| Longitudinal Cohort Study of Environmental Effects on Child Health and Development - News and information about progress of this U.S. government initiative.
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| Trade Secrets - PBS investigative report by Bill Moyers about how human health and safety have been put at risk by the chemical industry. Includes documents obtained during a lawsuit against chemical companies. Advocates citizen action.
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| Institute of Occupational, Social, and Environmental Medicine, Erfurt, Germany - Discusses the institute's background and current and past projects. Indoor air quality is a particular focus. Bilingual site has more extensive information in Deutsch than in English.
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| National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals - CDC National Center for Environmental Health report of ongoing assessment of the U.S. population's exposure to environmental chemicals using biomonitoring.
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| Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research - Collaboration between two U.S. universities with the goal to prevent disease in humans and ecosystems.
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| Environmental Change and Human Health in Countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific - Report by Stockholm Environmental Institute concludes that "old" problems of inadequate water, poor sanitation, smoky dwellings, and a lack of food, together with changes in the world economy pose a more obvious threat in these countries than does global climate change.
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| Fiberglass Information Network - Information on the health hazards of respirable, durable mineral fibers. Victims' stories, symptoms, background, identification and clean up tips.
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| Winthrop AIR Environment-Health - Information resource on airport-related environmental health concerns, particularly the effect of airport air emissions on the health of nearby communities. Includes report of an environmental health survey around Boston's Logan Airport.
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| Global Warming Could Worsen Allergies, Study Finds - NY Times article about study on potential for global climate change to increase the prevalence of ragweed. [Subscription required - free.]
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| National Center for Environmental Assessment (U.S. EPA) - National resource center for the overall process of human health and ecological risk assessments; the integration of hazard, dose-response, and exposure data and models to produce risk characterizations.
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| European Environment Agency - Collection of indicators, reports, links, data sets and targets on European human health topics related to the environment.
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| International Society of Exposure Analysis - Fosters and advances the science of exposure analysis related to environmental contaminants, both for human populations and ecosystems. Includes conference announcements, newsletter, journal information, and other topics.
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| Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services: Environmental Health Resources - Collection of fact sheets, other information materials, and links on diverse topics, including toxic chemicals, radiation, eating safe fish, indoor air, EMF, drinking water, lead poisoning, and treated wood products.
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| Health and Environment Research - World Research Institute research into the interaction between human disease, pollution, and large-scale environmental, development, and demographic changes.
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