What is biomonitoring?

Name: What is biomonitoring?
Uploaded: 2018-07-19T23:43:35+00:00
Duration: 3 min 22 s
Channel: APHL
Description: Biomonitoring is the process of testing people for chemicals in their body to determine how exposure might impact their health. But what exactly does that mean? How are public health and environmental health laboratories involved? APHL developed this video in partnership with CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)/ Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).

Biomonitoring is the process of testing people for chemicals in their body to determine how exposure might impact their health. But what exactly does that mean? How are public health and environmental health laboratories involved?  APHL developed this video in partnership with CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)/  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).