Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) Human Biomonitoring Data for Environmental Chemicals

Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) Human Biomonitoring Data for Environmental Chemicals Human biomonitoring is used to estimate exposure to environmental chemicals by measuring the chemical, its metabolites, or reaction products in biological specimens. Since 2007, the biomonitoring component of the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) has measured hundreds of chemicals in blood, urine, hair, or pooled serum. The CHMS is an ongoing national survey with data collected in two-year cycles. Biomonitoring data are available through an interactive online tool called the Canadian Biomonitoring Dashboard (https://health-infobase.canada.ca/biomonitoring/). New data will be added to the dashboard as they become available. Information specific to the biomonitoring component of the CHMS, including general information on the survey design, fieldwork, laboratory and statistical analyses, and considerations for data interpretation can be found in Health Canada’s biomonitoring reports. These archived reports as well as biomonitoring resources such as a biomonitoring content summary and fact sheets are available on the Resources (https://health-infobase.canada.ca/biomonitoring/resources.html) tab of the Canadian Biomonitoring Dashboard. More information on the full survey can be found on the Statistics Canada website (https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/survey/household/5071). 2024-12-05 Health Canada open-ouvert@tbs-sct.gc.ca Health and SafetyCanadian Health Measures SurveyCHMShuman biomonitoringacrylamidechlorophenolsdioxins and furansenvironmental phenols and triclocarbanmetals and trace elementsorganochlorinesperfluoroalkyl substancespesticidesphthalate metaboliteflame retardantspolychlorinated biphenylspolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolitestobacco biomarkerstoxic equivalentsvolatile organic compounds iv. Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in CanadaHTML https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/environmental-workplace-health/reports-publications/environmental-contaminants/report-human-biomonitoring-environmental-chemicals-canada-health-canada-2010.html iv. Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in CanadaHTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-canada/services/sante-environnement-milieu-travail/rapports-publications/contaminants-environnementaux/rapport-biosurveillance-humaine-substances-chimiques-environnement-canada-sante-canada-2010.html v. Second Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in CanadaHTML https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/environmental-workplace-health/reports-publications/environmental-contaminants/second-report-human-biomonitoring-environmental-chemicals-canada-health-canada-2013.html v. Second Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in CanadaHTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-canada/services/sante-environnement-milieu-travail/rapports-publications/contaminants-environnementaux/deuxieme-rapport-biosurveillance-humaine-substances-chimiques-environnement-canada-sante-canada-2013.html vi. Third Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in CanadaHTML https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/environmental-workplace-health/reports-publications/environmental-contaminants/third-report-human-biomonitoring-environmental-chemicals-canada.html vi. Third Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in CanadaHTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-canada/services/sante-environnement-milieu-travail/rapports-publications/contaminants-environnementaux/troisieme-rapport-biosurveillance-humaine-substances-chimiques-environnement-canada.html i. CHMS Biomonitoring Data: 2007-2017CSV https://health.canada.ca/apps/open-data/hecs-dgsecs/chms-ecms/chms_biomonitoring_data-eng.csv i. CHMS Biomonitoring Data: 2007-2017CSV https://health.canada.ca/apps/open-data/hecs-dgsecs/chms-ecms/chms_biomonitoring_data-fr.csv vii. Fourth Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in CanadaHTML https://canada.ca/biomonitoring vii. Fourth Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in CanadaHTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-canada/services/sante-environnement-milieu-travail/rapports-publications/contaminants-environnementaux/quatrieme-rapport-biosurveillance-humaine-substances-chimiques-environnement-canada.html viii. Fifth Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in CanadaHTML https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/environmental-workplace-health/reports-publications/environmental-contaminants/fifth-report-human-biomonitoring.html viii. 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Human biomonitoring is used to estimate exposure to environmental chemicals by measuring the chemical, its metabolites, or reaction products in biological specimens. Since 2007, the biomonitoring component of the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) has measured hundreds of chemicals in blood, urine, hair, or pooled serum. The CHMS is an ongoing national survey with data collected in two-year cycles.

Biomonitoring data are available through an interactive online tool called the Canadian Biomonitoring Dashboard (https://health-infobase.canada.ca/biomonitoring/). New data will be added to the dashboard as they become available. Information specific to the biomonitoring component of the CHMS, including general information on the survey design, fieldwork, laboratory and statistical analyses, and considerations for data interpretation can be found in Health Canada’s biomonitoring reports. These archived reports as well as biomonitoring resources such as a biomonitoring content summary and fact sheets are available on the Resources (https://health-infobase.canada.ca/biomonitoring/resources.html) tab of the Canadian Biomonitoring Dashboard. More information on the full survey can be found on the Statistics Canada website (https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/survey/household/5071).

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