Environmental and Occupational Health

PHAs & Health Consultations organized according to the state or U.S. territory & also by the ATSDR regions. Aim of these evaluations is to find out if people are being exposed to hazardous substances & if so whether the exposure is harmful.

Focuses on applying innovative data to detect environmental public health hazards, building the environmental public health evidence base, and developing and implementing environmental public health best practices. The division is part of CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health..

CDC Environmental Health portal listing topics from Air Pollution & Respiratory Health to Water Pollution. Includes statistics, news as well as current campaigns and programs.

The goal of this initiative was to develop an Action Agenda with clear, achievable recommendations to help government agencies and other organizations strengthen their efforts to protect the public from harmful chemical exposures.

CTD advances understanding of the effects of environmental chemicals on human health. Developed at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL), with support from the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Center for Research Resources of the National Institutes of Health.

This site provides basic information about environmental risk assessments for the public. Additionally, the site offers a comprehensive set of links to key EPA tools, guidance and guidelines.

EPA Federal Laws and Regulations

Protects and advances the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, & security of human & veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.

Provides an easy way to access and influence the scientific literature behind EPA science assessments. The database includes more than 600,000 scientific references and data from the peer-reviewed literature used by EPA to develop its regulations for the following: Integrated Science Assessments (ISA) that feed into the NAAQS review, Provisional Peer Reviewed Toxicity Values (PPRTV) that represent human health toxicity values for the Superfund, and the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), a database that supports critical agency policymaking for chemical regulation.

This page contains links to all current OSHA standards, provides information on the rulemaking process used to develop workplace health and safety standards, and includes links to all Federal Register notices that are currently open for comment.

Is a source for U.S. government regulations and related documents. On this site you can find, read and comment on proposed rules.

A source of general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, & occupational health professionals. The information found in the NPG should help users recognize & control occupational chemical hazards.

protects and improves the health and safety of working men and women in California and the safety of passengers riding on elevators, amusements rides, and tramways

California’s environmental authority was unified in a single Cabinet level agency—the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA).

Site maintained by the EPA providing links to websites for state environmental agencies.

The Hazard Evaluation System & Information Service is a program in the California Department of Public Health that uses scientific, medical & public health expertise to help prevent workplace illness and disease.

The Hazard Evaluation System & Information Service is a program in the California Department of Public Health that uses scientific, medical & public health expertise to help prevent workplace illness and disease.

The mission of DTSC is to protect California’s people and environment from harmful effects of toxic substances by restoring contaminated resources, enforcing hazardous waste laws, reducing hazardous waste generation, and encouraging the manufacture of chemically safer products.

The South Coast AQMD believes all residents have a right to live and work in an environment of clean air and is committed to undertaking all necessary steps to protect public health from air pollution, with sensitivity to the impacts of its actions on the community and businesses.

Mission is to coordinate & conduct research on the causes of human cancer, the mechanisms of carcinogenesis, & to develop scientific strategies for cancer prevention & control. IARC is involved in both epidemiological and laboratory research. Part of WHO.

An international scientific body focused on climate change issues. Information provided by its reports is based on scientific evidence and reflects existing viewpoints within the scientific community.

Directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. Links are to WHO projects, initiatives, activities, information products, and contacts, organized by health and development topics.