American Association of Poison Control Centers
Collaboration
The American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) and the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have combined efforts
to help local poison control centers (PCCs) detect chemical exposure
events and ensure effective responses through the use of the National Poisoning Data System (NPDS) database
NPDS Fact Sheet
Provides information on using the National Poisoning Data System
for public health surveillance ...more
Concentrated
Animal Feeding Operations
Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are agricultural
facilities that house and feed a large number of animals in a confined
area for 45 days or more during any 12-month period. CDC is working with
states to define routes of exposure and potential human health effects
from exposures to wastes and residues from confined animal feeding
operations ...more
Harmful Algal Blooms
CDC is supporting surveillance programs, epidemiologic studies, and
laboratory research to further define the relation between exposure to
organisms involved in harmful algal blooms, such as Pfiesteria
piscicida, and human illness ...more
Pesticides
Human exposure to pesticides occurs primarily through dietary residues,
outdoor pesticide exposure (gardening and lawn applications), indoor
pesticide exposure (including tracking in outdoor pesticides),
occupational exposures (pest control applicators and farm workers), and
the use of pesticides on domestic animals, including pets. Exposure to
pesticides that results from natural disasters or terrorism also poses a
threat to public health ...more
U.S. Mexico Border Environmental Health Activities
CDC identifies environmental health issues, trains and develops human
resources, and conducts environmental epidemiologic research in the
U.S.-Mexico border area ...more
Water-Related
Environmental Health
CDC is working to identify, investigate, and track health hazards
associated with water, measure exposure of people to these hazards, and
prevent health effects from these hazards ...more
National
Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
Ongoing collection, integration, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination
of data on environmental hazards, exposures to those hazards, and health
effects that may be related to the exposures ...more
Radiation
Studies
General radiation facts, public health research, radon research ...more
