Human exposure to harmful substances

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The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues.These indicators present the concentrations of 4 substances (mercury, lead, cadmium and bisphenol A) in the Canadian population for the 6 survey cycles from 2007 to 2019 based on data collected as part of the Canadian Health Measures Survey. These substances were chosen from the Canadian Health Measures Survey because they complement other indicators from the Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators program. For each substance, the concentration in blood or urine is provided by age group and by sex when data are available. The Government of Canada uses a variety of methods, tools and models to assess human exposure to environmental chemicals and their potential health effects. Human exposure to chemicals can be estimated indirectly by measuring chemicals in the environment, food or products, or directly by biomonitoring. The Canadian Health Measures Survey measures environmental chemicals and/or their metabolites in blood and urine of participants. These indicators provide a snapshot of the survey results. Information is provided to Canadians in a number of formats including: static and interactive maps, charts and graphs, HTML and CSV data tables and downloadable reports. See the supplementary documentation for the data sources and details on how the data were collected and how the indicator was calculated. Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators: https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators Supplemental Information Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators - Home page: https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators Supporting Projects: Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI)

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Changes in the average concentrations of selected substances in the Canadian population, Cycle 1 (2007 to 2009) to Cycle 6 (2018 to 2019) – English (CSV; 3.14 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/human-exposure-harmful-substances/2023/1-average-en.csv
Changes in the average concentrations of selected substances in the Canadian population, Cycle 1 (2007 to 2009) to Cycle 6 (2018 to 2019) – French (CSV; 3.58 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/human-exposure-harmful-substances/2023/1-moyenne-fr.csv
Average concentration of mercury in blood in the Canadian population, aged 20 to 79, Cycle 1 (2007 to 2009) to Cycle 6 (2018 to 2019) - French (CSV; 1.95 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/human-exposure-harmful-substances/2023/2-mercure-fr.csv
Average concentration of mercury in blood in the Canadian population, aged 20 to 79, Cycle 1 (2007 to 2009) to Cycle 6 (2018 to 2019) - English (CSV; 1.63 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/human-exposure-harmful-substances/2023/2-mercury-en.csv
Average concentration of lead in blood in the Canadian population, aged 6 to 79, Cycle 1 (2007 to 2009) to Cycle 6 (2018 to 2019) - English (CSV; 1.22 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/human-exposure-harmful-substances/2023/3-lead-en.csv
Average concentration of lead in blood in the Canadian population, aged 6 to 79, Cycle 1 (2007 to 2009) to Cycle 6 (2018 to 2019) - French (CSV; 1.36 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/human-exposure-harmful-substances/2023/3-plomb-fr.csv
Average concentration of cadmium in blood in the Canadian population, aged 6 to 79, Cycle 1 (2007 to 2009) to Cycle 6 (2018 to 2019) - English (CSV; 1.42 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/human-exposure-harmful-substances/2023/4-cadmium-en.csv
Average concentration of cadmium in blood in the Canadian population, aged 6 to 79, Cycle 1 (2007 to 2009) to Cycle 6 (2018 to 2019) - French (CSV; 1.60 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/human-exposure-harmful-substances/2023/4-cadmium-fr.csv
Average concentration of bisphenol A in urine in the Canadian population, aged 6 to 79, Cycle 1 (2007 to 2009) to Cycle 6 (2018 to 2019) - English (CSV; 1.27 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/human-exposure-harmful-substances/2023/5-BPA-en.csv
Average concentration of bisphenol A in urine in the Canadian population, aged 6 to 79, Cycle 1 (2007 to 2009) to Cycle 6 (2018 to 2019) - French (CSV; 1.40 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/human-exposure-harmful-substances/2023/5-BPA-fr.csv
Human exposure to harmful substances – English HTML https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/human-exposure-harmful-substances.html
Data sources and methods – English HTML https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/human-exposure-harmful-substances.html#DSM
Human exposure to harmful substances – French HTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/environnement-changement-climatique/services/indicateurs-environnementaux/exposition-humaine-substances-nocives.html
Data sources and methods – French HTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/environnement-changement-climatique/services/indicateurs-environnementaux/exposition-humaine-substances-nocives.html#DSM

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