PANNA: CDC Releases 2nd National Report on Chemical Body Burden

CDC Releases 2nd National Report on Chemical Body Burden

January 30, 2003

CDC's New Report - A direct link to the Centers for Disease Control's Second National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals. CDC tested hundreds of Americans for 116 chemicals, 34 of them pesticides.

PANNA's Pesticide Backgrounder - Describes the types of pesticides found in the CDC report, sources of exposure and health effects, with detailed fact sheets on 7 key chemicals and direct links to PANNA's pesticide database for all 34 pesticides.

Factsheets - Provides information on each chemical's common uses, known health effects, and manufacturers.

• Atrazine
• Chlorpyrifos
• DDT
• Deet
• Diazinon
• Lindane
• Malathion
• Methyl Parathion
• Pentachlorophenol

Chemical Body Burden Web Site - Provides more information on chemicals in our bodies and their health effects, with links to U.S. organizations working on related issues.

EWG/Commonweal Body Burden Report - With Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York, the Environmental Working Group and Commonweal tested nine Americans for 210 chemicals found in consumer products and industrial pollution. The EWG/Commonweal report provides a personal view of chemical body burden testing and its implications for public health.