CDC’s National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently released an updated list of chemicals to its report on human exposure to Environmental chemicals. This update brings to 219 the number of chemicals identified in human blood or tissue, the most comprehensive analysis to date of human exposure. Read the full CDC report.

The CDC’s National Biomonitoring Program has been measuring the levels of human exposure to chemicals for over three decades. The program monitors over 450 chemicals using established methods to quantitate the levels of specific chemicals present in humans. This data is used to assist in public health investigations and emergencies around the country and throughout the world.

Many classes of chemicals have had updated information added to the data table in this report: phenols, pesticides, parabens, perfluorinated compounds, and phthalates have all had additional data added. Many of the chemicals on this list are items that people come in contact with on a regular basis: pesticides applied to lawns; cosmetics or pharmaceuticals used for personal reasons; flame retardants in clothing and textile goods; and plasticizers present in many items. Monitoring the levels of these chemicals in humans allows a greater understanding of the possible effects this daily exposure may present.

CIL has a wide variety of standards available for these chemicals. Our pharmaceutical and personal care product line covers many of the cosmetics and pharmaceuticals; our phthalate product line is comprehensive for both mono- and di-esters; and our pesticide product line has individual standards as well as mixtures available for analysis of pesticides.