Environmental Health Health information topics about Environmental Health: Children 1. Environmental Health Issues Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/home/environ.html 2. EPA Student Center Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/students/ 3. Global Warming Kids Site Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/index.html 4. Learn about Chemicals Around Your House Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs http://www.epa.gov/kidshometour/ 5. National Center for Environmental Health Kids' National Center for Environmental Health http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/kids/99kidsday/default.htm 6. National Institute of Environmental Health Science National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/home.htm 7. Read the Label First! Protect Your Kids Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/labeling/rtlf/kids.pdf 8. Environmental Kids Club Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/kids/ 9. What's Up with Our Nation's Waters? Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/nationswaters/waters.pdf 10. Childrenâ??s Environmental Health National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/ceh/home.htm 11. America's Children and the Environment Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/envirohealth/children/ 12. Healthy Environments for Children Pan American Health Organization http://www.paho.org/English/DD/PIN/whd03_monica.pdf Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. ATSDR Glossary of Terms Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/glossary.html 2. Terms of Environment Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/ocepa111/OCEPAterms/ 3. Glossary of Children's Environmental Health T Children's Environmental Health Network http://www.cehn.org/cehn/resourceguide/glossary.html Directories 1. NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npg.html Law and Policy 1. What Is the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/triinter/whatis.htm National Institutes of Health 1. Environmental Diseases from A to Z National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/a2z/home.htm 2. Family Guide -- 20 Easy Steps to Personal Environm National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/scene/adult/home.htm 3. TOXMAP National Library of Medicine http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/main/index.jsp 4. Tox Town National Library of Medicine http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/ 5. New Environmental Health National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/ead/ead.htm Organizations 1. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ 2. Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/ 3. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Childre http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/ 4. National Institute of Environmental Health Science http://www.niehs.nih.gov/ 5. National Toxicology Program http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/ 6. National Center for Environmental Health http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ Overviews 1. Help Yourself to a Healthy Home: Protect Your Chil Dept. of Agriculture, Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, University of Wisconsin http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead/healthyhomes/healthyhomebook.pdf Related Issues 1. What Is Dioxin? Navy Environmental Health Center http://www-nehc.med.navy.mil/downloads/ep/Posters/Dioxsml.pdf 2. Before You Go to the Beach... Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches/30cwabeach.pdf 3. Questions and Answers about Dioxins Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/dioxinqa.html 4. List of Cancer-Causing Agents Grows National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Toxicology Program http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jan2005/niehs-31.htm 5. Global Warming: Impacts -- Health Environmental Protection Agency http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/ImpactsHealth.html 6. Frequently Asked Questions About Drycleaning Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/dfe/pubs/garment/ctsa/factsheet/ctsafaq.htm 7. Find Your Beach: Beach Advisories and Closings Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water http://oaspub.epa.gov/beacon/beacon_national_page.main 8. Exposure Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/COM/exposure.pdf 9. Environmental Virtual Campus Massachusetts Institute of Technology http://www.c2e2.org/evc/home.html 10. Cleaning Up Our Land, Water and Air Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/swerrims/cleanup/index.html 11. Choosing Where You Live: A Consumer Self Help Guid Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/tolive.html 12. Beach Pollution Environmental Protection Agency http://epa.gov/beaches/learn/pollution.html 13. ToxFAQs Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html 14. TOXNET Databases National Library of Medicine http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/ 15. What Is Perchloroethylene (Perc)? Navy Environmental Health Center http://www-nehc.med.navy.mil/downloads/ep/Posters/PERCsml.pdf 16. What Is Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE)? Navy Environmental Health Center http://www-nehc.med.navy.mil/downloads/ep/Posters/MTBESML.pdf 17. What Is Benzene? Navy Environmental Health Center http://www-nehc.med.navy.mil/downloads/ep/Posters/benzsml.pdf 18. What Are PCBs? Navy Environmental Health Center http://www-nehc.med.navy.mil/downloads/ep/Posters/PCBSML.pdf Research 1. National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental National Center for Environmental Health http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/ 2. How Do You Study Environmental Health? National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/fshow.htm 3. Hair Sample Testing: What Can Hair Sampling Result Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/hair_analysis/03-0330HairSampleTesting-Communi... 4. Benzene Causes Lowered Blood Cell Counts in Worker National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/Benzene Statistics 1. Environmental Disparities American Public Health Association http://www.apha.org/NPHW/facts/Enviro-PHW04_Facts.pdf 2. FASTATS: Environmental Health National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/environ.htm 3. Envirofacts Data Warehouse Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/enviro/index_java.html Teenagers 1. High School Environmental Center Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/highschool/ 2. It's Your Scene, Teen -- 21 Easy Steps to Per National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/scene/teen/home.htm   Recommended Resources: Yahoo! Health News Yahoo! Health News Parents Can Take Steps to Boost Kids' Health, Well-Being SATURDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) -- As children head back to school, parents can help make sure their little ones stay healthy and happy all year, an expert suggests. Cholera kills 41 in Central African nation of Chad Health officials in Chad say an outbreak of cholera in the Central African nation has killed at least 41 people. 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