National Governmental Organizations

AirData : Access to Air Pollution Data
United States Environmental Protection Agency
The AirData Web site gives you access to air pollution data for the entire United States. AirData produces reports and maps of air pollution data based on criteria specified by viewers. AirData presents annual summaries of air pollution data from two EPA databases:
*AQS (Air Quality System) database provides air monitoring data - ambient concentrations of criteria air pollutants at monitoring sites, primarily in cities and towns.
*NEI (National Emission Inventory) database provides estimates of annual emissions of criteria and hazardous air pollutants from all types of sources.
The NEI database in 2002 replaced two separate EPA databases for emissions of criteria air pollutants (National Emission Trends, or NET) and hazardous air pollutants (National Toxics Inventory, or NTI). In English.
http://www.epa.gov/air/data/index.html

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/

Air Quality Subsystem, Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
AQS contains measurements of ambient concentrations of air pollutants and associated meteorological data. The data is collected by thousands of monitoring stations operated by EPA, national, state and local agencies. EPA uses this data to assess the overall status of the nation's air quality and to prepare reports to Congress as mandated by the Clean Air Act. EPA also uses the data to identify areas where improvements in air quality are needed. Locations where air pollution exceeds federal standards are called Non-Attainment Areas.
http://www.epa.gov/airs/aqs.html

Airnow
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
This website's goals are to: 1) provide real-time air pollution data in an understandable, visual format, 2) provide information about the public health and environmental effects of air pollution, 3) provide the public with information about ways in which they can protect their health, and actions they can take to reduce pollution. It currently focuses on ground-level ozone (smog). Future plans for this website are to expand the geographic coverage of the current ozone maps and to include other pollutants.
http://www.epa.gov/airnow/

Atlas of America's Polluted Waters
Total Maximum Daily Load Program
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water
A report from EPA that includes maps showing waters within each state that do not meet state water quality standards. States listed these waters in their most recent submission to EPA, generally, in 1998, as required by section 303(d) of the U.S. Federal Clean Water Act. This provision of the Clean Water Act requires a "total maximum daily load" or TMDL for each listed water. A key feature of the 1998 lists of polluted waters is that, for the first time, all states provided computer-based "geo-referencing" data that allow consistent mapping of these polluted waters. The maps are color coded to indicate the type of pollutant causing the pollution problem. And, bar charts show the types of pollutants impairing stream/river/coastal miles, and lakes/estuary/wetland acres. With downloadable pdf files.
http://www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/atlas/index.html

Australia's Environmental Resources Information Network
http://kaos.erin.gov.au/erin.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/

Belgium Federal Department of the Environment
FEDERALE DIENSTEN VOOR HET LEEFMILIEU SERVICES FÉDÉRAUX POUR LES AFFFAIRES ENVIRONNEMENTALES
http://environment.fgov.be/

Biennial Reporting System (BRS), U.S.
BRS tracks the generation, shipment, and receipt of hazardous waste.
http://d1.rtknet.org/brs/

Canadian Institute for Resources Law (Canada)
L' Institut canadien du droit des ressources
University of Calgary
The Canadian Institute of Resources Law is a leading national centre of expertise on legal and policy issues relating to Canada's natural resources. Since its establishment in 1979, the Institute has pursued a three-fold mandate of research, education and publication. The Institute initiates projects and responds to requests from the public and private sectors and from non-governmental organizations.
L' Institut canadien du droit des ressources est un centre national de premier rang offrant une expertise en matière de droit et des politiques des ressources naturelles. Depuis sa création en 1979, l'institut a rempli un triple mandat de recherche, d'enseignement et de publication. L'institut initie des projets et répond aux demandes des secteurs public et privé ainsi que des organismes à but non lucratif. L'institut canadien du droit des ressources est reconnaissant du soutien généreux fourni par l'Alberta Law Foundation, qui a financé le développement de ce site. In English, French and Ukrainian.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~cirl/html/about.html

Center for Environmental Information and Statistics
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
CEIS is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new one-stop source of data and information on environmental quality, status and trends. In English and Spanish.
http://www.epa.gov/ceis/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), The
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Data and Statistics includes links to: http://www.cdc.gov/scientific.htm

CDC WONDER
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
U.S. Public Health
Provides a single point of access to a variety of CDC reports, guidelines, and numeric public health data. The latest version of WONDER was released October 21, 1998.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/

Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Homepage of federal office responsible for encouraging state and local authorities to identify local hazards and to plan for potential chemical emergencies. The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) requires states to establish State Emergency Response Commissions (SERCs) and Local Emergency Planning Committees to develop emergency response plans for each community and provides for public access to information about certain hazardous chemicals stored or released at the facility. With links to relevant laws, publications (such as Accident Prevention and Risk Management Plans), and a database listing instances in which hazardous substances were released.
http://www.epa.gov/swercepp

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/

Chemical Right-to-Know Initiative
Office of Pollution Prevention, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Chemical Right-to-Know Initiative responds to an EPA study that found that very little basic toxicity information is publicly available on most of the high production volume (HPV) commercial chemicals made and used in the United States. Without this basic hazard information, it is hard to make sound judgments about what potential risks these chemicals could present to people and the environment. The Initiative is an ambitious effort to tackle this problem by rapidly testing chemicals and making this important data available to scientists, policy makers, industry, and the public.
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemrtk/

Chemsafety
United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigations Board
Contains Chemlinks, an online, searchable database containing links to websites related to industrial chemical safety. Also U.S. chemical safety news, official investigation and reports.
http://www.chemsafety.org/

Clean Air Markets (USA)
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Clean air markets programs include various market-based regulatory programs designed to improve air quality. The most well-known of these programs is EPA's Acid Rain Program, which has the overall goal of achieving environmental and public health benefits through reductions in emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx).compounds produced by fossil fuel combustion that adversely affect air quality, the environment, and public health. Also information on other programs that employso-called "cap-and-trade" mechanisms. In English with some content also in Spanish.
http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
CERCLIS holds information on hazardous waste sites, site inspections, preliminary assessments, and remediation of hazardous waste sites.
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/cursites/toc/index.htm

Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations (CAMEO (r))
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
CAMEO is system of software applications used widely to plan for and respond to chemical emergencies. It is one of the tools developed by EPA's Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to assist front-line chemical emergency planners and responders. They can use CAMEO to access, store, and evaluate information critical for developing emergency plans. CAMEO also can be used with a separate software application called LandView III to display EPA environmental databases and demographic/economic information to support analysis of environmental justice issues. The CAMEO system integrates a chemical database and a method to manage the data, an air dispersion model, and a mapping capability (MARPLOT). Available in Macintosh, Windows, and DOS formats. The software may be downloaded at no cost. The site also contains training materials and links to CAMEO users.
http://www.epa.gov/ceppo/cameo/index.htm

Comision Nacional del Medio Ambiente (CONAMA), Chile
http://www.conama.cl/

Danish ministry of Environment and Energy
http://www.mem.dk/ukindex.htm

Department of Environmental Affairs & Tourism, Republic of South Africa
South African legal, regulatory and programmatic information. With links to: Sea Fisheries, South African Weather Bureau, Antartic & Islands, South African National Parks
http://www.environment.gov.za/

Digital Tectonic Activity Map
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
The Digital Tectonic Activity Map (DTAM) is a new visualization tool for both researcher and educator alike to better understand tectonic activity of our planet for the past 1 million years. DTAM is a Geographical Information System (GIS) that displays a realistic synoptic view of present global tectonism by filling in the cartographic gap between conventional geological maps and plate reconstruction maps. The DTAM was created using current global datasets of seismicity, volcanism, and plate motions that were integrated with topography and bathymetry measurements derived from satellite gravity data. Macroscopic structural features were integrated via field studies from various researchers, space geodesy, and space-borne imagery (e.g. astronaut photography, Landsat). This integrative technique provides a new and unique visualization tool that presents an actual representational view of global tectonics rather than the traditional schematic illustrations (i.e. plate maps) of the past. In English.
http://core2.gsfc.nasa.gov/dtam/

Directorate of Environmental Affairs
Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Namibia
Information on the following:
-- Community Based Natural Resource Management
-- National Biodiversity Programme
-- National Programme to Combat Desertification
-- Environmental Legislation
-- Environmental Information Programme
-- Environmental Economics
-- Environmental Impact Assessments and Audits
-- Pollution and Hazardous Substances
-- Northern Namibia Environment Project
http://www.dea.met.gov.na/

Earth Observatory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), The U.S.
Earth Observatory provides a freely-accessible publication on the Internet where the public can obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet. The focus is on Earth's climate and environmental change. Materials published on the Earth Observatory are freely available for re-publication or re-use, except where copyright is indicated. The site includes images and data on Biosphere, Chlorophyll, Cloud Fraction, 1km (sq.) Fires, 4km (sq.) Fires, Land Cover Classification, Outgoing Heat Radiation, Vegetation, Ozone, Rainfall, Sea Surface Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, and Surface Temperature. An 'Experiments' section allows students to operate in a virtual Laboratory, where they can learn how and why the Earth changes through the use of interactive computer models and the art and science of space-based remote sensing. Experiments include oil spill, earthquake, and hurricane activities, and the effects of siting an oil refinery in a coastal harbor.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

Earth Observing System, Direct Broadcast
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
The Direct Access System for the Earth Observing System (EOS) spacecraft provides a means of transmitting some, or all, of the EOS science data directly via X-band to ground. The Direct Access System, or some portions thereof, will fly on the EOS-AM, EOS-PM, and some subsequent Office of Earth Science spacecraft. Included in this Direct Access System is a Direct Broadcast Service which will transmit real-time data from the satellite to anyone within line-of-sight during most of the orbit. The web site includes Overpass Predictor, Real Time Images, Test Images, and Documents. In English.
http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/eosdb/

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

Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO)
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
This tool provides the public with compliance, permit, and demographic data from approximately 800,000 facilities regulated under the Clean Air Act stationary source program, the Clean Water Act direct discharge program and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act hazardous waste facilities with violations. Integrated reports present inspections, violations, enforcement actions, penalties, and locate facilities on demographic maps. In English.
http://www.epa.gov/echo/index.html

Envirofacts
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Integrates data extracted from five EPA program systems: Envirofacts Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS) Facility Subsystem (EF AIRS/AFS); Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System (CERCLIS); Permit Compliance System (PCS); Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System (RCRIS); Toxic Release Inventory System (TRIS), and the Locational Reference Tables (LRT).
http://www.epa.gov/enviro/index.html

Environment Canada
Our Great Lakes/ Nos Grands Lacs Our Great Lakes web site, is an information resource that provides an index of Environment Canada's Great Lakes programs, publications and databases, and is a window to other environmental networks. This site is part of Environment Canada's national network known as the Green Lane, which promotes and facilitates public access to environmental information. / Nos Grands Lacs est une source d'information qui fournit un index des publications, des bases de données et des programmes concernant les Grands Lacs d'Environnement Canada et qui permet d'accéder à d'autres réseaux environnementaux. Ce site fait partie de la Voie verte, réseau national d'Environnement Canada qui vise à faire la promotion de l'information sur l'environnement et à en faciliter l'accès au public.
http://www.cciw.ca/glimr/intro.html

Environmental Information Center, Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
http://www.republic-of-macedonia.unet.com.mk/page14a.html

Environmental Information Systems in Kazakhstan

http://www.grida.no:80/prog/cee/enrin/htmls/kazahst/kazakh_e.htm

FEDSTATS
One Stop Shopping for US Federal Government Agency data. More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use.
http://www.fedstats.gov/

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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

Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS), The
US Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO), The
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University, The
The US Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO) provides access to data and information on global environmental change research, adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies, and global change related educational resources on behalf of the US Global Change Research Program and its participating U.S. Federal Agencies and Organizations. The Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS) is the set of individual agency data and information systems that support global change research supplemented by a minimal amount of crosscutting new infrastructure, and made interoperable by the use of standards, common approaches, technology sharing, and data policy coordination. Through the GCDIS, users are able to learn about the existence and location of relevant data and information resources, have key holdings available in useful forms, and be assured of their quality and continued availability.
http://www.gcrio.org/gcdis.html
http://www.gcrio.org/

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

Health Topics A to Z
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Provides a listing of disease and health topics found on the CDC Web site. It is not yet a complete index of the site. New topics are added on an ongoing basis.
http://www.cdc.gov/health/diseases.htm

Health Topic: Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Covers the following topics:
-- Air Pollution
-- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
-- Earthquakes
-- Extreme Cold
-- Extreme Heat
-- Floods
-- Hurricanes
-- Lead Poisoning
-- Molds in the Environment
-- Persian Gulf War Study
-- Tornado
http://www.cdc.gov/health/environm.htm

Health Topic: Información Sobre la Salud
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/health/spanish.htm

Information Center for the Environment (ICE), The
University of California, Davis Integrated inventory and monitoring programs developed for the U.S. Man and the Biosphere (MAB) program, the US National Park Service, and California State Parks
http://ice.ucdavis.edu/

Information System for Planning an Environment (ISPU)
Bavarian State Ministry for State Development and Environmental Affairs
Umweltobjektkatalog UOK (Catalogue of environmental and planning documents). Collection with about 60,000 entries such as map-catalogues, pictures of protected areas, geological objects, and regional planning data. In German.
http://www.uok.bayern.de

ITALIAN EIA CENTRE/CENTRO VIA ITALIA
The Italian EIA Centre is part of the European network of EIA centres sponsored by the European Commission with the aim of promoting and diffusing the culture of Environmental Impact Assessment in the member states. It is temporarily entrusted to AAA (Environmental Analyst Association) federated to FAST (Federation of the Scientific and Technical Associations).
http://www.fast.mi.it/eng/cen_eia.htm

International Corporate Environmental Reporting Site, The
Links to online available Environmental Reports of companies/organisations located in the Netherlands and Belgium (Flanders). Per 1 februari 1999 is www.milieujaarverslag.com in de lucht en geeft u de toegang tot online beschikbare milieujaarverslagen van Nederlandse en Vlaamse bedrijven en organisaties. Klik op het logo van Milieujaarverslag.com! In Dutch and Flemish.
http://www.enviroreporting.com/ www.milieujaarverslag.com

Local Sustainability, the European Good Practice Information Service
EURONET / ICLEI Consortium
'Local Sustainability' is a service disseminating and making accessible the good practice experiences of European cities, towns, counties and their associations, national and regional governments, research and educational institutions, and Directorate Generals of the European Commission. The site contains a Good Practice Guidance, Policy Document Library, and 130 'good practice' cases (as July 2000). In English, French, and German.
http://cities21.com/europractice/index.htm

Ministry of Environment, Human Resource Development & Employment, Republic of Mauritius
The mission of the Ministry of Local Government and Environment is to ensure the protection and management of the environmental assets of Mauritius so that their capacity to sustain the society and its development remains unimpaired and to foster harmony between quality of life, environmental protection and sustainable development for the present and future generations.
http://ncb.intnet.mu/environ.htm

National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network (USA)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Illinois Department of Natural Resources
The National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network (NADP/NTN) is a nationwide network of precipitation monitoring sites. The network is a cooperative effort between many different groups, including the State Agricultural Experiment Stations, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and numerous other governmental and private entities, and covers over 200 sites spanning the continental United States, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands . The network collects data on the chemistry of precipitation for monitoring of geographical and temporal long-term trends, which is then analyzed for hydrogen (acidity as pH), sulfate, nitrate, ammonium, chloride, and base cations (such as calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium). The National Atmospheric Deposition Program has also expanded its sampling to two additional networks: the Mercury Deposition Network and the Atmospheric Integrated Research Monitoring Network. In English.
http://nadp.sws.uiuc.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 Ecological Network (NECONET), Slovakia
The co-ordinator of the design of the European Ecological Network (EECONET) through partial proposals of National Ecological Networks (NECONETs) is the IUCN European Programme. The presented publication "National Ecological Network of Slovakia" is the first part of the international project called "IUCN National Nature Plan" simultaneously carried out in the four countries in Central Europe (Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic). This interdisciplinary project concerns all important sectors of the economy, since the effective nature protection has to consider not only ecological aspects but also the economic, social, cultural and political processes which influence it.
http://www.ecnc.nl/doc/lynx/publications/eeco_sk.html

National Environmental Data Index (NEDI)
NEDI provides users with direct access to environmental data collected by U.S. state, federal, and international agencies. Users may request three types of data, including texts and publications, regulations and legislation, and metadata, which are links to Internet sites that hold information pertinent to the user's query.
http://www.nedi.gov

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 Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution (OSDPD)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)
The National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service mission is to provide and ensure timely access to global environmental data from satellites and other sources to promote, protect, and enhance the Nation's economy, security, environment, and quality of life. OSDPD manages and directs the operation of the central ground facilities which ingest, process, and distribute environmental satellite data and derived products to domestic and foreign users. In English.
http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov
http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov

National Pollutant Release Inventory/Inventaire national des rejets de polluants - Canada
In 1999 Environment Canada added 73 new substances to the National Pollutant Release Inventory under the current reporting requirements. The work group continues its work with Environment Canada and will now review adding substances that will require lowering the reporting thresholds for substances that are persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic. / Après les avoir étudiées, Environnement Canada a ajouté maintenant 73 nouvelles substances à l'Inventaire national des rejets de polluants conformément aux exigences de rapport en vigueur pour 1999. Le groupe de travail continue de collaborer avec environnement Canada. Il examinera maintenant l'ajout de substances exigeant l'abaissement des seuils de rapport pour les substances qui sont persistantes, biocumulatives et toxiques.
http://www2.ec.gc.ca/pdb/npri/

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/

NEPAnet
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Contains the full text of National Environmental Protection Act, relevant regulations and guidance on implementing the statute. With links to web pages that address impacts on pollution prevention and environmental justice concerns.
http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/nepanet.htm

New Zealand Ministry for the Environment
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/

Office of Response and Restoration
National Ocean Service (USA)
Tools and information for emergency responders and planners, and others working to understand and mitigate the effects of oil and hazardous materials in coastal waters. The site includes: In English.
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/

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/

Profepa - Mexico
The Environmental Protection Agency of Mexico homepage.
http://www.profepa.gob.mx/

President's Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD) - USA
Between June 1993 and June 1999, the PCSD has advised President Clinton on sustainable development and develops bold, new approaches to achieve economic, environmental, and equity goals.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/PCSD/

RareFind
The Information Center for the Environment (ICE)
University of California, Davis
RareFind, the search and retrieval software that is used to make Natural Diversity Data Base (NDDB) records useful to public agencies and consulting firms.
http://ice.ucdavis.edu/

RCRA, Superfund & EPCRA Hotline's Guide to EPA's Electronic Resources
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hotline/netguide.htm#rtk

Russian Ecological Federal Information Agency (REFIA)
This site contains official information on the state of natural resources and environment in Russia. Information is grouped into the following media: air, water, mineral resources, forests, terrestrial biodiversity, water biodiversity, recreational resources, protected areas, state of environment. Under each main heading the information is grouped into the following sections: a state management system, general review, periodicals, legislation and documents. Each following level contains indepth of information regarding each specific subject. Also contained is a link to the "Spaseniye" (Salvation) electronic newsletter (in Russian only). In English and Russian.
http://www.refia.ru

Sentinel Network/Le Réseau Sentinelles
Bienvenue sur le serveur du Réseau SENTINELLES des Médecins libéraux français/Welcome on the server of the Sentinel Network of the French General Practitionners.
http://www.b3e.jussieu.fr/sentiweb/

South African National Antarctic Program
SANAP is managed under the auspices of the Directorate: Antarctic and Islands of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Republic of South Africa. SANAP encompasses three research stations, viz. a meteorological station at Gough Island, a meteorological and biological research station at Marion Island, and a physical sciences research program at the SANAE base in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
http://home.intekom.com/sanae/

State of the Environment Georgia
State of the Environment Georgia - Environmental Institutions
Ministry of Environmental Protection, Republic of Georgia
Includes links to Georgian NGOs.
http://www.parliament.ge/SOEGEO/english/institut/moe/moe.htm
http://www.grida.no:80/prog/cee/enrin/htmls/georgia/soegeor/hp_soege.htm

State of the Environment Reports
A growing number of international organizations, countries, states and regional governments, and non-governmental organizations are producing reports providing and overview of the "state of the environment" in their area of responsibility and interest. These report vary in content and quality. Most national reports are in English, some in the country's major language, some in both. Many were facilitated by the United Nations Environment Program through its Global Resources Information Database (GRID) center in Arendal, Norway. Coverage of environments of:
Albania (1998, 1996, 1994)
Armenia (1998)
Australia (1996)
-- Capital Territory (1995)
-- New-South Wales (1995, 1997)
-- -- Fairfield City (1995/6, 1996/7)
-- -- Hurstville City (1995/6)
-- -- Lake Macquarie City
-- -- Penrith City (1995/6)
-- -- Woollahra Municipality (1995/6, 1996/7)
-- Western Australia (1998)
Austria
-- Vienna City
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1998)
Bulgaria (in progress)
Canada (Infobase -- 1996) (OECD Review - 1995)
-- Alberta
-- British Columbia
-- -- Vancouver City
-- Atlantic Region
-- British Columbia
-- Manitoba (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997)
-- Saskatchewan
-- Yukon
China (1997)
Czech Republic (1997)
-- Prague
Denmark (1995)
Estonia (1998)
Finland
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1998)
France (1995/6)
Georgia (1996)
Germany (1998)
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Jamaica (1995-96)
Japan
Kyrgyz Republic (1997)
Latvia (1996)
Lithuania
Malaysia (1994)
Republic of Moldova
Netherlands (1998)
New Zealand (1997)
Norway (1995, 1997, 1998)
Poland
Romania (1998)
Russia
-- Moscow (1998)
-- St Petersburg/Leningrad
Slovak Republic (1996)
Slovenia (1996)
Sweden
Switzerland (1997)
Tadjikistan
Turkmenistan (1998)
Ukraine (1996)
Uzbekistan
United Kingdom (1998)
-- Scotland
-- Brent
-- Lincolnshire
http://www.cnie.org/stateof.htm

STORET: STOrage and RETrieval System for Water and Biological Monitoring Data
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water
A repository for water quality, biological, and physical data and is used by state environmental agencies, EPA and other federal agencies, universities, private citizens, and many others.
http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/STORET/

TOMS Global Aerosol Hot Spots
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)
National Space and Aeronautics Administration, U.S.
TOMS provides global measurements of total column ozone on a daily basis. TOMS Global Aerosol Hot Spots page shows the location of smoke from global fires in near real-time. The site also contains a complete data set of daily ozone from November 1978 - December 1994. Continuous observation of the global ozone past the year 2000 will monitor the expected recovery of ozone as levels of chloroflourocarbons (CFCs) decrease from their current maximum as a result of the Montreal Protocol limits. Data products include Ozone, Aerosols, Erythemal UV, and Reflectivity. With map image files, quicktime videos of the Antarctic Ozone Hole, and its historic expansion from 1979-1997. With additional educational material.
http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/aerosols/today_plus.html

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/

United Kingdom Environment Agency
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/

UK State of the Environment
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/state_of_enviro/index3+.html

WHOSIS - WHO Statistical Information System
Health and health-related statistical information from the WHO Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy. Contains links to national health sites. Included are the following sites:
Albania
Albanian Home Page
UNDP Office in Albania
Algeria
Centre de Recherche sur l'Information Scientifique et Technique (CERIST)
Office National de Statistiques (ONS)
Angola
Ministry of Health Office national de Statistiques (ONS)
Argentina
Ministerio de Salud (de la Prov. de Buenos Aires) Instituto Nacional de Estatistica y Censos (INDEC)
Armenia
Websites in Armenia
Yerevan Physics Institute
Australia
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Institute of Health and Welfare
Department of Health and Family Services
National Centre for Classification in Health (NCCH)
Austria
Austria Internet Directory (AID)
Ministry of Health
Osterreichisches Statistisches Zentralamt (OSTAT)
Austria Online
Austrian Webindex
Azerbaijan
Websites in Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Minister of Health contact information
Bahrain
Ministry of Health
Health Statistics
Bangladesh
National Data Bank
Barbados
Ministry of Health and the Environment contact information
Belgium
Federal Information Service
Vlaams Instituut voor Gezondheidspromotie
Belize
Statistical Information
Bolivia
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ministry contact information
BosNet
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
PHARE
Brazil
Ministério da Saúde
Health Indicators (Indicadores)
DATASUS Home Page
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE)
Brunei Darussalam
Ministry of Health
Burkina Faso
Le Burkina Faso
World Factbook entry for Burkina Faso
Bulgaria
National Statistical Institute (NSI)
Cameroon
Ministry of Public Health (email only)
Cameroonian Forum for the Medical and Paramedical Sciences
Cambodia
The National Institute of Public Health
Canada
Ministry of Health
Statistics Canada
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Government of Canada
Bureau de la statistique du Québec
Chile
Ministerio de Salud
China
Census and Statistics Department (Hong Kong)
Colombia
Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) Ministerio de Salud
Cook Islands
Government of the Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Net Salud
Republica de Costa Rica Ministerios
Côte d'Ivoire
Information santé
AfricaOnline
Croatia
Ministry of Health
Central Bureau of Statistics
Cuba
Cubaweb
Dirección Nacional de Estadística
Bases de Datos Salud
InfoMed
Cyprus
Ministry of Health
Department of Statistics and Research
Czech Republic
Ministry of Health
Czech Statistical Office (CzSO)
Denmark
Ministry of Health
Statistics Denmark
Dominican Republic
Oficina Nacional de Estadística
Ecuador
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC)
El Salvador
Guía de Servicios Consulares de El Salvador
Estonia
Statistical Office of Estonia
Regional Bureau of Statistics of Central Estonia
Eritrea
Government
Micronesia (Federated States of)
FSM National Government
Fiji
Fiji-Online
Finland
Ministry of Health
Statistics Finland
France
Health-Related Government Agencies
National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE)
Gambia
Government Directory
Georgia
Ministry of Health Care
Georgia's Healthcare
Germany
Ministry of Health
Federal Statistical Office
Institute for Medical Documentation and Information (DIMDI)
Ghana
Health Information AfricaOnline
Greece
Primary Health Care
National Statistical Service
Health Informatics Lab
Hellenic Institute for Occupational Health and Safety
University Research Institute of Social Insurance, Health & Assistance
Guatemala
Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social
Central American Health Institute (Instituto Centroamericano de la Salud - ICAS)
Guyana
Ministry of Health Accomplishment 1993-96
Health Sector Reform
Honduras
Honduras statistics
Central American Health Institute (Instituto Centroamericano de la Salud - ICAS)
Hungary
Hungarian Central Statistical Office
Iceland
Statistics Iceland
Government Ministries
Tölvupóstföng starfsmanna
India
Registrar General
Indonesia
Central Bureau of Statistics
Government Web Pages
WHO Representative's Office
Indonesian Medical Association
Indonesian Health department
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Government Ministries
Basic Statistics
Ireland
Central Statistics Office
Department of Health and Children
Israel
Ministry of Health
Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)
Italy
Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)
Japan
Ministry of Health and Welfare
Japanese Statistics Bureau and Statistics Center
Jordan
Department of Statistics
Kenya
Health Information
AfricaOnline
Kuwait
Government Ministries
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao Government Ministries
Latvia
Central Statistical Bureau
Lithuania
Department of Statistics Ministries
Luxembourg
Service Central de la Statistique et des Etudes
Economiques (STATEC) The Gouvernement et les Administrations
Ministry of Health
Madagascar
Embassy in Washington D.C.
Malaysia
Department of Statistics
Department of Public Health
Malta
Government of Malta
Central Office of Statistics (COS)
Division for Social and Family Affairs
Marshall Islands
Internet guide to the Republic of the Marshall Islands
Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Geografia e Informatica (INEGI)
Secretaría de Salud Mexican Information Sources
Mongolia
The United Nations in Mongolia
Morocco
Ministère de la Santé
Namibia
Ministry of Health and Social Services
Namibia online
Nepal
Department of Tourism
Netherlands
International homepage
Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)
RIVM (National Institute of Public Health and the Environment)
New Zealand
New Zealand Government online
Statistics New Zealand
Ministry of Health
Health Information Service
Nicaragua
Asamblea Nacional de Nicaragua
Experience Nicaragua
Central American Health Institute (Instituto Centroamericano de la Salud - ICAS)
Nigeria
Federal Republic of Nigeria's WWW Site
Norway
Statistics Norway
Official Documentation and Information from Norway (ODIN)
Pakistan
Ministries
Panama
Dirección General Registro Público
Central American Health Institute (Instituto Centroamericano de la Salud - ICAS)
Paraguay
Government page
Peru
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informática (INEI)
Philippines
Department of Health
National Statistical Office
National Statistical Coordination Board
Portugal
Direcção-Geral da Saúde
Instituto Nacional de Estatística
Puerto Rico
Government homepage
Estadísticas Oficiales
Republic of Korea
Government homepage
National Statistical Office (NSO)
Romania
Guvernul României
National Commission for Statistics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation administrative bodies
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Government website
Directory of Ministries
Saint Lucia
Government homepage
Sao Tome and Principe
Government homepage
Singapore
Ministry of Health
Statistics Singapore
Slovakia
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
Institute of Informatics and Statistics (INFOSTAT)
Slovenia
Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
Singapore
Ministry of Health
Department of Statistics
South Africa
Medical Research Council of South Africa
South Africa Online - Government Statistics South Africa
Ministry of Health
Spain
Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE)
Instituto Nacional de la Salud (INSALUD)
Salud Pública
VIH/SIDA
Sri Lanka
Department of Census and Statistics
Sweden
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Statistics Sweden
Switzerland
Swiss Federal Statistical Office
Swiss Medical Association
Swiss Federal Authorities
Tanzania
Health Information
AfricaOnline
Tajikistan
Country Information for Tajikistan (SESRTCIC)
Thailand
Royal Thai Government
Ministry of Public Health
National Statistical Office
Togo
for Togo (SESRTCIC)
Tunisia
Country Information for Tunisia (SESRTCIC)
Turkey
State Institute of Statistics (SIS)
Ministry of Health
Country Information for Turkey (SESRTCIC)
Turkmenistan
Country Information for Turkenistan (SESRTCIC)
Uganda
Country Information for Uganda (SESRTCIC)
United Arab Emirates
Country Information for United Arab Emirates (SESRTCIC)
United Kingdom
Office for National Statistics
Government Information Service
Department of Health
Home Office Research Development and Statistics
Directorate (RDS)
General Register Office for Scotland
Welsh Office Statistical Directorate
United States of America
U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Office of the Surgeon General
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Uruguay
Ministerio de Salud Pública
Dirección General de Informática Parlamentaria
Uzbekistan
Country Information for Uzbekistan (SESRTCIC)
Venezuela
Servicio Autónomo de Información Legislativa (SAIL)
Central de Estadística e Informática (OCEI)
Yemen
Country Information for Yemen (SESRTCIC)
Yugoslavia
Federal Statistical Office (SZS)
Zambia
Health in Zambia (ZAMNET)
Zimbabwe
Health Information
AfricaOnline
http://www.who.int/whosis/