Sunday, December 16, 2007

EH Departments to inspect people for contamination

inspectionThe Minnesota Star Tribune reports that Environmental Health Departments will soon be testing humans for contaminants.

The 2008 studies will be part of a $2 million experiment in bio-monitoring, which collects human tissue, hair, blood or urine to look for harmful contaminants.

The purpose is to learn what substances are actually in human bodies, rather than merely in the air, water or soil that pollution control officials typically measure.



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