Environmental, Public and Occupational Health

Air Facility System
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
The Air Facility System (AFS) contains compliance and permit data for stationary sources regulated by the U.S. EPA and state and local air pollution agencies. AFS is used by some state and local government agencies to track permit data. In 2001, EPA changed the Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS) to a database that is solely related to tracking the compliance of stationary sources of air pollution with EPA regulations: the Air Facility Subsystem (AFS). In English.
http://www.epa.gov/Compliance/planning/data/air/afssystem.html

Air Quality Standards for Smog (Ozone)& Particulate Matter
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air and Radiation
EPA's updated Air Quality Standards for Smog (Ozone)& Particulate Matter U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation EPA issued final air quality standards for particulate matter and ozone (otherwise known as soot and smog) on July 16, 1997. This page provides access to plain English fact sheets and the complete text of the rules. In English.
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/naaqsfin/

AmphibiaWeb
Digital Library Project
University of California, Berkeley
An online system enabling viewers to quickly search and retrieve information relating to amphibian biology and conservation. AmphibiaWeb seeks to encourage a shared vision for the study of global amphibian declines and the conservation of remaining amphibians. The site has 137 species accounts from species around the world. The accounts contain species descriptions, life history information, conservation status, and literature references. Species names are currently linked to 296 amphibian photos of 133 species. Range maps for 320 species are provided. All species names are linked to Amphibian Species of the World, at the American Museum of Natural History, which incorporates important taxanomic information. In addition, names are linked to the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology's online specimen search form, where users can search the 139,706 amphibian specimens in the MVZ collection. Also links to the herpetology collection catalog at the California Academy of Sciences. In English.
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/aw/

Atlas of United States Mortality
Released to the public on April 14, 1997, this atlas is the first to show all leading causes of death by race and sex for small U.S. geographic areas referred to as Health Service Areas (HSA's). The 18 causes of death included in this atlas account for 83 percent of all deaths in the United States during 1988-92. In addition to maps with age-adjusted death rates for each HSA, the atlas includes maps that compare each HSA rate to the national rate, smoothed maps for each cause that show the broad geographic patterns at selected ages, and a chart with regional rates for each cause of death.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/products/pubs/pubd/other/atlas/atlas.htm

A - Z Listing of Lung Diseases
American Lung Association
Lung disease is the number three killer in America, responsible for one in seven deaths. Lung disease and other breathing problems are the number one killer of babies younger than one year old. Today, more than 30 million Americans are living with chronic lung disease such as asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis. This section includes information on lung cancer, tuberculosis, emphysema and A1AD related emphysema, pneumonia, sarcoidosis, HIV/AIDS and lung disease, and influenza.
http://www.lungusa.org/diseases/index2.html

BEACH Watch
Office of Water / Office of Science and Technology
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
On BEACH Watch you can see if the water at a specific beach is being monitored, who is responsible for the monitoring, the pollutants that are being monitored, and if advisories or closures have been issued at U.S. coastal and many inland beaches. U.S. EPA intends to conduct this survey each year. The results of its 1999 annual beach survey, reflecting swimming conditions at 1,891 beaches, showed over a quarter (459) of the reported beaches were affected by at least one advisory or closure, most due to elevated bacteria levels, primarily from sewage or storm water overflows. The site has interactive digital maps of U.S. Beaches; EPA Beach Reports and Technical References; and links to other Federal, State and Local Water Quality Protection Programs.
http://www.epa.gov/ost/beaches/

Breast Cancer Fund, The (USA)
The Breast Cancer Fund (TBCF) identifies and advocates for elimination of the environmental and other preventable causes of the disease. Founded in 1992, TBCF works from the knowledge that breast cancer is a public health priority that demands action from all. The TBCF quarterly newsletter -- State of the Evidence: What is the Connection Between Chemicals and Breast Cancer? -- is committed to informing and mobilizing a public to be unrelenting in preventing the disease from striking more people. TBCF sends out a monthly email alert to inform people of the latest breast cancer news and how to take action to end the breast cancer epidemic. With 6 Actions to Reduce Your Exposure to Cancer-Causing Chemicals & Environmental Toxins! and links to Art Rage Us., The Art and Outrage of Breast Cancer, an ongoing art exhibit managed by The Breast Cancer Fund, featuring a collection of works by over eighty writers and artists with breast cancer. In English.
http://www.breastcancerfund.org

Californians for Pesticide Reform
A coalition of more than 120 public health, consumer, environmental, sustainable agriculture, labor and rural assistance public interest organizations. Our goals are to expand the public's right to know about pesticide use and abuse, reduce that use and promote safer, ecologically sound agricultural and urban pest management.
http://www.igc.org/cpr/

CancerNet
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of eight agencies that compose the Public Health Service (PHS) in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) of the United States Government. The NCI coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, and the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients.
http://wwwicic.nci.nih.gov/nci.htm

Cancer Resource Center
American Cancer Society (USA)
Here you'll find answers to questions about the nature of cancer, its causes, and risk factors. Also the latest strategies for prevention and early detection, new diagnostic techniques, and the latest treatment options; and information about alternative and complementary methods. The website features Prevention & Early Detection, Tobacco & Cancer, Statistics, Research Programs & Funding, Media Services, Conferences, Books & Journals; also information on Living with Cancer - Day-to-day living concerns, Types of Treatment, Complementary & Alternative Methods, Find Treatment Centers, CancerProfiler\231, Personalized treatment decision information, Cancer Survivors Network - Online community for survivors & caregivers, and Search for Local Resources. In English and Spanish.
http://www.cancer.org

Center for Health, Environment and Justice
Founded in 1981 by Lois Gibbs, leader of the campaign at Love Canal, New York, CHEJ is a U.S. environmental organization started and led by grassroots organizers. CHEJ translates scientific issues into plain language, helping thousands of activists understand technical and scientific information. CHEJ's technical assistance program provides one-on-one work with community groups by reviewing and commenting on technical reports, cleanup plans, health studies, and alternative technologies.
http://www.essential.org/cchw/

Center for Injury Control
A World Health Organization Collaborating Center of Injury Prevention and Control. Online course in injury prevention.
http://www.sph.emory.edu/CIC/cichome.html

Center for Science in the Public Interest
Publisher of Nutrition Action Healthletter
This site tracks developments in Food Labeling, Food Safety Standards, Codex Alimentarius, WTO and NAFTA
http://www.cspinet.org/
http://www.cspinet.org/reports/coindex.htm

Center to Protect Workers' Rights (CPWR), The
The Center is the research and development arm of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO. The Center focuses on safety and health in construction and related economics issues. Links to the Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety and Health. Cómo trabajar en los andamios sin exponerse al peligro Advertencia de peligro.
http://www.cpwr.com/

Chemicals Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
California Environmental Protection Agency
Published annually by CalEPA, as required by the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.
http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/prop65_list/Newlist.html

Chemicals on Reporting Rules (CORR) & 8(e) TRIAGE
A searchable database of health studies related to Section 8(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). CORR consists of two dBASE (.DBF) files which can be linked together to provide Federal Register information about regulated chemicals under certain sections. http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/8e_triag/
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/CORR/

Chemicalsafety.org
Covers chemical safety, endocrine disruption, and sustainable development. With links to chemical research, pollution prevention, and related environmental health sites. In Japanese.
http://www.chemicalsafety.org/

Chemlinks
United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigations Board
Chemlinks is an online, searchable database containing links to websites related to industrial chemical safety. You can browse the Chemlinks resources or view a complete alphabetical listing of all 472 ChemLinks in the database (as of 4 Feb. 2000).
http://www.chemsafety.org/chemlinks/

Children's Vaccine Program
The Bill and Melinda Gates Children's Vaccine Program works to ensure all children will receive the full benefits of life-saving vaccines. Information on Immunization Programs, Immunization Financing, Diseases & Vaccines, Organizations, Conferences, Safe Injection, and Children's Vaccine Program's Educational Materials Database.
http://www.path.org/childvac/html/resources.htm

Clean Water Action (USA)
Clean Water Action is a national citizens' organization working for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work. Clean Water Action organizes strong grassroots groups, coalitions and campaigns to protect the environment, health, economic well-being and community quality cf life. Features Energy Action Center, information on current campaigns (Arsentic, Water Clean-up Programs), downloadable newsletters, and contacts. In English.
http://cleanwateraction.org

Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response
HealthMap
World Health Organisation
Find information on infectious diseases and global health security. Features communicable disease surveillance and response, epidemic alert and response, index of reported disease outbreaks, anti-infective drug resistance and biosafety. HealthMap provides information on how mapping helps public health programmes. With Document Centre in English and French.
http://www.who.int/emc/
http://www.who.int/emc/healthmap/healthmap.html

Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource (CEDR)
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
CEDR rovides public access to health and exposure data concerning DOE installations. Most data are from epidemiologic studies conducted by DOE-funded researchers as part of the DOE Worker Health and Mortality Study. Data File Sets, Data Files, Variables, and Code Sets are available. Additionally, studies of populations residing near DOE installations, and other studies of radiation health effects, such as classic studies of atomic bomb survivors and the radium dial painters, are represented in CEDR.
http://cedr.lbl.gov

Environmental Concepts Made Easy
Center for Bioenvironmental Research of Tulure and Xavier Universities, New Orleans
An educational service and an interactive forum where those interested in environmental estrogens and other environmental hormones can find information and contribute to the ongoing public debate. Other topics covered are Lead's Urban Legacy and Environmental Astrobiology, the science of how space affects biology.
http://www.tmc.tulane.edu/ecme/

Edinburgh Medical School
The CHEST OVID BIOMEDICAL SERVICE comprises the following datasets: Medline, CINAHL, CancerLit, and 6 Ovid BioMedical Journal Collections as well as EBMR and SPORTDiscus. Subscription required.
http://www.med.ed.ac.uk/school/index.htm

Electronic Mailing lists at Essential.org
Includes such topics as dioxin, tobacco and medical privacy.
http://lists.essential.org/

Endocrine Disruptors Research Initiative
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental exposure to some anthropogenic chemicals may result in disruption of endocrine systems in human and wildlife populations. EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) identified endocrine disruption as one of its top six research priorities and developed a risk-based research approach to address some of these uncertainties. Links to Office of Research and Development (ORD).s research program based on a peer-reviewed Research Plan published in 1998. In English.
http://www.epa.gov/endocrine

Endometriosis Research Center (USA)
Endometriosis is a painful reproductive and immunological disease afflicting over 7 million women and teenagers in the United States and an estimated 70 million more worldwide. The Endometriosis Research Center is a non profit organization dedicated to education, providing support, raising awareness, offering women the opportunity to participate in Endometriosis research, and ultimately, to finding a cure. The site features: What is Endo?, Alternative Treatments, Support Groups, List Serv, Newsletter, News & Research, Clinical Trials, Material Request, Bookstore, Dr. Cook's Corner, MENDO - Men & Endo, VeryPrivate: Intimate Health & Wellness Needs, and Archives. In English.
http://www.endocenter.org

Epidemiologic Studies
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
The mission of the Office of Epidemiologic Studies is to expand the understanding of health effects of radiation, chemicals, and other hazards to Department of Energy workers and the public. Identification and application of effective approaches to prevent illness and injury. http://tis-nt.eh.doe.gov/epi/

Environmental Health Information Search
Choose a specific collection: Environmental Health Perspectives Monthly and Supplement, [U.S.] National Toxicity Program Technical Reports, or Eighth Report on Carcinogens. Environmental Health Perspectives is indexed from 1974.
http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/ehp_search.html

Epigeographics.com
Epigeographics.com is intended to be a "watering hole" for those with an interest in Geographic Information Systems as applied to Health. The site promotes a sense of community among Health GIS users world-wide. The site includes a Message Board system and Live Chat site hosted on the Epigeographics server; "News", "Tutorials" and "Links" features designed to make them interactive and not a passive serving up of static pages; and "Real Life Stories" with downloadable files of data and information that has been requested by users. In English.
http://www.epigeographics.com/

Farm Safety and Health Information Clearinghouse
University of Minnesota Extension Service, Farm Safety and Health Program
One-stop source for farm safety and health information on the Internet.
http://www.bae.umn.edu/~fs/index.html

FEMA
U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Contains flood, storm and fire preparedness and damage prevention, and mitigation information. Includes popular "FEMA for Kids", Winter Storm Watch, Maps.
http://www.fema.gov/fema/sanitatf.html

Fish and Wildlife Consumption Advisories, Listing of (USA and Canada)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water
Online listing of Fish and Wildlife Advisories (LFWA) database. This database includes all available information describing state-, tribal-, and federally-issued fish consumption advisories in the United States for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and four U.S. Territories, and in Canada for the 12 provinces and territories.
http://fish.rti.org/

Fish Consumption Advisories, 1997 National Listing of
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water
This database includes all available information describing state-, tribal-, and federally issued fish consumption advisories in the United States for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and four U.S. Territories, and has been expanded to include the 12 Canadian provinces and territories. The database contains information provided to EPA by the states, tribes, and Canada as of December 1997. This includes advisories issued by the great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Commission for several Native American tribes in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The number of advisories in the U.S. rose by 125 in 1997 to a total of 2,299, a 5% increase over 1996. The number of waterbodies under advisory represents 16.5% of the nation's total lake acres and 8.2% of the Nation's total river miles. In addition, 100% of the Great Lakes waters and their connecting waters and a large portion of the nation's coastal waters are also under advisory. The total number of advisories in the U.S. increased for three major contaminants (mercury, dioxin, and DDT) but declined for PCB's. However, 30 new advisories for PCB's were issued nationwide. Current Canadian advisories have resulted from contamination from one or more of the following five pollutants: mercury, PCBs, dioxin/furans, toxaphene, and mirex. Of the 2,572 advisories, 94% resulted from mercury contamination in fish tissues. In addition, 86% were issued by the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Two province wide advisories for mercury are in effect for New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. You should download the following executable to your temp directory (c:\temp\ for example). The help card (PDF format, 28K) contains installation instructions while the fact sheet (PDF format, 244K) contains additional information on the database itself.
http://www.epa.gov/OST/fishadvice/

Gapminder (Sweden)
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
Gapminder is a non-profit venture for development and provision of free software that visualise human development. This is done in collaboration with universities, UN organisations, public agencies and non-governmental organisations. It is affiliated with the Karolinska Institutet, the medical university in Stockholm. Being a producer of global public goods Gapminder benefit from free and creative inputs from pilot-testers and other end-users in many institutions and organisations. The site includes All downloads are free. In English.
http://www.gapminder.org/

GeneralPediatrics.com
University of Iowa
This "General Pediatrician's View of the Internet" is an award-winning digital library that identifies and organizes high quality, authoritative General Pediatrics World Wide Web sites. It is designed for quick and easy use by pediatric health care providers in their daily practices and patients and families in their daily lives. It contains over 2000 links to 440 authoritative World Wide Web sites concerning 400 common pediatric problems. The information is organized into separate sections for pediatric health care providers and patients and families. In addition to the common problems, it also contains links to Textbooks, Policy Statements and Clinical Practice Guidelines, Evidence Based Medicine Resources, Case Studies and Patient Simulations, Journals, Professional Societies, Continuing Medical Education and Internet Directories and Search Engines. New links are constantly added and other improvements made. You can also subscribe to GeneralPediatrics-News (http://www.generalpediatrics.com/Notify.html), a newsletter that will automatically inform you of these changes on a monthly basis. GeneralPediatrics.com is curated by Donna M. D\222Alessandro, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Children\222s Hospital of Iowa. She is funded by a Robert Wood Johnson Generalist Faculty Scholar grant and has 10 years experience in the fields of digital libraries and medical education. The British Medical Journal in December 2000 stated "General sites that concentrate on a specialty are always going to be popular, and Generalpediatrics.com is no exception. This has a wide variety of links that are likely to appeal to anyone who is interested in online paediatric material. This page is a straight but well catalogued list of descriptive hypertext links, but the simple, minimalist approach can be quite effective." In Engish
http://www.generalpediatrics.com

Greensquad
Natural Resources Defense Council (USA)
An interactive website aimed at helping children learn more about health and environmental hazards and ways to avoid them.
http://www.nrdc.org/greensquad

Hazardous Substances Data Bank
National Library of Medicine Specialized Information Services
National Institutes of Health (USA)
HSDB is a toxicology data file on the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®). It focuses on the toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals. It is enhanced with information on human exposure, industrial hygiene, emergency handling procedures, environmental fate, regulatory requirements, and related areas. HSDB is organized into individual chemical records, and contains over 4700 such records.
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB

HazDat Database
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
U.S. Public Health Department
HazDat, ATSDR's Release/Health Effects Database, is a scientific and administrative database developed to provide access to information on the release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or from emergency events and on the effects of hazardous substances on the health of human populations. HazDat includes: site characteristics, activities and site events, contaminants found, contaminant media and maximum concentration levels, impact on population, community health concerns, ATSDR public health threat categorization, ATSDR recommendations, environmental fate of hazardous substances, exposure routes, and physical hazards at the site/event. In addition, HazDat contains substance-specific information such as the ATSDR Priority List of Hazardous Substances, health effects by route and duration of exposure, metabolites, interactions of substances, susceptible populations, and biomarkers of exposure and effects. HazDat also contains data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) database, including site CERCLIS number, site description, latitude/longitude, operable units, and additional site information.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hazdat.html

Health Data - Indicators (Czech Republic)
UZIS - Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic
http://www.uzis.cz/ang/health/health2.htm

Health Information for Development (HID)
Information Waystations and Staging Posts (IWSP)
The Health Information for Development (HID) project is a charitable, non-profit, non-denominational research project aimed at documenting and developing the capacity of health information resource centers throughout the world. Funding for this project has been provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Children's Vaccine Program at PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health). The Health Information for Development project is seen as the first phase of the much-larger, Information Waystations and Staging Posts project, which aims to establish a global network of 1,000 health information resource centers that will provide locally appropriate content on health issues. The project is intended to reinforce existing health services and education systems, not replace them. In the second phase it will upgrade selected resource centers into Information Waystations (IW) and create a network. An Information Waystation is a local point of access to health information received electronically linked to the network of other IWs. It has personnel who are trained in/teach technical maintenance and database use. In the third phase, the project will select some IWs for upgrading into Staging Posts (SPs). Staging Posts will act as "relay stations", translating and adapting information materials in order to make them locally appropriate. They will distribute information rapidly and widely, linked to health and education initiatives. They will make use of appropriate external sources of information, sharing local information, both formal and non-formal/indigenous, in a two-way flow. The project has compiled a Global Directory of Health Information Resource Centers (HIRCs). In English, French, Russian, Spanish and Swahili.
http://www.iwsp.org

Health-Track
Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
The mission of Health-Track is to help American families and communities identify and track the links between environmental hazards and illnesses and to provide researchers and public health officials with the necessary tools to prevent disease. Health-Track promotes a comprehensive U.S. environmental health tracking system that would monitor illnesses community by community, identify potential environmental hazards and measure exposure to them, and provide an early warning system to alert the public about increases and trends in disease and spur efforts to prevent illnesses. With links to state health departments, community health alerts, and environmental reports on US communities.
http://health-track.org/

Hormone Disrupting Toxicity Website, The (by M. Warhurst, Friends of the Earth)
These pages provide an introduction to the effects of hormone disrupting chemicals on humans and the environment. Other terms used to describe these chemicals include xenoestrogens, oestrogenic (estrogenic), hormone mimicking and endocrine disrupting chemicals. Chemicals which have hormone disrupting effects are described under the following categories: Phthalates, Alkylphenols, Bisphenol A, Organochlorine pesticides (including Lindane, atrazine, DDT and Atrazine), Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and Dioxins, and others, including parabens, butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), the fungicide vinclozolin and a group of natural plant compounds, the phytoestrogens. http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~mwarhurst/oestrogenic.html

Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
A database of human health effects that may result from exposure to various substances found in the environment.
http://www.epa.gov/ngispgm3/iris/

International Committee of the Red Cross, The (ICRC)
ICRC's exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. It directs and coordinates the international relief activities conducted by the Movement in situations of conflict. The ICRC is at the origin of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Maps, facts and figures, reports, news releases and publications on the countries (over 50) in which the ICRC is currently active.
http://www.icrc.org/eng

International Research and Information Network on Childrens Health and Environmental Safety (INCHES)
INCHES is a global network of people and organizations interested in promoting the protection of children from environmental and safety hazards. INCHES disseminates information and initiates research on the relationship between environmental factors and child health. Parents, researchers and scientists, children's organizations, and children themselves are invited as potential partners of this global network.
http://www.inchesnetwork.org/

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), The
Original peer-reviewed research published by the American Medical Association. In English and Spanish.
http://jama.ama-assn.org

Landmines Casualties and Incidents
United Nations.
Indexed by country.
http://www.un.org/Depts/Landmine/

LAMPADA
Discipline of Medical Informatics of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro - UERJ
FTP site for downloading 1996 version 6.04a of EPI-INFO and EPIMAP.
http://www.lampada.uerj.br/ingles/english.html

Lupus Foundation of America (USA)
The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) is a nationwide voluntary organization exclusively serving the entire lupus community, including patients, their families, physicians, researchers, and the general public. Incorporated as a nonprofit health agency in 1977, LFA.s mission is to educate and support those affected by lupus and find the cure. Since its establishment the LFA has remained a grassroots, volunteer-driven organization. The site features Education, Support, Research, and News information. With links to Babelfish Translation Service. In English and Spanish.
http://www.lupus.org

Malaria Database
World Health Organization
This is an information resource for scientists working in malaria research.
http://www.wehi.edu.au/MalDB-www/who.html

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
This list of over 1,500 chemicals describes their potential human health effects, recommended limits of exposure, and chemical properties. MSDS are legally required information for workers' occupational health and safety.
http://hazard.com/msds/

MentorWeb
The Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Foundation
MentorWeb will enable organizations to present information about their work and their projects and to publish articles and news on a daily basis. This information is open for everyone interested in the specific area of prevention of substance abuse.
http://www.mentorfoundation.org/

Multinational Monitor, The
The Multinational Monitor tracks corporate activity, especially in the Third World, focusing on the export of hazardous substances, worker health and safety, labor union issues and the environment.
http://www.essential.org/monitor/

Multinationals Resource Center, The
The Multinationals Resource Center is designed to help Southern activists, journalists, academics and others with information on the activities of multinational corporations. The Resource Center provides information on the history of multinational companies and the environmental and safety problems associated with their products and operations. The Resource Center responds to individual requests for information on a case-by-case basis.
http://www.essential.org/mrc/

The National Agricultural Safety Database (NASD)
University of Florida, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department
A database of materials devoted to increased safety, health and injury prevention in agriculture.
http://water.agen.ufl.edu/

National Center for Health Statistics
NCHS is the primary Federal organization responsible for the collection, analyses, and dissemination of health statistics. The site provides users access to the health information that NCHS produces. Users can browse the publications and statistical tables, download selected public-use data files, conduct on-line database queries and searches in Wonder, track progress toward Healthy People 2000 Objectives, or access FASTATS from A-Z. The site also contains information about each NCHS survey and data system, special programs and activities, upcoming seminars, conferences, and training, as well as links to other sites and the latest NCHS employment opportunities.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/datawh/datawh.htm

National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
An alphabetical index containing Disease Information. Also Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, Emerging Infectious Diesease Topics, Publications, Training Programs, Travelers' Health, News and Internet links.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/index.htm

National Environmental Health Action Plans
A Pan-European effort supported by the Environment-for-Europe process and WHO.
http://www.who.dk/Nehap/Index.htm

National Food Safety Database
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, (NIOSH)
http://water.agen.ufl.edu/

National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
National Center for Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals provides an ongoing assessment of the U.S. population\222s exposure to environmental chemicals using biomonitoring. For this Report, an environmental chemical means a chemical compound or chemical element present in air, water, soil, dust, food, or other environmental media. The Report presents levels of 27 environmental chemicals measured in the U.S. population. These chemicals include metals (e.g., lead, mercury, and uranium), cotinine (a marker of tobacco smoke exposure), organophosphate pesticide metabolites, and phthalate metabolites. In English.
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/dls/report/

OECD Work on Environmental Health and Safety
http://www.oecd.org/ehs/

Operational Significant Event Imagery (OSEI)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)
The Operational Significant Event Imagery (OSEI) team produces high-resolution, detailed imagery of significant environmental events which are visible in remotely-sensed data available at the NOAA Science Center in Suitland, Maryland. OSE's Daily Operational Significant Event Imagery Report (DOSEIR) outlines the events captured in satellite imagery and provides a direct link to each image. The images are described with short narratives. Significant events include Dust Storms, Fire Events, Flood Events, Iceberg Events, Ocean Events, Severe Weather, Snow Cover, Storm Systems, Tropical Cyclones, Volcanoes, and Unique Imagery. In English.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/

OSHWEB
Institute of Occupational Safety Engineering
Information on Chemical safety, Material Safety Data Sheets, Pesticides, Emergency management, Fire safety, International Organizations, Major hazard control, and Risk management, among other topics.
http://oshweb.me.tut.fi/

Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Database
Pesticide Action Network (PAN)
A one-stop location for current toxicity and regulatory information for pesticides. The PAN Pesticide Database brings together a diverse array of information on pesticides from many different sources, providing human toxicity (chronic and acute), ecotoxicity and regulatory information for about 5,100 products, as well as adjuvants and solvents used in pesticide products. This database of active ingredients has been integrated with the US EPA and California Department of Pesticide Regulation product databases, which provide information on formulated products (the form of the pesticide that growers and consumers purchase for use) containing the active ingredients. The information is most complete for pesticides registered for use in the United States.
http://www.pesticideinfo.org/

Pew Environmental Health Commission, The
The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
The Pew Environmental Health Commission, convened by the Pew Charitable Trusts in May 1999, is an independent panel of experts from the public policy, health industry, government, academic and nonprofit communities. The Commission's charge is to develop practical recommendations for improving the public health response to environmental threats. Three specific investigations are being conducted: Children's Health and Environmental Impacts Environmental Health Right to Know Health Outcome Monitoring Scientific and Policy Capacity of Federal Public Health System.
http://pewenvirohealth.jhsph.edu/html/home/home.html

Pharmaceutical Information Network
PharmInfoNet is a high-volume pharmaceutical information resource on the Internet World Wide Web. It serves as a recognized entry point to access high-quality independent assessments of therapeutics and advances in new drug development, including full text articles from clinical publications, economic data, symposium information from scientific meetings. Links to other relevant drug information and pharmaceutical sites.
http://pharminfo.com/

PDQ(r) -- National Cancer Institute's Comprehensive Cancer Database
PDQ, NCI's comprehensive cancer database, contains peer-reviewed summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, and supportive care; a registry of approximately 1,700 open and 10,300 closed cancer clinical trials from around the world; and directories of physicians, genetic counselors, and organizations that provide cancer care.
http://wwwicic.nci.nih.gov/pdq.htm

Plasmo DB. The Plasmodium Genome Resource
University of Pennsylvania (USA)
An Internet-based database allowing genomic analysis of Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for the vast majority of malaria deaths worldwide. The Plasmodium genome database breaks new ground in bioinformatics by permitting detailed analysis of a genome even before its sequencing is complete. The site contains: P. falciparum Genome Sequence Status - Information on the progress of sequencing efforts from the Malaria Genome Project. PlasmoDB-GUS - Query a relational database for sequence retrieval, gene predictions, protein feature identification, gene ontologies, Blast similarities, chromosome position and microsatellite markers. Graphical views of the data, Blast analysis and ePCR are provided. P. falciparum GenePlot Platform-independent graphical browser, sequence retrieval. CD-ROM ported version available. Data Mining Tools / Data Download - Text-based queries (finished and unfinished sequences), blast analysis and User defined motif searches; Graphical surveys of blast results, genes that were predicted through automated analysis and protein features. Download sequences and "genome releases" in multiple formats including ORF's and predicted CDS' where appropriate. Download a recent publication on 'PlasmoDB': PlasmoDB: An integrative database of the Plasmodium falciparum genome. Tools for accessing and analyzing finished and unfinished sequence data. Nucleic Acids Res. 2001, 29 (1):66-69. Data of the Plasmodium falciparum (3D7) Genome Project within PlasmoDB are protected by a data release policy. In English.
http://PlasmoDB.org/

PLL Online - Computer-assisted Translation
WHO Technical Terminology Service
Health-related Terminology in Cyberspace. Includes WHO Policy documents, glossaries, and links to other online electronic translation services. More than 50 medical dictionaries and glossaries online and the WHOTERM index.
http://www.who.int/pll/ter/dicfair.html

Preventing Harm
Clean Water Fund (USA)
Preventing Harm features extensive information linking environmental toxins to developmental disabilities. Contains downloadable one page fact sheets developed for physicians and the public. Each fact sheet includes a Reproductive Outcomes and Routes of Exposure Table which includes information on nearly 50 chemicals/substances, their health effects and where the chemicals are used/found. With media kit, action alerts and extensive contacts. In English.
http://www.preventingharm.org

Public Citizen
A non-profit, consumer research and advocacy organization, has been fighting for citizen and consumer justice and for government and corporate accountability. The Health Research Group is the health arm of Public Citizen and promotes research-based, system-wide changes in health care policy as well as providing advice and oversight concerning drugs, medical devices, doctors and hospitals and occupational health.
http://www.citizen.org/
http://www.citizen.org/hrg/

PubMed
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM)
NLM's search service to access the 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases. PubMed is a project developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It has been developed in conjunction with publishers of biomedical literature as a search tool for accessing literature citations and linking to full-text journals at Web sites of participating publishers.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/overview.html

Radiation and Public Health Project (RPHP), The
The Radiation and Public Health Project is a nonprofit educational and scientific organization, established by scientists and physicians dedicated to understanding the relationships between low-level, nuclear radiation and public health. RPHP's current emphasis is on The Tooth Fairy Project, a study of the levels of strontium-90 in baby teeth. By measuring these teeth RPHP are able to determine the extent to which radionuclides are entering our bodies. Once sufficient data is collected, RPHP will evaluate whether this radioactivity raises the risk of cancer. Featuring Nuclips - current news clippings on nuclear topics. In English.
http://www.radiation.org/

RosiaMontana.org
Alburnus Maior, a Romanian NGO headquartered in Rosia Montana, Romania, tracks gold mining, toxic risk, and population displacement in their region. In Romana, English and Magyar.
http://www.rosiamontana.org/

Safersex.org
If you decide to be sexually active, learn what behaviors are risky, and how much risk you want to take. Information about condoms and other safer sex methods.
http://www.safersex.org/

Substances Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity
State of California, Office of Environmental Health Hazards Assessment publishes annually an updated list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity. The latest list is from August 20, 1999.
http://www.oehha.org/prop65/899lstC.htm

Superfund Risk Assessment
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Provides a consistent framework for evaluation risks posed by hazardous waste sites.
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/risk/index.htm

Toxicity and Exposure Assessment for Children's Health (TEACH)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
TEACH is a searchable database containing overviews of scientific literature in the field of children's environmental health risks from chemical exposure. TEACH contains over 1,400 references covering information on environmental contaminants that potentially impact children's health and are updated annually.
http://cfpub.epa.gov/teach/

TOXMAP
National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health (USA)
TOXMAP is a web site that uses maps of the United States to show the amount and location of toxic chemicals released into the environment. Data is derived from the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) (http://www.epa.gov/tri/), which provides information on the releases of toxic chemicals into the environment as reported annually by industrial facilities around the United States. TOXMAP helps users create nationwide or local area maps showing where chemicals are released into the air, water, and ground. It also identifies the releasing facilities, color-codes release amounts for a single year, and provides multi-year chemical release trends, starting with 1987. Users can search the system by chemical name, chemical name fragment, and/or location (such as city, state, or zip code).
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/toxmap.html

TOXNET -(Toxicology Data Network)
Specialized Information Services Division, National Library of Medicine
National Institute of Health (USA)
A cluster of databases (or metadatabase) on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas. Includes
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/

US High Production Volume Chemical Tracking System (US TS)
Alliance for Chemical Awareness, The (ACA)
ACA is an initiative of the business community to enhance the availability of information to the public about major chemicals in commerce, with a particular focus on the High Production Volume (HPV) chemicals that have been the subject of public/private chemical testing programs. Their stated goals include increasing public access to chemical information and to facilitate the use of exposure data in chemical risk characterization. ACA members, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Environmental Defense (ED) have agreed on a plan to increase the amount of publicly available screening-level hazard information on l high production volume (HPV) chemicals. HPV chemicals are those manufactured or imported into the U.S. in quantities exceeding a million pounds per year. The goal is for companies to make complete hazard data sets publicly available on the majority of 2,800 HPV chemicals by 2004. The US High Production Volume (HPV) Chemical Tracking System (US TS) web site monitors the voluntary participation of chemical manufacturers and/or importers in the EPA's HPV Chemical Challenge Program. Recent US TS improvements include the ability for chemical manufacturers and/or importers to edit registration information and detailed information for users on how to enter both commitments and work plans into the US TS.
http://www.chemicalawareness.org/
http://www.hpvchallenge.com/

Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) Summary of Sanitation Inspections of International Cruise Ships
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/programs/sanit/vsp/scores/scores.htm

Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
Summary of Sanitation Inspections of International Cruise Ships DATABASE SEARCH
http://www2.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp/vspmain.asp

Virtual Children's Hospital
Virtual Children's Hospital(r) is a service of the Children's Hospital of Iowa and University of Iowa Health Care. A model on-line hospital information service addressing children's health.
http://www.vh.org/VCH/

World Health Chart 2001
WHO, Karolinska Institute, Lund University (Sweden)
The World Health Chart is developed in collaboration between WHO and Swedish institutions. The aim is to visualize world health development and thereby enable better use of international health data for learning, advocacy and hypothesis generation. A first beta-version called WHC 2001 Public Beta 0.1 is free to download for testing. Please comment to whc@ki.se. In English.
http://www.whc.ki.se/files/basicinfo.php

WHO Guidelines for Drinking Water - Water Quality
World Health Organization (WHO)
The WHO released updated guidelines for drinking water quality in September 2004. The guidelines recommend a holistic, systematic approach towards water quality regulation and management in order to prevent water-related disease, including preventative measures, such as ensuring that local wells are not at risk from contamination. The new guidelines reflect reviewed and revised recommended values for chemical limits, and set out practical approaches to discount some chemicals and prioritize others. The updated guidelines also include applications for emergencies and disaster situations.
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwg/guidelines/en/

www.OurStolenFuture.org
PO Box 125
White Hall, VA
22932-2014 USA
Maintained by the authors of the book that stimulated global questions and concerns about endocrine disruption, www.OurStolenFuture.org keeps track of scientific findings policy debates as they have developed since the book was first published in 1996. Written for an informed general audience, the site has almost 300 pages of scientific information.
http://www.OurStolenFuture.org