Biomonitoring Legacy and Emerging Great Lakes Contaminants in Susceptible Great Lakes Populations

The purposes of this FOA is for the awardee to conduct a biomonitoring program to assess body burden of legacy contaminants and chemicals of emerging concern in susceptible Great Lakes populations in areas not monitored previously under CDC-RFA-TS10-1001 and CDC-RFA-TS13-1302 cooperative agreement programs. Determining which contaminants are getting into human populations informs public health officials and guides environmental public health action throughout the Great Lakes restoration process.

Eligible primary applicants for this FOA are limited to state, local and tribal governments in eight states (Illinois, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and their Bona Fide Agents. Health departments in state, local and tribal governments in these eight states are uniquely qualified to work toward the purpose of the FOA: conducting an applied public health project to assess chemical exposure in Great Lakes populations and toadvance public health actions to protect people in the Great Lakes basin.

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