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Environmental Toxicology Program
Bureau of Environmental Health
Department of Public Health

Biomonitoring

The Department of Public Health (DPH) is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to better understand human exposure to environmental chemicals such as lead, mercury, cadmium, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

Biomonitoring is the measurement of chemicals in a person’s body fluids or tissues, such as blood or urine. These measurements provide valuable information on levels of exposure to environmental chemicals from sources such as air, water, and food. This information can be essential when addressing community concerns related environmental chemical exposure and the potential for adverse health effects for exposed individuals.

What would you like to do?

Top tasks

Learn about biomonitoring 
Learn about the Biomonitoring Massachusetts Study 

All other tasks

Participate in the Biomonitoring Massachusetts Study 

What you need to know

Biomonitoring Fact Sheet 
Biomonitoring Massachusetts 
Measuring Chemicals in My Body 

Contact Information

Address

250 Washington St., 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02108
directions 

Phone

(617) 939-8541
TTY (617) 624-5286

Online

DPHbiomonitoring@state.ma.us

Fax

(617) 624-5777
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