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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) conducts a number of activities to help prevent or reduce the harmful effects of exposure to hazardous substances. The agency provides toxFAQs, easy to understand fact sheets about hazardous substances and their health effects, and has toxicologists available to answer further questions and can tell you where to find occupational and environmental health clinics. ATSDR also offers a series of Case Studies in Environmental Medicine for the primary care provider.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the federal agency responsible for environmental protection.
Link
http://www.epa.gov/
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), based at the Center for Disease Control, conducts environment and health research and surveillance. Their interventions range from emergency response, training and education to public policy.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
This site provides many links dealing with the enviornment and health.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): Providing national and world leadership to prevent work-related illnesses and injuries
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
OSHA's mission is to assure the safety and health of America's workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual improvement in workplace safety and health.
Link
http://www.osha.gov/
EPA Office of Children's Health Protection
EPA Office of Children's Health Protection provides a good list of children's health resources on the web.
Association of Birth Defect Children
Association of Birth Defect Children - Provides information to parents and professionals about all kinds of birth defects, the environmental exposures that may cause them, and support services available to children with birth defects and their families.
Children's Health Environmental Network (CHEC)
Children's Health Environmental Network (CHEC) is a national non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public, specifically parents and caregivers, about environmental toxins that affect children's health. Their website features HealtheHouse, an interactive web resource for environmental health risks children face in the home.
Farm Safety 4 Just Kids (FS4JK)
Farm Safety 4 Just Kids (FS4JK) promotes a safe farm environment to prevent health hazards, injuries, and fatalities to children and youth.
The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE)
The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) has a website geared to health professionals, but useful for the general public. It provides the information that parents and doctors need to know about the environment and children's health from environmental history taking to health impacts - ranging from reproductive to neurobehavioural effects on children.
EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs
EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs -provides resources for pesticide safety, chemical information, pesticide registration, and legislation.
Alliance for Healthy Homes
Alliance for Healthy Homes - a public interest organization with excellent resources on lead poisoning and prevention including community tool kits.
CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program - offers screening, research and surveillance information.
Lead Poisoning Prevention Outreach Program
National Safety Council's Lead Poisoning Prevention Outreach Program - targets minority and underserved populations. English and Spanish.
Lead Programs
Lead Programs - information on EPA and other federal lead poisoning prevention programs.
National Center for Infectious Diseases
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitic Diseases - Provides overview of numerous water-borne and sanitation related diseases.
The Local drinking water quality information
The Local drinking water quality information: Local water suppliers are mandated to provide consumers with a confidence report that tells where water comes from and what is in it.
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Geological Survey provides information on ground and surface water.
Children's Environmental Health Network
This organization has a wide variety of information about the health effects of toxic chemicals on children. Produced Training Manual on Pediatric Environmental Health: Putting it Into Practice, and an environmental resource guide of organizations active in the field of children's environmental health
Link
http://www.cehn.org/
