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Databases

• US EPA Databases
• • Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)  IRIS is a database of human health effects that may result from exposure to various substances found in the environment.
    
    
  • Chemical Fact Sheets and Summaries  Information summaries on selected chemicals to describe how you might be exposed to these chemicals, how exposure to them might affect you and the environment, what happens to them in the environment, who regulates them, and whom to contact for additional information.
    
    
  • Safe Drinking Water Information System  Contains information about public water systems and their violations of EPA's drinking water regulations, as reported to EPA by the states.
    
    
  • Window to My Environment   A wide range of federal, state, and local information about environmental conditions and features in an area of your choice.
    
    
  • TEACH - Toxicity and Exposure Assessment for Children's Health  Summaries of scientific literature and U.S. federal regulations relevant to children’s environmental health. TEACH currently focuses on information that pertains to 18 chemicals of concern.
    
    
  • Envirofacts Data Warehouse  This website provides access to several EPA databases to provide you with information about environmental activities that may affect air, water, and land anywhere in the United States. 
    
    
  • Pesticide Products Information System  Contains information concerning all pesticide products registered in the United States.
    
    
  • Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO)  Determine EPA compliance and violation history for organizations and businesses nationwide.
    
    
• National Library of Medicine Databases
• • MEDLINE Consumer health information presented in an easy-to-understand format. 
    
  • PubMed   Over 16,000 journal citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals. 
    
  • WISER  A system designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents, as well as its toxicology and environmental health resources.
    
  • Toxnet  (Toxicology Data Network) A series of databases accessed through the National Library of Medicine.
    
  • Household Products Database  This database links over 5,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by the manufacturer.
    
  • Toxline  References from toxicology literature. 
    
  •  Toxic Chemical Release Inventory  Annual releases of over 600 chemicals by U.S. facilities.
    
  •  Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology  Current and past literature on developmental and reproductive toxicology.
    
  •  Hazardous Substances Data Bank  Comprehensive, peer-reviewed literature on thousands of chemicals. 
    
     
• HazDat  ATSDR's Hazardous Substance Release and Health Effects Database
  
  
• Pub Hub  An archive of publications focusing on environmental health and nursing issues
  
  
• THOMAS  Legislative information from the Library of Congress -- bills, resolutions, committee reports, congressional records and more.
  
  
• GEO Data Portal  The source for data sets used by the United Nations Environment Program and a variety of other enviornmental assessments.  The database contains over 450 variables.
  
  
• State Cancer Profiles  Cancer statistics by county and state including comparison tables, interactive maps and graphs. 
  
  
• AIRNow  Provides easy access to national air quality information, daily Air Quality Index forecasts as well as real-time AQI conditions for over 300 cities across the US. 
  
  
• Terra-Server USA   Provides free public access to a vast data store of maps and aerial photographs of the United States.
  
  
• Skin Deep Cosmetics Safety Database  Learn about the chemicals found in cosmetics and personal care products.
  
  
• Scorecard  Environmental Defense Fund interactive website listing pollution data by zip code.  Get a detailed pollution report for any U.S. zip code. 
  
  
• March of Dimes Perinatal Data  Developed by the March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center, the PeriStats Web site provides free access to US, state, county, and city maternal & infant health data.
  
  

Toxicant and Disease Database  A searchable database that summarizes links between chemical contaminants and approximately 180 human diseases or conditions.


Tools

• Cleaning for Healthy Schools Toolkit  A training tool you can use to increas knowledge and help promote best practices for green cleaning in schools and child care centers.
  

• Tox FAQs  A series of summaries and fact sheets about hazardous substances developed by the ATSDR Division of Toxicology.
  
  
• ToxTown  An introduction to toxic chemicals and environmental health risks you might encounter in everyday life, in everyday places.
  
  
• Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards  the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's A-Z chemical index.
  
  
• Healthy Development Measurement Tool  Currently in development by the San Francisco Department of Health, this tool is designed to aid policymakers in considering the public health when making decisions about land utilization and economic development. 
  
  
• Home-a-syst  An interactive guide and checklist to help identify risks present in the home. 
  
  
• How to Find Material Safety Data Sheets
  
  
• Health-e-House Tour a virtual house and learn about the potential risks to children's health. 
  
  
• Glossary of Food Additives  From the Center for Science in the Public Interest's Food Safety Program.
  
  
• Tenants' Rights  Tenant-landlord laws governing the right to healthy housing.
  
  
• Tools for Detecting Environmental Health Hazards  Tools for detecting a variety of hazards including lead, cockroaches, radon, mold & moisture. 
  
  
• Auto Asthma Index: Check your Car's Pollution Level
  
  
• Glossary of Environmental Health Terms  From the New York State Health Department.
  
  
• Glossary of Children's Environmental Health Terms  From the Children's Environmental Health Network.
  
  
• New Jersey State Department of Health Right-to-Know Fact Sheets
  
  
• NACCHO Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health  Available from the National Association of City and County Health Officials.  Free downloadable version available. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Last Updated: 11/05/2008 at 01:06:22 PM