What is biomonitoring?
Biomonitoring is an area of scientific research that analyzes tissues of humans or animals to detect and measure the exposure of the subject of natural and synthetic or artificial chemicals. Natural and synthetic chemicals leave their impact on the body in one way or by “brands”. These markers can be either a real chemical that remains in the body tissues or in side products of its disintegration.
Biomonitoring measures what remains in the body tissues after exposure to these chemicals. Biomonitoring, however, does not determine how a person or animal has come into contact with a chemical, as it used it in the body, how long ago the exposure occurred, or whether the chemical exposure is actually harmful to the body. We know that natural and synthetic, harmless and toxic chemicals get into our soil, air and drinking water - what biomonitoring does is to determine how many of it is in our bodies.subjects and their areas. Tissue or fluid samples are collected.
tissues that most people think that scientists would gather for a biomonitor study are blood, urine and breast milk, but scientists also use hair, nails, fat, bones and even excluded air for biomonitoring. Most chemicals are found in the body tissues in extremely small amounts. Scientists measure "physical load" or the level of chemicals found in tissues, parts per million (PPM), parts per billion (PPB) and parts on trillion (PPT).
Some circumstances affect "bioacumulation" or "biomagnification" if chemicals are at much increased levels. This may happen when small anicras that have been exposed to chemicals are consumed by a larger animal and the chemical exposure increases with sweatRavin's chain. Environmental conditions such as weather can also affect the level of some natural chemicals relaxed into the environment. Although biomonitoring does not provide convincing information about how chemicals are ingested or whether the body is positive or adversely affecting, it is an important component in a study of how our environment physically affects us.