Health Laboratoriesexternal icon