| Gov't Offices Dealing
With Occupational Health |
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| Biosafety from CDC |
| CDC
ATSDR - HazDat
Database locating chemical hazards geographically |
| CDC National Center for
Environmental Health |
| Disaster assistance information from FEMA -- Federal Emergency Mgmt. Agency. Current updated |
| Division of Environmental Contaminants,
Dept. of Interior |
| DLA Environmental and Safety Policy Office (CAAE),
DOD |
| Environment Safety and Health Office, DOE |
| Other environmental health
resources from HHS |
| EPA Chemical Emergency
Response |
| Food and Drug Administration -- FDA |
| Hazardous Substances Fact
Sheets (New Jersey Department of Health) Over 2000 fact sheets on hazardous substances
found in the workplace Includes description, health effects, OSHA and NIOSH limits. Health
precautions to minimize damage. Recognizing exposure, emergency health services, and
reporting exposure |
| National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health, NIOSH |
| NIOSH Criteria Documents
View Criteria Documents, Occupational Hazard Assessments, Special Hazard Reviews and Joint
Occupational Health Documents from the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH). |
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| Amalgams,
mercury Dangers of Amalgam
(mercury/silver fillings) Mercury
Amalgams, Biological Effects of |
| American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
AAOHN's site provides a variety of types of information: publications, AAOHN Journal
information, practice resources, continuing education, legislative updates, etc. |
| American Industrial Hygiene Association -- AIHA
links to resources |
| ATSDR - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
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| Las Vegas SUN Toxic data at Area 51 ruled
confidential |
| Bob Farmer Life after
cancer |
| Boston University School of Public Health -
Photo Gallery "The mission of the Department of Environmental Health Gallery is to
provide a human dimension to the various problems we face with respect to both
environmental and occupational health hazards." This powerful site presents a number
of photo-essays related to asbestos, pesticide poisoning, child labour, uranium and coal
mining, etc. |
| Chronic Illnesses: Gulf War Illnesses and
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Fibromyalgia |
| Effects of Workplace Hazards on Male
Reproductive Health |
Environmental Health Perspectives
Summaries of current and past issues of "Environmental Health Perspectives", a
publication of the US National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences. |
| Galaxy-
Injury and Occupational Diseases This is a directory of sites, documents,
collections of information etc. related to injury, occupational diseases and poisoning. |
Global Strategy on Occupational Health for All
This document describes recommendations arising from a meeting of World Health
Organization Collaborating Centres. |
Hardin Meta Directory - Public,
Occupational and Environmental Health
This is a "list of lists", providing links to a variety of health-related
directories |
| HazDat Sensitive State Map |
| Industrial Age Chemicals and Parkinsons |
| International Agency for
Research on Cancer, Overall Evaluations of Carcinogenicity to Humans As evaluated in
IARC Monographs Volumes 1-69 (a total of 836 agents, mixtures and exposures), this list
contains all hazards evaluated to date, according to the type of hazard posed and to the
type of exposure. |
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| Latex Allergy See Latex Allergy Alert from CDC,
comprehensive, Latex Allergy
Prevention |
| Mad Cow disease, food and biological products |
| MedScape This site provides free access
to: MEDLINE, TOXLINE and AIDSLINE from the US National Library of Medicine, plus a
document delivery service for a small fee; the full text of thousands of health related
articles; the full text of various journals; and more. Registration required (free). |
| National Toxicology Program (NTP) Home Page |
| Neurotoxic chemical information |
| NIOSH Topic Index, very good |
| Occupational and Environmental Medicine at
Duke University |
| Occupational and Environmental Medicine Resources |
| Occupational Disease
Epidemiology and Surveillance Program, New Jersey Dept. of Health and Senior Services
"The Occupational Disease Epidemiology and Surveillance Program targets its
activities to workers who are exposed to hazardous chemical, physical or biological
agents." A series of documents are presented, including a series of industrial
hygiene factsheets on controlling chemical exposure. |
| Occupational Disease Panel Electronic Library
The Occupational Disease Panel (ODP) was created under the Workers' Compensation Act of
Ontario. In its 10 years of operation, ending in 1997, it produced numerous publications
on issues relating to workplace/ occupational diseases and their compensation. These
publications are available in their entirety on this site. |
| Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility PEER |
| RACHEL's FTP SITE README (at ftp.std.com) |
| Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental
Health |
| SNFTAAS Support Network for the Aldehyde and Solvent Affected,
and a second site
with very large bibliography of scientific reports, From New Zealand, |
| Toxicology & Poisoning |
| Toxicology Tutorials |
| Water quality The Hidden Dangers of Water |
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