Environmental Health in and Around the Home
The section in the chapter on environmental health in and around the home discusses lead poisoning. The Web site below is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Lead Hazard Control. It includes a reference library, lead information pamphlets, tips for parents, and links to related sites (lead resources).
Visit the HUD Office of Lead Hazard Control web site
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Environmental Health in and Around the Home
The Web site of the National Institute of Envrionmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) serves as a general resource for the section of the chapter that discusses environmental health in and around the home. The NIEHS is the National Institutes of Health's organization for basic research on environment-related disease. This Web site has access to the NIEHS library, where you can obtain free environmental health reference materials. The site also contains descriptions of NIEHS scientific programs such as the National Toxicology Program, a teacher support page, and a kids' page.
Visit the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) web site
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Environmental Health in the Workplace
This section of the chapter discusses environmental health in the workplace. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is a useful resource for workplace health topics. NIOSH is a federal agency that is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). NIOSH is responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related illness and injuries. This home page provides information about NIOSH and its related activities. It also contains links to publications and databases. You can also find occupational safety and health information by topic.
Visit the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) web site
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Environmental Health in the Workplace
The section on Environmental Health in the Workplace in the chapter discusses the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The Web site for this agency is below. The agency's mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and protect the health of American's workers. The Web site includes OSHA's standards for public service and general information about OSHA, including how it protects American workers from environmental and workplace hazards. This site links to the Department of Labor Web site.
Visit the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) web site
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Environmental Health in the Outdoors
The section in the chapter on environmental health in the outdoors includes discussions on solid waste and air quality. The Web site of the Environmental Health Center (below) has additional information on these topics. The Environmental Health Center Web site also contains links to information and Web sites on such topics as lead poisoning and children's environmental health concerns.
Visit the The Center for Environmental Health web site
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Environmental Health in the Outdoors
This mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to protect public health and to safeguard and improve the natural environment -- air, water, and land -- upon which human life depends. The EPA Web site below serves as a general resource for the section in the chapter about environmental health in the outdoors. The site is a collection of resources including laws and regulations, programs and initiatives, publications, newletters, and information on a wide variety of environmental health topics.
Visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) web site
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Diversity in Health: Hunger, the Environment, and the World's Population
The World Health Organization (WHO) provides general information on health, including malnutrition, throughout the world. The page below is at the WHO's Web site and focuses on the malnutrition and its association with the environmental concern of water quality.
Visit the Water-related Diseases web site
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