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National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals

This Web page contains two sources of information about the exposure of the U.S. population to environmental chemicals:

  1. new biomonitoring results published in the peer-reviewed literature since the release of the Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (Third Report) and
  2. the full text of the Third Report.
Biomonitoring Results since the Release of the Third Report
Environmental chemical Years U.S. population sampled* Peer-reviewed publication
Environmental phenols
Bisphenol A 2003-2004 publication text
Benzophenone-3 2003-2004 publication text
Triclosan 2003-2004 publication text
Metals
Mercury NEW 2005-2006 publication text
Speciated and total arsenic 2003-2004 publication text
Lead 2003-2004 publication text
Perfluorinated compounds
Polyfluoroalkyl compounds 2003-2004 publication text
Polyfluoroalkyl compounds 2001-2002 publication text
Polyfluoroalkyl compounds 1999-2000 publication text
Brominated flame retardants
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polybrominated biphenyl 2003-2004 publication text
Perchlorate
Perchlorate 2001-2002 publication text
Persistent organic pollutants
Dioxins 2003-2004 publication text
Furans 2003-2004 publication text
Polychlorinated biphenyls 2003-2004 publication text
Organochlorine pesticides 2003-2004 publication text

* Some publications also contain data for previous years.

Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals

(full color PDF, executive summary PDF). The Third Report provides and ongoing assessment of the U.S. population's exposure to environmental chemicals...more

Release Date for the Fourth Report
Incorporating data on 75 new chemicals, more extensive quality assurance evaluation and increased amount of document review have resulted in a new estimated release date of the last quarter of 2009. Much of the new data that will be in the Fourth Report is already available in the table on this Web page in the form of peer-reviewed publications. When available, the exact release date will be posted on this Web site.


Last Reviewed: Tuesday August 04 2009
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