Environmental Health Web Resources for Nurses

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov
  • A truly nurse-friendly site full of information about harmful substances in 2 formats, one for health care professionals and the other for the general public.
 

Includes the Nationwide Environmental Health Nursing Initiative

 

 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/EHN/
  Link to the Environmental Health and Nursing Listserv
  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/EHN/listserv.html
  Toxicological Profile Information Sheets

 

 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxpro2.html
  Minimal Risk Levels for Hazardous Substances

 

 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mrls/index.html
  Office of Children's Health

 

 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/child/ochchildhlth.html
  Emergency Response Contacts
  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/emergencyresponse.html
  Hazardous Waste Sites by State

 

 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hazardouswastesites.html
  Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance (HSEES)

 

 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HS/HSEES/index.html
   

Healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov

  • A web site developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that is a free guide to health and human services information including links to web sites, publications, databases and support groups.
  • Type "environmental health" or "environmental health nurse" into the search field, click on Go to receive a list of reliable resources.
  Health resources web site for kids
  http://www.healthfinder.gov/scripts/SearchContext.asp?topic=14314
   

National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov
 
  Health Information through MEDLINE, PubMed, TOXNET and NLM Gateway 
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hinfo.html
  Library Services
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/libserv.html
  Specialized Information Services - "information resources and services in toxicology environmental health, chemistry, HIV/AIDS, and specialized topics in minority health"
  http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/
   

Healthy People 2010
http://www.health.gov/
 

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) http://www.niehs.nih.gov
  • One of the National Institutes of Health, located in Triangle Park, North Carolina.
  Factsheets, Pamphlets, Full-text online journals
  http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/
  Environmental Genome Project
  http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/programs/egp/
  Support for teaching children K-12
  http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/scied/
  Kids' Pages
  http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/home.htm
  Electric and Magnetic Fields
  http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/emf/index.cfm
  Asthma and allergy prevention
  http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/conditions/asthma/index.cfm
  Herbal Medicines - Research Initiatives
  http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/files/HerbalFacts06.pdf
   

EnviRN at University of MD, School of Nursing
http://www.envirn.umaryland.edu
  • "Dedicated to supporting nursing professionals seeking accurate, timely and credible scientific information on environmental health and nursing."
  Modules by Dr. Barbara Sattler introducing environmental health concepts
  http://www.envirn.umaryland.edu/kellogg/index.html
  Environmental Health Nursing Email Newsletter
  http://www.envirn.umaryland.edu/Newsletter/Index
  Assessing environmental health hazards
  http://www.envirn.umaryland.edu/assessment/index.html
  Hazards A to Z
  http://www.envirn.umaryland.edu/hazards/
  Environmental health curriculum for graduate nursing education
  http://nursing.umaryland.edu/programs/ms/environmental2.htm
  Environmental Health Policies and Regulations
  http://www.envirn.umaryland.edu/Policy_Advocacy/
   

American Association of Occupational and Environmental Health Nurses, Inc. (AAOHN)
http://www.aaohn.org/
 

Children's Environmental Health Network (CEHN)
http://www.cehn.org/
 
  California CEHN
  http://www.cehn.org/cehn/california/CalifProject.html
  Training Manual on Pediatric Environmental Health
  http://www.cehn.org/cehn/trainingmanual/manual-front.html
  CEHN Listserv
  http://www.cehn.org/index.html (scroll down for listserv info)
   

Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) http://www.aoec.org/
 
  Educational Resources
  http://www.aoec.org/resources.htm
  Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units by EPA Region
  http://www.aoec.org/pesu.htm
  Epidemiology Tools
  http://www.aoec.org/tools.htm
   

Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
http://www.hud.gov
 
  Office of healthy homes and lead hazard control
  http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead/
   

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
http://www.epa.gov
 
  National Service Center for Environmental Publications
  http://www.epa.gov/ncepihom/
  EPA Office of Children's Health Protection
  http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/homepage.htm
  Office of Water Home Page
  http://www.epa.gov/ow/
  Air Quality and Acid Rain
  http://www.epa.gov/students/air.htm
  Air Quality Planning & Standards
  http://www.epa.gov/air/oaqps/
  Air and radiation
  http://www.epa.gov/air/
  Ultraviolet Radiation
  http://www.epa.gov/sunwise/uvindex.html
  Health Effects Notebook for Hazardous Air Pollutants
  http://www.epa.gov/airtoxics/hlthef/hapindex.html
  Indoor Air Quality
  http://www.epa.gov/iaq/index.html
  Hotlines - phone numbers and email addresses listed by issue
  http://www.epa.gov/epahome/hotline.htm
  Environmental Health words and acronyms
  http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/
  Hazardous chemicals around your house
  http://www.epa.gov/kidshometour/
  National Lead Information Center
  http://www.epa.gov/lead/nlic.htm
  Children's environmental yearbook
  http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/pdf5.htm/$File/ochpyearbook.pdf
  National Pesticide Information Center (Oregon State Univ with EPA)
  http://npic.orst.edu/
  Citizen's guide to pest control and pesticide safety
  Link to purchase document
  Environmental conditions in individual communities
  http://www.epa.gov/epahome/comm.htm
  Waste and recycling
  http://www.epa.gov/students/waste.htm
  EnviroMapper
  http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/em/index.html
  Environmental Justice
  http://www.epa.gov/oswer/ej/resource.htm
  Environmental Education Center
  http://www.epa.gov/teachers/
  Climate Change
  http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/index.html
  Integrated Risk Information System regarding exposure to various substances found in the environment
  http://www.epa.gov/NCEA/iris/index.html
  Secondhand Smoke
  http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/pubs/strsfs.html
  EPA Regional Office
  http://www.epa.gov/epahome/regions.htm
  National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
  http://www.epa.gov/Compliance/environmentaljustice/nejac/
index.html
   

National Tribal Environmental Council
http://www.ntec.org
 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
http://www.nrc.gov
 
  Radioactive Waste
  http://www.nrc.gov/waste.html
  Radiation Protection
  http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/radiation.html
  Reporting a safety concern
  http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/allegations/safety-concern.html
  Dirty Bomb Fact Sheet
  http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/dirty-bombs.html
   

Martindale's Health Science Guide - The "Virtual" Public Health Center
http://www.martindalecenter.com/PHealth.html
 

Water Quality Association
http://www.wqa.org/
  • "A not-for-profit international trade association representing the household, commercial, industrial and small community water treatment industry." Includes a water contaminants interactive problem solver
 

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov
 
  National Center for Health Statistics
  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
  Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/
  National Asthma Control Program
  http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/nacp.htm
  Breast Cancer and the Environment - a curriculum funded by the CDC
  http://www.worlded.org/us/publist/health_lit_pubs.htm
   

National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh
 
  Environmental Health Services
  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/default.htm
  Air Pollution & Respiratory Health
  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/airpollution/default.htm
  Asthma
  http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/
  Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children
  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/
  Radiation Studies
  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/default.htm
  Environmental Public Health Tracking
  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/tracking/
  Emergency and Envrionmental Health Services
  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/eehs/
  NCEH Program and Activities
  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/programs.htm
  NCEH Publications
  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/publications.htm
  NCEH Topics in alphabetical order
  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/az/a.html
  NCEH Kids' Page
  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/kids/
  Earthquake: guide to personal health and safety
  http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/earthquakes/
  Hurricane: guide to personal health and safety
  http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/
  Tornado: guide to personal health and safety
  http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/tornadoes/
   

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
http://www.fda.gov
 
  Food Safety
  http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/default.htm
  Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
  http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/CDER/default.htm
  Center for Devices and Radiological Health
  http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/CDRH/default.htm
  Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
  http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/CBER/default.htm
  Laws FDA Enforces
  http://www.fda.gov/RegulatoryInformation/Legislation/default.htm
   

American Association of Poison Control Centers
http://www.aapcc.org/DNN/
 
  Find a local Poison Center
  http://www.aapcc.org/dnn/Resources/FindLocalPoisonCenters/tabid/130/Default.aspx
  National Poison Center Database (formerly known as TESS)
  http://www.aapcc.org/dnn/DataRequests/tabid/310/Default.aspx
  Poison prevention and education
  http://www.aapcc.org/dnn/PoisoningPrevention/tabid/116/Default.aspx
  Discussion page for patient management guidelines for poisonings
  http://www.aapcc.org/dnn/PatientManagementGuidelines/tabid/158/Default.aspx
   

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/
 
  Safety and Health Topics
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/
  NIOSH Databases
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/database.html
  Protecting workers from Ánthrax Infection
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2002-142/
   

National Safety Council - Environmental Health Center
http://www.nsc.org/ehc.aspx
  • Works to protect lives and promote health with consumer information. Has special web pages for professionals, educators and children.
  Lead Poisoning
  http://www.nsc.org/resources/issues/lead.aspx
  Children's Environmental Health Program
  http://www.nsc.org/ehc/chldhlth.html
  Climate Change
  http://www.nsc.org/ehc/climate.html
  Hazardous Chemicals
  http://www.nsc.org/ehc/chemical.html
  Radiation
  http://www.nsc.org/resources/issues/radisafe.aspx
  Solid Waste
  http://www.nsc.org/ehc/waste.html
  Water Issues
  http://www.nsc.org/ehc/water.html
  Natural Disaster Recovery Program
  http://www.nsc.org/ehc/flood.html
   

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.osha.gov
 
  Regulations compliance links
  http://www.osha.gov/comp-links.html
  Asbestos
  http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/asbestos/index.html
  Bloodborne Pathogens
  http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/bloodbornepathogens/index.html
   

TOXNET: National Library of Medicine Toxicology Search
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
 
  Reproductive Toxicology Fact Sheet
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/dartfs.html
   

Reprotox
http://www.reprotox.org/Default.aspx
  • A service of the Reproductive Toxicology Center and Information Ventures, Inc. Information about the potentially harmful effects of exposure to chemical and physical agents on pregnancy, reproduction and development.
  • Articles found here cost $35 each to access.
  CancerWeb
  http://infoventures.com/cancer/
   

American Public Health Association (APHA)
http://www.apha.org
 
  Section on the Environment
  http://www.apha.org/membergroups/sections/aphasections/env/
  Section on Occupational Health and Safety
  http://depts.washington.edu/oshalert/
  Section on Public Health Nursing
  http://www.apha.org/membergroups/sections/aphasections/phn/
  Section on School Health Education and Services
  http://www.apha.org/membergroups/sections/aphasections/schoolhealth/
  Section on Maternal and Child Health
  http://www.apha.org/membergroups/sections/aphasections/mch/
   

National Environmental Health Association
http://www.neha.org
  • This association is a national professional society for environmental health practitioners originated in California.
  Position Papers on various environmental health topics
  http://www.neha.org/position_papers/index.shtml
  NEHA News
News from the most recent issues of the Journal of Environmental Health
  http://www.neha.org/news/index.html
   

States News - The Council of State Governments - Health
http://www.csg.org/Policy/health/default.aspx
  • The links to all state health departments, state human services departments, other public and private organizations concerned with the nation's health.
  • Individual state departments of health have links to statewide statistics, vital records, regulations, the environment, etc.
  Hawaii Department of Health
  http://hawaii.gov/health/
  Environmental Health at Hawaii DH
  http://hawaii.gov/health/about/admin/enviro.html
  California Department of Health Services
  http://www.dhs.ca.gov
  Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control (DEODC) at CA DHS
  http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/deodc/Pages/default.aspx
  Environmental Health Laboratory Branch at CA DHS
  http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/EHLB/Pages/default.aspx
  California Indoor Air Quality Program
  http://www.cal-iaq.org/
   

State Health Access Data Assistance Center
http://www.shadac.org
  • Data from ten state surveys on health insurance coverage

U.S.-Mexico Border Health Association
http://www.usmbha.org/
 
  Full text online publications of the Association
  http://www.usmbha.org/english/publications/index.htm
  Projects to improve health conditions along the border
  http://www.usmbha.org/english/projects/index.htm
  News about border health
  http://www.usmbha.org/english/news/news.asp
  California/Baja California Binational Health Council
  http://www.borderhealth.org