Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Information Center, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The role of this agency is to implement the laws that protect the public from hazardous wastes and environmental spills of hazardous substances. ATSDR is charged under the Superfund Act of 1980 to ass... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center is the primary global-change data and information analysis center of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). CDIAC responds to data and information requests... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The mission of the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) is to provide national leadership, through science and service, to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling d... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration The NCTR conducts FDA mission-critical, peer-reviewed research that is targeted to develop a more scientifically sound basis for regulatory decisions and reduce risks associated with FDA-regulated pro... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health The mission of the NIEHS is to reduce the burden of human illness and disability by understanding how the environment influences the development and progression of human disease. To have the greatest
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NIOSH Information Inquiry Service The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 800-number is a toll-free technical information service that provides convenient public access to NIOSH and its information resources.... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (OAR) will be the leader in the U.S. and the world in protecting human health and the environment by preventing air pollution and expo... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Office of Environmental Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency The Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) was established in November 1992 with a broad mandate to serve as a focal point for
ensuring that communities comprised predominately of people of color or l... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Office of Pesticide Programs, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances/EPA The mission of EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is to protect public health and the environment from the risks posed by pesticides and to promote safer means of pest control.... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency The Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, plays an important role in protecting public health and the environment from potential risk from toxic chemicals for now and for generations ... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency The Office of Water (OW) is responsible for implementing the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act, and portions of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments Act of 1990, Resource Conserva... Details > List reviewed web resources |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency The mission of the EPA is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment--air, water, and land--upon which life depends. Through the work of its many projects and programs the EPA's ... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Birth Defect Research for Children, Inc. Birth Defect Research for Children provides information and support to families of children with birth defects. BDRC sponsors research on birth defects caused by exposures to environmental agents--dr... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Center for Health, Environment and Justice Founded in June 1981this nonprofit organization serves citizens' groups, individuals and small municipalities working to solve hazardous and solid waste problems. CCHW supplies information needed to u... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Environmental Defense Environmental Defense (ED), formerly known as the Environmental Defense Fund, was established in 1967 and consists of teams of scientists, economists, and lawyers working together to search for and pr... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans This nonprofit organization was formed for the following purpose: to educate Indians and Non-Indians about the health dangers of radioactivity and the transport of nuclear waste on America's rails and... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Safety Council The National Safety Council, founded in 1913, is not for profit organization acting to increase safety and improve the health of the American people. Educational activities include safety training, h... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Rachel Carson Council, Inc. The Rachel Carson Council, Inc., founded in 1965, is an independent, nonprofit scientific organization dedicated to protecting the environment against toxic and chemical threats, particularly those of... Details > List reviewed web resources |