Environmental Exposure Grand Rounds

A shared dialogue among Occupational and Environmental Medicine Physicians, the Minnesota Regional Poison Center, and the Minnesota Department of Health.

Upcoming seminar

Biomonitoring: Chemicals in People

Jessica Nelson, PhD, MPH and Carin Huset, PhD will lay the groundwork for biomonitoring in Minnesota, placing a focus on two ongoing programs.

Biomonitoring measures levels of chemicals in Minnesotans and whether chemical exposures differ between groups and over time.

• Healthy Kids Minnesota – This program uses biomonitoring to measure chemicals in preschool-age kids across the state. Results help inform families, address community concerns, and promote policies that reduce childhood exposures.
• Urine Mercury Testing – This key public health tool identifies exposure to the type of mercury commonly found in skin-lightening products. Identifying these exposures allows MDH to support people and families exposed to this kind of mercury and work with them to reduce their exposure.

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About environmental exposure grand rounds

The purpose of Environmental Exposure Grand Rounds is to foster communication and multidisciplinary collaboration between medical and public health specialties through presentations and discussions that explore impact of environmental exposures on health.