Occupational and Environmental Health: Recognizing and Preventing Disease and Injury - Multiple Choice Questions - Learn & Prevent

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What limitation does biologic monitoring have in assessing exposures?

It can only detect airborne contaminants.
It can show exposures have already occurred, possibly too late for prevention.
It requires too much technical equipment.
It can only be conducted by medical professionals.

The correct answer is: It can show exposures have already occurred, possibly too late for prevention.

Biologic monitoring is a helpful method for assessing exposures in that it measures levels of contaminants in the body, which can indicate exposure. However, one limitation of this approach is that it can only show exposures that have already occurred, after the fact. This means that it may not be able to detect exposure in time for prevention measures to be taken. In contrast, other methods, such as air monitoring, can provide real-time data and allow for proactive measures to be taken to prevent exposures. Therefore, while biologic monitoring is a valuable tool, it should not be relied upon as the sole method of assessing and preventing exposures.