Biomonitoring in Washington State

The Washington Environmental Biomonitoring Survey (WEBS)

Biomonitoring measures the amount of environmental chemicals or their breakdown products (metabolites) in human blood, urine, hair or other body tissues. It tells us the amount of the chemical that gets into people from all sources combined, such as from air, soil, water, dust, and food. Biomonitoring provides useful information on how much people are exposed to chemicals from the environment.

WEBS Overview Presentation (PDF)

Interactive Biomonitoring Data Dashboards

Advisory Committee

The Washington State Department of Health periodically convenes an Advisory Committee to help identify and prioritize biomonitoring activities for the Washington Environmental Biomonitoring Survey (WEBS).

Current Advisory Committee Members (PDF)

Presentations

These presentations are from our October 2013 Advisory Committee meeting.

The Low Income Survey and Testing (LIST) project: Biomonitoring among Residents of Subsidized Housing in King County (PDF)

Pyrethroid Exposure Survey and Testing (PEST) Study (PDF)

WEBS Overview of Activities (PDF)

WEBS Speciated Arsenic and Pesticide Results (PDF)