:: January 2012

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Environment Virtual Campus

Center for Environmental Health

Chem-tox.com

Earth 911 (local environmental information - waste disposal)

Environment and Breast Cancer: Science Review

Environmental Health News

Environment Virtual Campus

EPA - 8-Hour Ground-level Ozone Designations

EPA - Beach Pollution

EPA - "Indoor Air Facts No. 4 (revised): Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)"

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

NIH - Toxnet

Scorecard - Environmental Issues

The Consumer Guide to Toxic Chemicals in Cars

ToxMap

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

Cancer (see Risk Factors for each Topic)

Cardiovascular (see Risk Factors for each Topic)

Contaminants

Cancer

An ecological study of the association of environmental chemicals on breast cancer incidence in Texas. (Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2005) "Conclusion. Styrene was the most important environmental toxicant positively associated with invasive breast cancer incidence in Texas, likely involving women and men of all ages. Styrene may be an important breast carcinogen due to its widespread use for food storage and preparation, and its release from building materials, tobacco smoke, and industry."

Cardiovascular

Occupational exposure to noise and mortality from acute myocardial infarction. (Epidemiology. 2005) "CONCLUSIONS: Chronic exposure to noise levels typical of many workplaces was associated with excess risk for acute myocardial infarction death. Given the very high prevalence of excess noise exposure at work, this association deserves further attention."