- Longitudinal Cohort Study of Environmental Effects on Child Health and Development - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/despr/cohort/index.htm
- News and information about progress of this U.S. government initiative.
- Trade Secrets - A Moyers Report - http://www.pbs.org/tradesecrets
- PBS investigative report by Bill Moyers about how human health and safety have been put at risk by the chemical industry. Includes documents obtained during a lawsuit against chemical companies. Advocates citizen action.
- Institute of Occupational, Social, and Environmental Medicine, Erfurt, Germany - http://www.med.uni-jena.de/ark/start.html
- Discusses the institute's background and current and past projects. Indoor air quality is a particular focus. Bilingual site has more extensive information in Deutsch than in English.
- Center for Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane/Xavier Universities. - http://www.cbr.tulane.edu/
- Provides information about the CBR and its mission to conduct and coordinate research and teaching to enhance global understanding of environmental issues and provide solutions through innovative communication and technology.
- Environmental Change and Human Health in Countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific - http://www.sei.se/newreport.html
- Report by Stockholm Environmental Institute concludes that "old" problems of inadequate water, poor sanitation, smoky dwellings, and a lack of food, together with changes in the world economy pose a more obvious threat in these countries than does global climate change.
- Fiberglass Information Network - http://www.sustainableenterprises.com/fin/
- Information on the health hazards of respirable, durable mineral fibers. Victims' stories, symptoms, background, identification and clean up tips.
- Global Warming Could Worsen Allergies, Study Finds - http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/081700sci-environ-climate.html
- NY Times article about study on potential for global climate change to increase the prevalence of ragweed. [Subscription required - free.]
- National Center for Environmental Assessment (U.S. EPA) - http://www.epa.gov/ncea/
- National resource center for the overall process of human health and ecological risk assessments; the integration of hazard, dose-response, and exposure data and models to produce risk characterizations.
- International Society of Exposure Analysis - http://www.iseaweb.org/
- Fosters and advances the science of exposure analysis related to environmental contaminants, both for human populations and ecosystems. Includes conference announcements, newsletter, journal information, and other topics.
- Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services: Environmental Health Resources - http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/eh/index.htm
- Collection of fact sheets, other information materials, and links on diverse topics, including toxic chemicals, radiation, eating safe fish, indoor air, EMF, drinking water, lead poisoning, and treated wood products.
- Health and Environment Research - http://earthtrends.wri.org/
- World Research Institute research into the interaction between human disease, pollution, and large-scale environmental, development, and demographic changes.
- National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals - http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/
- CDC National Center for Environmental Health report of ongoing assessment of the U.S. population's exposure to environmental chemicals using biomonitoring.
- European Environment Agency - http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/human
- Collection of indicators, reports, links, data sets and targets on European human health topics related to the environment.
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