| Environmental
Health: Selected
Resources
Table of Contents
Web
Sites
Additional
Resources
Web
Sites
- Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
A-to-Z compendium of environmental health and toxic
substance information; data resources, including
the National Exposure Registry and the World Trade
Center Health Registry; an interactive map of hazardous
waste sites; state cooperative-agreement partners;
case studies; online learning tools; and other publications.
Also available in Spanish.
- Alliance for Healthy Homes
Downloadable publications, news alerts, discussion
forums, and links to additional resources. The alliance’s
Community Environmental Health Resource Center http://www.cehrc.org offers
resources and tools for use by community-based advocacy
groups.
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
(ASTHO) Environmental Health Program
Searchable database of state environmental health directors;
a monthly climate change webinar series; downloadable
ASTHO publications; environmental health policy and
position statements; and links to state resources,
including environmental legislation and statutes databases.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
Environmental Health
Environmental health studies, manuals, reports, and
guidelines; data and statistics; environmental health
news; and environmental health Web maps (tools for
searching environmental health information by geographic
location or contaminant). The
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH),
a related CDC organization, works to prevent or control
diseases or deaths that result from interactions between
people and their environment. NCEH resources include
an A–Z topic index, a guide to nationally funded
data systems, and publications such as fact sheets,
brochures, and books.
- Children’s
Environmental Health Resource Sampler
Links to policy and legislation, computer-based learning
programs, glossaries, electronic newsletters, geographic
information systems, funding sources, and other online
resources on general and specific topics such as
asthma, childhood cancer, and food safety for health
professionals and the public. This site is published
by Partners in Information Access for the Public
Health Workforce, a collaboration of U.S. government
agencies, public health organizations, and health
sciences libraries.
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
A-to-Z environmental health information, news, educational
tools, and links to clearinghouses, databases, dockets,
and test methods. EPA’s Indoor Air Quality
page http://www.epa.gov/iaq provides
information and tools related to indoor environmental
health topics such as asthma, molds and moisture,
radon, smoke-free homes and motor vehicles, carbon
monoxide, green buildings, tools for schools, and
disaster response.
- Healthy Child Healthy World
Environmental-safety checklists; articles on prevention
techniques; downloadable reports (many related to
organic lifestyle choices); a community action kit;
a blog; an electronic newsletter; links to searchable
databases; and Health eHouse http://healthychild.org/programs/healthehouse ,
an interactive virtual house designed to make it
easier for families to identify environmental health
hazards in the home.
- March of Dimes, Environmental Risk and Pregnancy
Quick reference and fact sheets related to environmental
risk during pregnancy, including risks from lead,
mercury, pesticides, solvents, and other potentially
hazardous materials. Provides links to environmental
organizations, teratology information, and other
materials for health professionals and researchers.
- MedlinePlus, Environmental Health
Overviews, news, specific conditions, research, clinical
trials, journal articles, dictionaries, directories,
law, policy, statistics, and materials for children,
adolescents, and women. MedlinePlus also has pages
on specific topics such as air
pollution <>,
asthma
in children,
smoking
and tobacco use,
and other topics.
- National Center for Healthy Housing
Quarterly e-newsletter and downloadable publications
on topics related to healthy housing, including lead
hazard control and prevention. Through its National
Healthy Housing Clearinghouse, the center maintains
a searchable database of over 600 documents on topics
related to lead and healthy housing.
- National
Children’s
Study
The National Children’s Study will examine the
effects of environmental influences on the health and
development of more than 100,000 children across the
United States, following them from before birth until
age 21. The Web site provides progress updates and
meeting announcements, links to related publications
and adjunct studies, details of the study (including
research methodology), and a list of study centers.
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS)
Information on health conditions and diseases, environmental
agents, exposure routes, population research, and
environmental science education, research approaches,
and biological processes. Includes links to related
clinical trials, downloadable health studies, current
NIEHS research, tools for health professionals, science-education
materials, and links to related topics. A set of
pages for children -- with games, stories, and other
activities -- is available in English and Spanish.
The institute’s
peer-reviewed journal, Environmental
Health Perspectives,
is available online at no charge.
- National Library of Medicine (NLM), Toxicology and
Environmental Health Information Program (TEHIP)
Databases, bibliographies, tutorials, and other scientific
and consumer-oriented resources, including Enviro-Health
Links (selected links to Internet sources on toxicology
and environmental health issues of recent special interest).
Other tools from NLM include Toxtown,
an environmental-health-education tool for students
and teachers, and ToxSeek.
- National Toxicology Program Center for the Evaluation
of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR)
Scientifically based assessments of the potential for
adverse effects on reproduction and development caused
by agents to which humans may be exposed. Included
are links to expert-panel reports, monographs, and
information on reproductive health topics such as impaired
fertility, contraception, genetic counseling, breastfeeding,
medications, and recreational drugs. The site also
addresses common concerns during pregnancy such as
exposure to caffeine, paints, smoking, and pesticides,
and provides links to dozens of women’s health
sites.
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Authors: Olivia K. Pickett, M.A., M.L.S.,
Beth DeFrancis Sun, MCH Library
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