Online Resources
American Chemistry
Council
http://www.americanchemistry.com/
An organization of chemical researchers and manufacturers.
Information on the industry’s stance on biomonitoring
is available in the policy section.
Association
of Public Health Laboratories, Environmental Health:
Biomonitoring Program
http://www.aphl.org/programs/environmental_health/biomonitoring.cfm
Extensive information on commonly tested for chemicals
and how to test for these chemicals.
Boston Consensus
Conference
http://www.biomonitoring06.org
Basic resources on biomonitoring and discussions on
the role of citizens in developing a bioethical framework.
California
Biomonitoring Program
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ehlb/BPP/default.htm
Information on the details of California’s Biomonitoring
Program and link to Senate Bill 1379.
California
Department of Toxic Substances Control
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/AssessingRisk/EmergingContaminants.cfm
Information on emerging chemicals of concern.
Centers for
Disease Control, Biomonitoring Program
http://www.cdc.gov/biomonitoring/
General overviews of biomonitoring, the CDC’s
reports on biomonitoring in the US, and information
on grants to states and regions for biomonitoring.
Human Biomonitoring
in the European Union
http://www.eu-humanbiomonitoring.org/index.htm
Information of biomonitoring programs in the European
Union.
US Environmental
Protection Agency Green Chemistry Program
http://www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/
Resources and description of green, non-toxic chemistry
and current EPA green chemistry programs.
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Additional Resources
and References
‘America’s
Chemical Makers on CDC’s Third National Report
on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals’
2005, American Chemistry Council, (Press Release) 21
Jul.
Anastas, Paul T. and Warner, John C.
2000, Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice. New York:
Oxford University Press.
‘Biomonitoring Briefing Paper’
2006, Boston Consensus Conference on Biomonitoring,
Boston, MA, <www.biomonitoring06.org/uploads/main/briefingpaper.pdf>.
California 2006, Senate Bill No. 1379,
Chapter 599, 29 Sept, pp 1-7.
California Biomonitoring Planning Project,
2003, ‘California Biomonitoring Plan’, California
Department of Health Services, <http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ehlb/BPP/PDF/CDHS_Biomonitoring_Plan.pdf>.
‘Coalition Removes Opposition
to California Biomonitoring Legislation’ 2006,
American Chemistry Council, (Press Release) 29 Aug.
‘Consensus Statement’ 2006,
Boston Consensus Conference on Biomonitoring, Boston,
MA, <www.biomonitoring06.org/uploads/Main/consensus_statement_final.pdf>.
Duncan, David E. 2006, ‘The Pollution
Within’, National Geographic, Oct., pp. 116-143.
Stokstad, Erik, 2004, ‘Pollution
Gets Personal’, Science, vol. 304, 25 Jun, pp.
1892-1894.
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Image Citations
All images come from
searches for creative commons photos on http://www.flickr.com.
Image 1. Danger sign.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eek/89335692/
Image 2. Blood samples.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/luca_volpi/341053127/
Image 3. Cart of urine
samples. http://www.flickr.com/photos/daquellamanera/422505507/
Image 4. Empty beakers.
http://flickr.com/photos/movetheclouds/148893379/
Image 5. Close-up of blood,
oil immersion 1200x magnification. http://flickr.com/photos/nebarnix/303799491/
Image 6. Landfill. http://www.flickr.com/photos/michellew/133146898/
Image 7. Empty test tubes.
http://flickr.com/photos/misstracyjo/339966928/
Image 8. Toxic waste stored
near St. Louis. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cottergarage/177031722/
Image 9. Red blood cells,
oil immersion 1200x magnification. http://flickr.com/photos/nebarnix/303786656/
Image 10. Polluted waterway.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/limonada/418732375/
Image 11. Taking a blood
sample. http://flickr.com/photos/nashara/66676304/
Image 12. Pollution on
the San Gabriel River. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon/331920458/
Image 13. Air pollution
on a farm in the central valley of California. http://www.flickr.com/photos/frozencoffee/53489338/
Image
14. Blood from pin prick. http://flickr.com/photos/chrisbrookes/219009663/
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Contact Information
This online resource
was created by Daniel Murphy-Cairns in Spring 2007 as
part of the Macalester College class Citizen Science.
Link: http://www.macalester.edu/environmentalstudies
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