Environmental & Occupational Health

Portal to information on hazardous waste, toxic substances, and emergency response. ATSDR is part of the Department of Health & Human Services and works with partner organizations at the federal, state, and local levels to prevent chemical exposures, determine human health effects from exposures, and reduce the risks to health.

Collection of resources on topics including mold, carbon monoxide exposure, asthma, and air quality from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Provides a wide range of materials on construction safety and health and covers topics such as cold, heat, ergonomics, noise, oxygen loss, radiation, sun, stress and vibration.

Portal for the National Library of Medicine's Specialized Information Services pages providing access to Hazardous Substance Data Bank, Household Products Database, TOXNET, toxicology tutorials, and Enviro-Health Links, a collection of web resources on a wide range of toxicology and environmental health topics.

Report alerting readers to new grey literature publications in health services research and selected urban health topics produced between 1999-2016.

Covers topics including news, current occupational health related events, compliance assistance, laws, regulations and enforcement, cooperative and state programs, statistics, hazard communication, ergonomics, and other work-related health and safety issues. OSHA is a part of the U.S. Department of Labor.

Provides access to government documents related to environmental justice initiatives, hazardous waste clean-up projects, and response to environmental emergencies.

Collaboration between the United States and Mexico to improve the environment and protect the health of people living along the border. This bi-national program focuses on cleaning the air, providing safe drinking water, reducing the risk of exposure to hazardous waste, and ensuring emergency preparedness. In the U.S., the program is managed by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Here you will find descriptions of the WHO's programs in the area of occupational health as well as a topical index and links to publications and actions plans.