The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA

Abstract #70969

Richard J. Jackson, MD, PhD, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control, 1600 Clifton Rd., Atlanta, GA 30333, 770-488-7025, rxj4@cdc.gov

For the past two year the Centers for Disease Control have issued a report that tells scientists and the public how many Americans--and which ones--have unusually high levels of lead, pesticides and other chemical substances in their blood and urine. New technologies for screening blood and urine has made possible for the first time these reports, which are essentially snapshots of what chemicals Americans carry in their bodies. The first National Report Card, issued Janurary 2002 and the second National Report Card, issued in January ,2003, looked at more than 100 chemicals found in people considered to be representive of the US. Such data does not attempt to connect chemical exposures to particular health outcomes, but such information can be used for further research directions and potential efforts to reduce exposures.

Learning Objectives:

• Attendees will learn how body burden studies can be used to measure average chemical exposures, trends in chemicals exposures, and how such data can be used in epidemiological studies. Attendees will also learn about the processes the CDC has set up for conducting such studies.

Keywords: Environmental Exposures,

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.