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Health & Safety
EPA Resources
Health effects
Asthma
Learn about asthma and upper respiratory illnesses.
www.epa.gov/iaq/asthma
Easy Breathers
Pollution emissions from transportation are a major ingredient in global
warming, stratospheric ozone depletion, asthma, ground-level ozone (a.k.a.,
smog) formation and other problems. We're responsible for these emissions.
The way we choose to get around today impacts our world tomorrow - the land,
the water, and the air. A group of high school students, teachers, and a
professional video crew got together to produce this site. So check it out,
already!
http://www.easybreathers.org/
Environmental Health
Science Education
Portal site for students, teachers and scientists on environmental health
information, activities, jobs, and developmental opportunities.
www.niehs.nih.gov/science-education/
Health Effects of Exposure
to Secondhand Smoke
Secondhand smoke can cause health problems in children and adults. Read
about the risks of environmental tobacco smoke and find links to research
studies about the issue.
www.epa.gov/smokefree/healtheffects.html
National Institute of Environmental
Health Science
This site from NIEHS provides information about a number of different environmental
health and science topics, as well as environmental careers.
www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/hottopics.htm
Pollutants & Health
A Citizen's Guide to Radon
The complete guide to taking action to lower the radon level in your home.
It offers radon testing strategies and discussions of the steps to take
after you have tested. You'll learn about the risks of radon as well
as radon myths.
www.epa.gov/radon/pubs/citguide.html
AIRNOW
Get up-to-the-minute information about air pollution in your community.
Includes maps, forecasts, and information about the health effects of
air pollution.
www.epa.gov/airnow
Air
Pollution, What's the Solution
This site offers a comprehensive Web-based curriculum unit on air quality,
ozone and particle pollution. Intermediate grade students explore EPA's
Web sites on air quality as they discover the scientific and health related
concerns. Your students will also gain Web browsing skills as they complete
this interactive and fun program. Grades 6-12.
www.k12science.org/curriculum/airproj/
Asthma Triggers/Secondhand Smoke
Learn about secondhand smoke (also called environmental tobacco smoke)
and how it can cause asthma and other health problems.
www.epa.gov/iaq/asthma/triggers/shs.html
FT Exploring Science and
Technology
www.ftexploring.com
Learn what energy is, how it's created, and how it's used. Explore how
energy, as food, moves through Earth's ecosystems. Find out how energy
makes life possible and how we can use energy better.
Ground Water
Primer
This computer program presents the basic concepts of ground water, the
contaminants that can affect water quality along with the risks they pose,
activities that an individual or community can do to help protect and conserve
ground water, and programs that are now in place to help protect ground
water.
www.purdue.edu/dp/envirosoft/groundwater/src/title.htm
Health Effects of Exposure
to Secondhand Smoke
Secondhand smoke can cause health problems in children and adults. Read
about the risks of environmental tobacco smoke and find links to research
studies about the issue.
www.epa.gov/smokefree/healtheffects.html
The Inside Story
Questions about indoor air quality? This page provides basic facts about
pollutants found inside our buildings and homes.
www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/insidest.html
Lead in Paint, Dust, and Soil
Find information from the National Lead Information Center, including pamphlets
featuring general information about lead hazards and lead poisoning prevention
in the home.
www.epa.gov/opptintr/lead/
Mercury
Information about mercury, its health effects, studies, and what you can
do to reduce exposures to mercury.
www.epa.gov/mercury
Mercury in Schools
You'll find a clearinghouse for information on where mercury can be found
in schools, mercury elimination and spill incident case studies, and
educational materials on mercury and overall pollution prevention. From
US EPA and the University of Wisconsin.
www.mercuryinschools.uwex.edu
National Institute of Environmental
Health Science
This site from NIEHS provides information about a number of different environmental
health and science topics, as well as environmental careers.
www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/hottopics.htm
Ozone: Good Up High, Bad Nearby
Ozone acts as a protective layer high above the Earth, but it can be harmful
to breathe. This publication provides basic information about ground-level
and high-altitude ozone.
www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/gooduphigh
National Pesticide Information Center
(NPIC)
Everything you ever wanted to know about pesticides in one easy location.
This cooperative effort between EPA and Oregon State University provides
information from EPA, state agencies, academia and Canada, including information
for health care providers.
npic.orst.edu/
RadTown USA
RadTown USA is a virtual community that aims to educate students about
the sources of radiation in our daily lives.
The Ultraviolet (UV) Index
Several publications explaining the Ultraviolet Index and steps you can
take to minimize the risks from overexposure to the sun's rays. Each
is available for reading online and downloading. You can also find the
current UV index for your zip code.
www.epa.gov/sunwise/uvindex.html
Water on Tap: What You
Need to Know
Where does your drinking water come from? How is it treated? How do you
protect it? This is the place to get the answers to these and other drinking
water questions.
www.epa.gov/safewater/wot/index.html
What is a Pesticide?
This page includes a definition of what a pesticide is as well as examples
of common pesticides that can be found around the house.
www.epa.gov/pesticides/about
Resources
AIRNOW
Get up-to-the-minute information about air pollution in your community.
Includes maps, forecasts, and information about the health effects of
air pollution.
www.epa.gov/airnow/
Air
Pollution, What's the Solution?
Explore EPA's internet sites on ground level ozone and discover the causes
and effects of this air pollutant.
www.k12science.org/curriculum/airproj/lessonscore1.html
Healthy School Environments
A gateway to on-line resources to help facility managers, school administrators,
architects, design engineers, school nurses, parents, teachers and staff
address environmental health issues in schools.
cfpub.epa.gov/schools/index.cfm
National Institute of Environmental
Health Science
This site from NIEHS provides information about a number of different environmental
health and science topics, as well as environmental careers.
www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/hottopics.htm
Smoke-Free Homes - Publications
Fact sheets, brochures, community action tool kits, and other EPA publications
about the effects of secondhand smoke and what you can do to reduce these
health risks.
www.epa.gov/smokefree/publications.html
The Plain English Guide
to the Clean Air Act
A clearly written guide to the Federal law that helps protect the air we
breathe.
earth1.epa.gov/air/caa/peg/