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Reduce exposure to perchlorate — EH‑11 Data

Status: Baseline only

  Baseline only

Most Recent Data:
10.4 micrograms per gram (µg/g) (2015-16)

Target:
8.4 µg/g 

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
10.4 micrograms per gram (µg/g) was the concentration level of perchlorate (creatinine corrected) in urine samples at which 95 percent of the population aged 3 years and over was at or below in 2015-16 

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Exposure to perchlorate, 2015-16 
(micrograms per gram (µg/g))
Decrease desired

Population 2015-16
Total
10.4
CI 9.3 / 11.8