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Protect Your Family and Yourself from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

This brochure lists the DO’s and DON’Ts of carbon monoxide. Fetuses, infants, elderly people, and people with anemia or with a history of heart or respiratory disease can be especially susceptible to ... Details >

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Radioactive Waste

This site is maintained by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and provides information about high- and low-level radioactive waste disposals. Links also to other hazardous waste information.... Details >

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Superfund Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Congress established the Superfund Program in 1980 to eliminate the health and environmental threats posed by hazardous waste sites. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administers the Supe... Details >

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

ToxFAQs for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

This fact sheet answers the most frequently asked health questions (FAQs) about polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) -- a group of manufactured organic chemicals that contain 209 individual chlorinated ch... Details >

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Information Center, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

ToxFAQs: Information on Toxic Substances

Also available in: Spanish 

ToxFAQs was developed by the Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to summarize known information about hazardous substances. Information for these summaries is excerpted from the ATSDR Toxico... Details >

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Information Center, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Toxics Release Inventory: Community Right-to-Know

Visit this site for information about toxic chemicals that are being used, manufactured, treated, transported, or released into the environment. This data can be used by consumers, businesses, and gov... Details >

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Your Right to Know: Chemical Exposures

A list of some of the information that EPA provides the public in the spirit of right to know. The emphasis is on chemicals to which you may be exposed in their daily living.... Details >

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency