The Biochemistry Section of the Environmental Health Laboratory Branch (EHLB)ā provides environmental and clinical analytical services, and leadership in the development of laboratory methods.
The Section is a partner in the
California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program (CECBP), and provides technical assistance and laboratory analyses to the
California Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch.
The laboratory also serves as a reference laboratory for public health agencies and as a referee laboratory for determining levels of analytes in reference and proficiency materials for biological testing. The Section maintains a
list of laboratories proficient in blood lead analysis and a
list of laboratories approved to perform cholinesterase testing for occupational health surveillance.