How does California’s Biomonitoring Program differ from the national program?
CDC conducts a biomonitoring program that provides nationally representative data for three racial/ethnic groups: non-Hispanic whites and blacks, as well as Hispanics. The CDC program is not designed to provide information representative of individual states. California’s Biomonitoring Program will provide information about specific chemical exposures applicable to Californians. For information about the federal program, visit www.cdc.gov/biomonitoring. Unlike the federal program, California’s Biomonitoring Program plans to gather specific information about levels of certain chemicals in a representative sample of Californians. In addition, participants will complete questionnaires to elicit information about how they might have come in contact with tested chemicals. The chemical analysis and questionnaire results will help in assessing the effectiveness of public health efforts and regulatory programs to reduce Californians’ exposures to these specific chemicals.
