Testing and guidance, explained

29 mold toxins in urine, with a home-test vs body-test explainer.

20 metals in urine, including mercury, lead, arsenic and cadmium.

Metals, mold toxins, plastics, pesticides, VOCs and PFAS in one at-home test.

At-home testing, a connected report, and personalized next steps in one package.

Compare the actual offer: what is measured, how samples are collected, and what support follows.

Read the measurement, understand the context, and make a plan for what comes next.

How to choose an at-home toxin test: compare categories, sample types, ordering route and HSA/FSA across seven providers, with dated sources.

How to choose an at-home heavy metal test: urine vs blood vs hair, which metals are covered and ordering, with CDC, ATSDR and EPA sources.

How at-home urine mycotoxin tests work, how panels differ (11 to 31 mycotoxins), and what CDC, EPA and FDA say about mold and mycotoxins.

Can you test for microplastics at home? What BPA and phthalate urine tests actually measure, how options compare, and what FDA, CDC and NIEHS say.

How to test for PFAS at home, blood vs urine options, which panels include PFAS, and what ATSDR, EPA and NIEHS say a PFAS result can and cannot tell you.

What a total toxin burden test is, how panels from Intrinsic Prism, Mosaic and US BioTek differ, how to read marker counts, and what results mean.

What urine, blood and DNA tests can measure, their real limitations, how to judge any lab and when to see a doctor instead.

$1,999 per participant: what's included, the five marker groups, shipping, refunds and how to order.

Body tests vs home tests: urine mycotoxin panels, mold-allergy blood tests and moisture checks, with CDC and EPA guidance.

Your clinician, practitioner-ordered labs, direct-to-consumer kits and international availability.

Home dust DNA index vs body testing: what each measures and what EPA says about ERMI.

Measurement vs meaning, detection in healthy people, and why methods and units differ between labs.

Exposure vs illness, food vs building sources, and sensible next steps.

What drives mycotoxin test cost, our package price and HSA/FSA, checked October 2026.

What drives heavy metal test cost, ordering routes, our package price and HSA/FSA, checked October 2026.

Post-chelator urine testing and what the American College of Medical Toxicology advises.

What a glyphosate urine test shows, how common detection is in NHANES, and what IARC and EPA say.

Breath vs urine metabolites for benzene and other VOCs, and what the markers mean.

First-morning urine, water, foods to avoid, fasting, medications and provocation.

Insurance, HSA and FSA for toxin tests, with IRS and CDC sources.

IRS qualified medical expense rules, letters of medical necessity and what to check first.

Which sample measures each chemical (blood for PFAS, urine for glyphosate and phthalates) and what results can and cannot show.

Which at-home tests list all three categories in one order, what each includes and the samples needed.

An early 2027 buying guide: categories, samples, lab quality and HSA/FSA across combined toxin tests, with sources checked November 3, 2026.

Which metals, urine or blood, lab quality and ordering route for heavy metal tests, with sources checked November 3, 2026.

Body vs home testing, panel size, method and ordering for urine mycotoxin tests, with sources checked November 3, 2026.

How many PFAS, blood vs urine, and what a PFAS result can and cannot tell you, with sources checked November 3, 2026.

Which bisphenols and phthalates each test lists, and why these tests measure chemicals rather than microplastics, with sources checked November 3, 2026.

Official limits and rules in one place, each figure linked to its government source.

EPA rule and 2026 proposals, state MCLs, EU, Canada, Australia and WHO, in ng/L (ppt).

EU, US, Canadian and Australian limits for common crops, in mg/kg.

Federal position plus landlord and licensing rules in six states.

EPA, NYC and state health department guidance, with current links for moved documents.

Household sources, CARB and EPA consumer-product VOC rules, and how exposure is measured.

33 guides to individual markers: sample, sources of exposure, health concerns and limits, cited to agency sources.

How biomonitoring works, what CDC national survey data show, and what a blood or urine result can and cannot tell you about chemicals in your body.

Which toxins a blood test can detect, which are better measured in urine, and what each sample reflects, by chemical class, cited to ATSDR, CDC and EFSA.

What peer-reviewed studies show about microplastics and testosterone: animal findings, human tissue studies, and why association is not causation.

How much a PFAS blood test costs: Intrinsic Prism $1,999 for a five-category package, checked October 2026.

Who a urine mycotoxin test can help, what it cannot tell you, and why a suspected moldy building needs its own assessment, cited to WHO, EFSA, CDC and EPA.

Whether a doctor can order a urine mycotoxin test, how that differs from a mold allergy blood test, and in-clinic vs at-home options, checked October 2026.

What “comprehensive” means: categories vs marker counts, with 11 tests compared across six categories.

Eight pesticide and four herbicide urine markers, and why most are class-level, not product-specific.

ICP-MS for heavy metals, LC-MS/MS for mold toxins and chemicals including PFAS, and creatinine-corrected urine results.

NHANES and 1,000-adult reference ranges, and how to read the three percentile bands.

33 sourced statistics on mold, glyphosate, BPA, PFAS, metals and indoor air.

Plain-English guide to the 133+ markers, grouped by category.

Where we ship, how availability is confirmed at checkout, returns and customs.

Blood levels, NHANES trends since 1999, NASEM thresholds, tap water findings and drinking water limits.

Damp-home health risk, humidity and drying guidance, mold sensitization, food limits and ochratoxin A in urine.

Particles in blood, arteries, brain and testes, nanoplastics in bottled water, and BPA and phthalate trends.

Lead deaths and blood lead reference value, arsenic in groundwater, mercury and testing guidance.

Free, educational 18-question quiz: which everyday exposures are more likely for you, with sources and tips.

See EPA UCMR 5 results for the public water systems that serve a ZIP code.

What EPA’s final UCMR 5 data show: 10,312 systems, 29 PFAS, state ranking and downloads.

UCMR 5 results for U.S. territories and tribal water systems.

A dated comparison of Intrinsic Prism and Mosaic Diagnostics (formerly Great Plains Laboratory) EnviroTOX, MycoTOX and TOXDetect panels: markers, sample and ordering.

Intrinsic Prism compared with US BioTek MOE-Tox Complete: toxin-specific counts shown separately from organic acids, sample type and ordering.

Intrinsic Prism compared with Doctor's Data urine, hair and blood elements testing: metals covered, other toxin categories, sample and ordering.

Intrinsic Prism compared with Quicksilver Scientific Blood Metals Panel and Mercury Tri-Test: metals, sample type, state access and ordering.

Intrinsic Prism compared with the Million Marker Exposure Test: bisphenols, phthalates and parabens, sample, HSA/FSA and state availability.

Mycotoxins covered, method, sample, HSA/FSA and ordering.

Toxic Element Clearance, DetoxiGenomic and NutrEval compared with a five-category package.

Environmental Toxicity and Glyphosate tests compared on markers, sample and coaching.

The empowerDX PFAS Exposure blood test compared on PFAS, sample and HSA/FSA.

The discontinued Everlywell Heavy Metals Test compared on markers and sample type.