Environmental Chemicals Data
National
- The National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals – U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Provides an assessment of the exposure of the U.S. population to environmental chemicals through measurement of chemicals or their metabolites in blood and urine samples from a random sample of participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). It is expected that reports will be released every two years.
Data source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Geographical area: United States
Comments: Tables present the geometric mean and selected percentiles of blood or urine concentrations of each chemical. Data are provided for age, gender, and some race/ethnicity groups. Levels from this report can be used as reference ranges by physicians and scientists to determine whether a person or group has a high exposure. People are selected for NHANES from the civilian, non-institutionalized U.S. population. The data cannot be abstracted to determine levels representative of a particular state. For each chemical some general information is also provided, such as sources of human exposure and known health effects.