Minnesota Guidance

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) develops health-based guidance for chemicals in air, groundwater, and other environmental media in response to requests from programs within MDH and from other Minnesota state agencies.

Minnesota Department of Health

Air

• Air Guidance Values
• Health Risk Values Rules for Ambient Air

Water

• Guidance Values and Standards for Contaminants in Drinking Water
  • Water Guidance Table
• Comparison of State Water Guidance and Federal Drinking Water Standards
• Health Risk Limits Rules
• Frequently Asked Questions about MDH Water Guidance

Other guidance: Chemical specific

• Guidance for Evaluating the Cancer Potency of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Mixtures in Environmental Samples (PDF)
• Dioxin-Like Compounds
• Lead: Risk Assessment Guidance for Lead in Blood
• Rapid Assessments for Pesticides
• Rapid Assessments for Pharmaceuticals
• Technical and Application Information for Trichloroethylene (TCE)
• Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency): Evaluating total petroleum hydrocarbons in drinking water samples (PDF)

Other guidance: Risk assessment methods

• Guidance Development Process: MDH has developed a guide with information about the guidance development process.
• Dual Guidance for Drinking Water
• MDH Health Risk Assessment Methods: Incorporating Early-Life Sensitivity into Cancer Risk Assessments for Linear Carcinogens (PDF)
• MDH Health Risk Assessment Methods: Incorporation of Human Equivalent Dose Calculations into Derivation of Oral Reference Doses (PDF)

Also see: Fish Consumption Advice.

Other Minnesota state agencies

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

• Cleanup Guidance and Assistance
• Water Quality Standards
• AERA | Air Emissions Risk Analysis

Minnesota Department of Agriculture

• Guidance Document 8 - MDA Incident Response Program Overview
• Soil Cleanup Goals - Guidance Document 19