Environmental Health

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Environmental Health

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NEWS:

Air pollution causes heart disease, experts say

Air Pollution Increases Cardiovascular Death Rates

Air pollution linked to inherited mutations

Air pollution stunts growth of teen lungs

Air Pollution to Blame for Clogged Arteries?

Air Pollution: 50 Worst Cities

Breathe A Little Easier

Excess Mercury Levels Increasing

Exhaust Fumes & Leukemia in Kids

Flame retardant found in Lake Michigan

Indoor Mold, Dampness Linked to Respiratory Problems; Evidence Does Not Support Links to Wider Array of Illnesses

Lawn Chemicals & Cancer

Living In L.A. May Be Hazardous To Health

Man-Made Toxins Found In Arctic

New chemical blacklist not enough, critics

Pediatricians Need More Training on Environmental Health

People more likely to die when smog levels are bad, studies find

States Sue EPA for Failing to Protect Children From Pesticides

Study Confirms Mold Causes Health Problems

Study links smog increase, urban deaths

Study Suggests Chernobyl Affected Sweden

Study: Sprawl Linked To Chronic Ailments

Toxic Pollution Rose 5 Percent in 2002

Traffic Pollution May Increase Risk of Heart Trouble

U.S. Gets Another Reprieve on Use of Pesticide by Farms

ARTICLES:

Frequently Asked Questions About Drycleaning

Indoor Air Pollution

Industry Testing of Toxic Pesticides on Human Subjects Concluded "No Effect," Despite the Evidence

Listing Occupational Carcinogens

NGC-National pesticide practice skills guidelines for medical & nursing practice.

Outdoor Air Pollution: Possible Health Effects

Perchlorate in Your Drinking Water

Respirable particles and carcinogens in the air of delaware hospitality venues before and after a smoking ban. (J Occup Environ Med)

What You Should Know About Reducing Diesel Exhaust from School Buses

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Air pollution and children's health. (Pediatrics)

Assessing the health benefits of air pollution reduction for children. (Environ Health Perspect)

Association between residence on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and breast cancer (Annals of Epidemiology)

Cardiovascular mortality and long-term exposure to particulate air pollution: epidemiological evidence of general pathophysiological pathways of disease. (Circulation)

Environmental and Occupational Risk Factors Possibly Identified for Sarcoidosis

Environmental exposure to PCBs and cancer incidence in eastern Slovakia. (Chemosphere)

Excess risk of kidney disease in a population living near industrial plants. (Occup Environ Med)

Health effects of air pollution. (J Allergy Clin Immunol)

Long term effects of exposure to automobile exhaust on the pulmonary function of female adults in Tokyo, Japan. (Occup Environ Med)

Parental Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and the Risk of Childhood Brain Tumors (Am J Epidemiol)

Paternal exposure to agricultural pesticides and cause specific fetal death. (Occup Environ Med)

Pesticides and lung cancer risk in the agricultural health study cohort. (Am J Epidemiol)

The mutagenic hazards of settled house dust: a review. (Mutat Res)

The National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study. Part III: PM10 concentration-response curves and thresholds for the 20 largest US cities. (Res Rep Health Eff Inst)

Traffic related air pollution and incidence of childhood asthma: results of the Vesta case-control study. (J Epidemiol Community Health)

Traffic-related Air Pollution near Busy Roads (American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)

Using air pollution based community clusters to explore air pollution health effects in children. (Environ Int)

INTERNET SITES:

Environmental Health News

Environment Virtual Campus

EPA-8-Hour Ground-level Ozone Designations

EPA-Beach Pollution

EPA-Ozone and Particle Pollution Maps

EPA-Sources of Indoor Air Pollution - Carbon Monoxide

EPA-U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Superfund

EPA-U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Superfund Hazardous Waste Site Basic Query Form

NIH-Air Pollution

NIH-National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

NIH-National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Environmental Health Information (topics, e.g. lead)

NIH-NIEHS Environmental Health Perspectives Journal

NIH-NIEHS Environmental Health Perspectives - Hidden Hazards of Health Care Facilities

NIH-NIEHS National Toxicology Program Chemical Health and Safety Data

NIH-NIEHS National Toxicology Program Report on Carcinogens

Scorecard - Environmental Issues

ToxMap

U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program

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