The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services whose mission
is to prevent exposure, adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life
associated with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned releases,
and other sources of pollution present in the environment.
www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
The CDC serves to develop and apply disease prevention and control, environmental
health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health
of the United States.
www.cdc.gov
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The EPA has an extensive site on a wide variety of environmental-related topics.
Of special interest to health professionals are some of the following topics: Human
Health, including info on children’s health, exposure and risk management;
pesticides, including info on health effects, and child safety; Water, including
topics on lead, dioxins, chemicals and radiation.
www.epa.gov
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The FDA web site has information on publications, manuals, references and industry
guidance.
www.fda.gov/
Haz-Map: Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
An occupational health database designed for health and safety professionals and
for consumers seeking information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals
at work. Haz-Map links jobs and hazardous tasks with occupational diseases and their
symptoms. It is one of the products and services made available by the National
Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program.
hazmap.nlm.nih.gov
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
The NCEH web site offers fact sheets, brochures, books, a searchable index of Morbidity
and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR), articles and publications by NCEH authors on
different environmental health topics
www.cdc.gov/nceh/ncehhome.htm
The National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (NEETF)
NEETF educates health care professionals about how the environment affects human
health. This web site has resources, publications and newsletters on the topic.
www.neetf.org/health/
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
NIEHS is one of the National Institutes of Health, it conducts basic research on
environmental health. This web site contains fact sheets and pamphlets on environmental
health topics.
www.niehs.nih.gov
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
NIOSH is the Federal agency responsible for conducting research and making
recommendations for the prevention of work-related disease and injury. Their web
site contains fact sheets and publications on this topic.
www.cdc.gov/niosh/
The National Lead Information Center (NLIC)
The National Lead Information Center (NLIC) provides the general public and professionals
with information about lead hazards and their prevention.
www.epa.gov/lead/nlic.htm
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
- National Library of Medicine (NLM) has the web site MEDLINEplus that has up-to-date,
health care information from the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes
of Health. MEDLINEplus is for anyone with a medical question, both health professionals
and consumers. This service provides access to extensive information about specific
diseases and conditions and also has links to consumer health information from the
National Institutes of Health, dictionaries, lists of hospitals and physicians,
health information in Spanish and other languages, and clinical trials. There are
web pages to environmental health and related topics such as air pollution, pesticides
and asthma.
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
- Toxnet website from NLM. This is a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous
chemicals, and related areas.
toxnet.nlm.nih.gov
New Jersey Department of Health Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets
www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/rtkhsfs.htm
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) . OSHA's mission
is to prevent work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths. OSHA and its state partners
have approximately 2100 inspectors, plus complaint discrimination investigators,
engineers, physicians, educators, standards writers, and other technical and support
personnel spread over more than 200 offices throughout the country. This staff establishes
protective standards, enforces those standards, and reaches out to employers and
employees through technical assistance and consultation programs.
www.osha.gov/
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC)
An independent federal regulatory agency that was created in 1972 by Congress
in the Consumer Product Safety Act. In that law, Congress directed the Commission
to "protect the public against unreasonable risks of injuries and deaths associated
with consumer products.
www.cpsc.gov/
To report an unsafe consumer product or a product-related inquiry, call the CPSC
toll-free Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or (800) 638-8270 for the hearing and speech
impaired.
Washington State Dept. of Health
Indoor Air Quality Program
www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/ts/iaq.htm
Compiled by Marian Condon
