Minnesota Department of Health Public Health Laboratories Funding

At a glance

  • Minnesota has increased its ability to help reduce exposures to harmful environmental chemicals in children through biomonitoring.
Decorative: happy healthy kids

Funding overview

2024-2027

The Minnesota Department of Health Public Health Laboratories will complete the last two cycles of a statewide biomonitoring surveillance program, Healthy Kids Minnesota, to assess for exposure of flame retardants, phthalates, metals, phenols, and pesticides in 3–6-year-olds.

2019-2024

The Minnesota Department of Health Public Health Laboratories focusing on increasing capability and capacity for ongoing biomonitoring and reducing exposures to harmful environmental chemicals in Minnesota children. The program aims to further expand the Healthy Rural and Urban Kids project (Healthy Kids) to assess for exposure of flame retardants, phthalates, metals, phenols, and pesticides in 3-6 year olds across the state.

Minnesota Biomonitoring Website

Contacts

Program Lead
Stefan Saravia, MPH, CIH

Phone: 651-201-5579

stefan.saravia@state.mn.us

CDC Project Officer
Rebecca Hunt, MS

RAHunt@cdc.gov