Environmental Illness
Other Places To Get Help
Online Resources
National Pesticide Information Center Web Address: http://www.npic.orst.edu/ The National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) is a cooperative effort between Oregon State University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The NPIC has fact sheets about pesticide safety issues relating to home and garden use, food, water, and pets. They also have detailed information about pesticide manufacturers, chemicals found in products, pesticide labels, and more. You can call them at 1-800-858-7378 or email them at npic@ace.orst.edu.
Toxtown National Library of Medicine Web Address: http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/index_content.html This Web site gives you information about toxic chemicals and environmental health risks that you might encounter in everyday life, in everyday places. The site is very user-friendly. You click on simple graphics and are directed to specific information that you are interested in learning about.
The National Library of Medicine is a division of the United States National Institutes of Health.
Organizations
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) 1825 Century Boulevard Atlanta, GA 30345 TDD: 1-800-232-4636 E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov Web Address: www.atsdr.cdc.gov/about.html The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, works to serve the public by using the best science, taking responsive public health actions, and providing trusted health information to prevent harmful exposures and disease related to toxic substances.
Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) 1010 Vermont Avenue NW Suite 513 Washington, DC 20005 Phone: (202) 347-4976 Fax: (202) 347-4950 TDD: 1-888-347-AOEC (1-888-347-2632) E-mail: AOEC@AOEC.org Web Address: www.aoec.org Established in 1987, the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics, a nonprofit organization, is committed to improving the practice of occupational and environmental health through information sharing and collaborative research.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health Phone: 1-800-232-4636 for CDC Emergency Response
1-888-232-6348E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov Web Address: www.cdc.gov/nceh Children's Environmental Health Network 110 Maryland Avenue NE Suite 505 Washington, DC 20002 Phone: (202) 543-4033 Fax: (202) 543-8797 E-mail: cehn@cehn.org Web Address: www.cehn.org The Children's Environmental Health Network is a national, multidisciplinary organization. Its mission is to protect the fetus and child from environmental health hazards and promote a healthy environment.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 111 T.W. Alexander Drive P.O. Box 12233 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Phone: (919) 541-3345 E-mail: webcenter@niehs.nih.gov Web Address: www.niehs.nih.gov The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) uses environmental health sciences to understand the causes of disease and to improve human health. NIEHS research focuses on complex human disease and calls for scientists to investigate a broad spectrum of disease factors including environmental agents, genetics, age, diet, and activity levels.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ariel Rios Building 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 Phone: (202) 272-0167 E-mail: library-hq@epa.gov Web Address: www.epa.gov The EPA's mission is to protect human health and safeguard the natural environment—air, water, and land—upon which life depends.
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| Author: | Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS | Last Updated: November 1, 2007 |
| Medical Review: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine Peter Rabinowitz, MD, MPH - Occupational and Environmental Medicine | |
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| Toxins in Our Environment | |
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