Table 2 Harmonized media identifiers in the multimedia monitoring database.
From: A harmonized chemical monitoring database for support of exposure assessments
Harmonized Medium | Description |
|---|---|
Environmental | |
ambient air | Outdoor ambient air |
drinking water | Treated or untreated drinking water supplies, tap water, bottled drinking water, cooking water |
groundwater | Water from groundwater sources (wells, aquifers) |
product | Non-food consumer products |
sediment | Freshwater or marine sediments |
sludge | Sewage sludge |
soil | Soil, sand, or outdoor settled dust |
surface water | Lake, river, or marine surface water; includes rainwater |
indoor air | Residential or other indoor air samples |
indoor dust | Residential or other indoor dust samples (from any location) |
landfill leachate | Landfill leachate (water having passed through landfill solids) |
other-environmental | Other environmental media, not classified elsewhere |
personal air | Personal air sample or exhaled breath |
precipitation | Snow, rainfall, or other atmospheric deposition |
wastewater (influent, effluent) | Inflow or outflow samples from municipal or industrial sites |
Human Biomonitoring | |
breast milk | Human breast milk |
human (other tissues or fluids) | Human tissues or fluids other than blood or urine, including nails, hair, semen, adipose tissue, saliva, sputum, sweat, amniotic, fluid, bone, and others |
human blood (whole/serum/plasma) | Human whole blood, blood cells, serum, plasma, or other extractants, including fetal or umbilical samples |
urine | Human urine |
skin wipes | Wipes from human skin (any body surface) |
Wildlife Biomonitoring and Edible Foods | |
wildlife (aquatic invertebrate) | Marine or freshwater invertebrates (e.g., crustaceans, mollusks etc.), any tissue |
wildlife (aquatic vertebrates/mammals) | Non-fish aquatic vertebrates or mammals, any tissue |
wildlife (birds) | Avian species, any tissue (including eggs) |
wildlife (fish) | Fish species, any tissue |
wildlife (terrestrial invertebrates/worms) | Terrestrial invertebrates, any tissue |
wildlife (terrestrial vertebrates) | Terrestrial vertebrates, any tissue |
other-ecological | Other ecological species not categorized elsewhere, including algae and seaweeds |
vegetation | Terrestrial vegetation including non-processed fruits and vegetables |
livestock/meat | Unprocessed meat products or samples from non-fish animals to be used as food |
raw agricultural commodity | Unprocessed raw fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, or seeds that have been grown for food |
food product | Processed food products, including dairy products, breads, cooked meats, processed (e.g., canned or frozen) fruit and vegetable products, infant formula |
