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. View a WEBS Overview Presentation (PDF).
Biomonitoring Data
How to access biomonitoring data on the CDC Data Explorer, National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network.
Step 1: Content
- Select ‘Biomonitoring: Population Exposures’ as the content area.
- Select ‘State Biomonitoring Data’ as the Indicator.
- Select a measure of interest.
Step 2: Geography Type
Single State (No Maps) will be selected as a default.
Step 3: Geography
Select Washington
Step 4: Time
2010-2011 will be selected as a default.
Step 5: Advanced Options
Make your selections. Select the green ‘Go’ button at the bottom right to see the data.
WEBS 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)
2013 Committee Meeting Presentations
Pyrethroid Exposure Survey and Testing (PEST) Study (PDF)