Environmental Health

Latest News
• CDC: Exposure to Chemicals Higher Than Expected (03/21/2001, Reuters)
• WHO: Contaminated Water Kills Millions Every Year (03/21/2001, Reuters)
• Schools Being Located on Polluted Land (03/19/2001, United Press International)
• More News on Environmental Health

From the National Institutes of Health
• Medicine for the Layman: Environment and Disease (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
• TOXNET Databases (National Library of Medicine) - journal citations and data files on toxicology and related subjects

General/Overviews

• Environmental Diseases from A to Z (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)

Research

• How Do You Study Environmental Health (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)

Specific Conditions/Aspects

• Air Pollution and Respiratory Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Choosing Where You Live: A Consumer Self Help Guide to the U.S. and U.S. Territories (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Hazardous Waste (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Household Hazardous Waste (Environmental Protection Agency)
• How Safe Is My Drinking Water? (Consumer Information Center)
• Landfill (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
• MTBE in Drinking Water (Environmental Protection Agency)
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Kids' Pages (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
• Science of Ozone Depletion (Environmental Protection Agency)
• ToxFAQs (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry) - Frequently Asked Questions about Contaminants Found at Hazardous Waste Sites
• Women's Health and the Environment: A Federal Inventory of Activities (National Women's Health Information Center)

Dictionaries/Glossaries

• Glossary of Children's Environmental Health Terms (Children's Environmental Health Network)

Directories

• Envirofacts Data Warehouse (Environmental Protection Agency)

Journals/Newsletters

• National Drinking Water Clearinghouse Newsletters (National Drinking Water Clearinghouse)

Law and Policy

• Using the Toxics Release Inventory (Environmental Protection Agency)
• What is RCRA? (Environmental Protection Agency)

Organizations

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
• National Association of Physicians for the Environment
• National Center for Environmental Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• National Toxicology Program (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
• Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (Environmental Protection Agency)

Children

• Children and Drinking Water Standards (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Kids 'n' the Environmental Health Sciences (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
• Learn About Chemicals Around Your House (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs)
• Your Child and the Environment (American Academy of Pediatrics)

Español/Spanish

• Centro Nacional de Salud Ambiental (NCEH) (National Center for Environmental Health)
• Instituto Nacional de Ciencias de Salud Ambiental Página para Niños (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
• Linea Informativa de RCRA, el Superfondo, y EPCRA (Environmental Protection Agency) - links to PDF file