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Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
The mission of the ATSDR is to prevent exposure and adverse human health
effects and diminished quality of life associated with exposure to hazardous substances
from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of pollution present in the
environment. See TOXFAQS, short
summaries of health effects associated with chemicals. |
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Air and Waste Management Association
(A&WMA)
A&WMA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional organization that
provides training, information, and networking opportunities to 14,000 environmental
professionals in 65 countries. |
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American
Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being
for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. |
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American Chemistry
Council (ACC, formerly CMA)
The ACC sponsors Responsible Care®, the industry's commitment to the public to
continuously improve its health, safety and environmental performance.It also
serves as the focal point for the chemical industry's collective action on legislative,
regulatory and legal matters at the international, national and state levels. |
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American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
News and information for heath conscious women and health professionals. |
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American Medical
Association
AMA's work includes the development and promotion of standards in medical
practice, research, and education and the betterment of public health. This site
includes a Family Focus section and KidsHealth page. |
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American Public Health Association
(APHA)
APHA is the quality resource for public heath professionals, in existence
for 123 years. |
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American
Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)
Links to information about the the ASHG including: Annual Meeting
information; A history of Human Genetics; Membership information; Table of Contents from
the American Journal of Human Genetics; a membership directory; and full text of the ASHG
Newsletter. |
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American Society for Reproductive
Medicine (ASRM)
The ASRM is an organization devoted to advancing knowledge and expertise in reproductive
medicine and biology. It provides information for health professionals, the media,
and patients. |
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Association
of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
ASTHO is a national non-profit organization representing the state and territorial public
health agencies of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and the District of
Columbia. This organization is engaged in a wide range of legislative, scientific,
educational, and programmatic issues and activities on behalf of public health. |
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California Environmental Protection
Agency (Cal/EPA)
The mission of the Cal/EPA is to improve environmental quality in order to
protect public health, the welfare of our citizens, and California's natural
resources. See: Proposition 65,
a list of compounds that Cal/EPA considers to be reproductive or developmental toxins. |
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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC)
The CDC promotes health and quality of life by preventing and controlling
disease, injury, and disability.
Women's Health Issues.
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities
National Center for Health Statistics -- Contains
Fastats, an alphabetized index of health-related subjects. |
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Chemical Manufacturer's Association (CMA)
Now known as the American Chemistry Council (ACC). See above. |
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Chemfinder.com
This web page is excellent for getting background information on chemicals. |
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Children Now
Includes an extensive section on Children's Health Links. |
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Children's
Environmental Health Network
The Children's Environmental Health Network is a national multi-disciplinary project whose
mission is to promote a healthy envrionment and protect the fetus and the child from
environmental health hazards. |
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Children's Environmental Health Research and Disease
Prevention Centers
NIEHS, EPA, and CDC have established these Centers to generate new scientific knowledge, particularly on asthma,
learning disabilities, autism, and the impact of September 11, 2001, on children. |
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Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
The U.S. CPSC, an independent Federal regulatory agency, helps keep
American families safe by reducing the risk of injury or death from consumer products. |
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Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed)
A peer-reviewed and fully referenced
database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. Among the data included
are maternal and infant levels of drugs, possible effects on breastfed infants and on
lactation, and alternate drugs to consider.
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Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Scorecard
An environmental information service provided by EDF.
EDF Database-backed web site with
comprehensive online summary of hazard identification conducted by numerous organizations.
EDF Detailed chemical profiles for
6500 chemicals. |
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Environmental Mutagen Society (EMS)
EMS is the primary scientific society fostering research on the basic
mechanisms of mutagenesis as well as on the application of this knowledge in the field of
genetic toxicology. |
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
U.S. EPA home page.
EPA Endocrine Disrupters Research Initiative
Information related to the efforts of the Endocrine Disrupter Working Group
of the National Science and
Technology Council's (NSTC) Committee
on the Environment and Natural Resources (CENR) to provide coordination across the
federal government related to examining the hypothesis that there are chemicals present in
the environment of humans and wildlife that, by virtue of their ability to interact with
endocrine system, are causing a variety of adverse health effects. |
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European Network
Teratology Information Services (ENTIS)
The general objective for ENTIS is to coordinate and collaborate the
activities of the different Teratology Information Services (TIS), and to collect and
evaluate data in order to contribute to the primary prevention of birth defects and
developmental disorders. |
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Fetal Alcohol and Drug
Unit (FADU)
The Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit is located in the School of Medicine
at the University of Washington, and is dedicated to research regarding the prevention,
intervention, and treatment of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effects
(FAE). |
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
FDA information on subjects including toxicology research, human drugs,
children tobacco regulations and information, foods.FDA Office of Women's Health.
Page describing ways to decrease
the chance of birth defects. |
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GeneClinics
This site provides a listing and overview of human genetic diseases. |
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Genetic
Alliance
The Genetic Alliance is an international coalition of individuals,
professionals, and genetic support organizations that are working together to promote
healthy lives for everyone impacted by genetics. |
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Genetic and Rare
Diseases Information Center
Established by the National Human Genome Research Institute and the
Office of Rare Diseases, the Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center
employs experienced information specialists to answer questions from the
general public, including patients and their families, health care
professionals, and biomedical researchers. |
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Global Reproductive Health
Forum (GRHF)
The GRHF at Harvard School of Public Health aims to encourage the proliferation
of critical discussions about reproductive health, rights, and gender on the internet. |
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Health Effects Institute (HEI)
Partnership of US EPA and industry, the HEI is an independent, nonprofit
corporation chartered in 1980 to provide high-quality, impartial, and relevant science on
the health effects of pollutants from motor vehicles and from other sources in the
environment. |
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HealthFinder
Healthfinder® is a free gateway to reliable consumer health and
human services information developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Click here for the Spanish version: healthfinder® español. |
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International Agency for Research on
Cancer (IARC)
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is part of the World Health Organization. IARC's mission is to coordinate
and conduct research on the causes of human cancer, the mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and
to develop scientific strategies for cancer control. |
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KidsHealth
KidsHealth is created by The Nemours Foundation’s Center for
Children’s Health Media and provides doctor-approved health information
about children from before birth through adolescence. |
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La Leche League International
To help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement,
information, and education and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an
important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother. |
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MGH Center for Women's Mental Health
Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Women's Mental Health's Perinatal Information Resource
Center is an internet-based resource for reproductive psychiatry information. |
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March of Dimes (MOD)
Information on the prevention of birth defects. |
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Maternal and Child Health Library,
Georgetown University
Maternal and Child Health Knowledge Paths Index:
This index of maternal and child health-related topics contains links to Web sites,
electronic publications, databases, and discussion groups, and citations for journal
articles and other print resources.
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Motherisk.org
The Motherisk Program at the Hospital for Sick Children in
Toronto, was created in 1985 to provide evidence-based information and guidance concerning
the potential risks to the developing fetus or infant, from exposure to drugs, chemicals,
diseases, radiation and environmental agents. |
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National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
NAS is a private, non-profit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished
scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of
science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. |
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National
Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners, Inc.
NAPNAP is the professional organization that advocates for children, (infants through
young adults), and provides leadership for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners who deliver
Primary care in a variety of settings. |
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National Birth Defects Prevention
Network
The mission of the National Birth Defects Prevention Network is to establish and
maintain a national network of state and population-based programs for birth defects
surveillance and research to assess the impact of birth defects upon children, families,
and health care; to identify factors that can be used to develop primary prevention
strategies; and to assist families and their providers in secondary disabilities
prevention. |
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National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development (NICHD)
The NICHD conducts and supports laboratory, clinical and
epidemiological research on the reproductive, neurobiologic, developmental, and behavioral
processes that determine and maintain the health of children, adults, families and
populations. |
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National
Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
NIDA's mission is to provide support to research on drug absue and treatment and to
ensure dissemination of these results to significantly improve drug abuse prevention,
treatment, and policy. |
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National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences (NIEHS)
NIEHS is to reduce the burden of human illness and dysfunction from
environmental causes by understanding each of these elements and how they interrelate. |
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health
for everyone. |
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National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
NIOSH was established by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970. NIOSH is part of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) and is the only federal Institute responsible for conducting
research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related illnesses and
injuries.
NIOSH provides a resource page on reproductive
health issues. |
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National Library of
Medicine (NLM)
U.S. National Library of Medicine home page, access to MEDLINE plus database designed to direct
you to resources containing information (for educational use only) that will help you
research your health questions. Reproductive
health information can be found at
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/reproductivehealth.html.
The NLM Household Products Database (http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov)
provides information on the health effects of these products. Tox Town
Database (http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov)
looks at facilities like schools, office buildings, and factories and the
chemicals likely to be in them. The Online Mendelian
Inheritance in Man (OMIM) database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=OMIM)
provides a catalogue of human genes and genetic
disorders. |
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National Toxicology Program
(NTP)
NTP was established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to
coordinate toxicology research and testing activities within the Department, to provide
information about potentially toxic chemicals to regulatory and research agencies and the
public, and to strengthen the science base in toxicology. NTP has become the
world's leader in designing, conducting, and interpreting animal assays for
toxicity/carcinogenicity
and
reproduction/development. |
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National
Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC)
NWHIC is a one-stop gateway for women seeking health information.
NWHIC is a free information and resource service on women's health issues is a project of
the U.S. Public Health Care's Office of Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services. |
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New York Online Access to Health
(NOAH)
Originally funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications
and Information Administration (NTIA) and matching grants, and in collaboration with these
early partners, NOAH strove to establish itself as a unique responsible and authoritative
bilingual health information site, dedicated to an underserved population of health
consumers, many of whom are also Spanish speaking. |
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Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)
The mission of OSHA is to save lives, prevent injuries and protect the
health of America's workers. |
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Office of Women’s Health (DHHS OWH)
The Office on Women's Health (OWH) was established in 1991 within the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services. OWH coordinates the efforts of all the HHS agencies and
offices involved in women's health. OWH works to improve the health and well-being of
women and girls in the United States through its innovative programs, by educating
health professionals, and motivating behavior change in consumers through the
dissemination of health information. |
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Organization of Teratology
Information Services (OTIS)
Teratology Information Services (TIS) are comprehensive and multidisciplinary resources
for medical consultation on prenatal exposures. TIS interpret information regarding known
and potential reproductive risks into risk assessments that are communicated to
individuals of reproductive age and health care providers. |
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Pediatric Points
of Interest-Harriet Lane WWW Links
The Harriet Lane Links (formerly Pediatric Points of Interest) provide an edited
collection of pediatric resources (over 5000 links) on the World Wide Web.
Maintained and edited by physicians at the Johns Hopkins University, this site attempts to
catalog, review and score existing links to pediatric information on the Internet. |
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Pesticide
Action Network (PAN) Pesticide Database
The PAN Pesticide Database brings together a diverse array
of information on pesticides from many different sources, including current toxicity and
regulatory information. |
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Public
Health Internet Resources
MedWeb is a catalog of biomedical and health related web sites maintained by the
staff of the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library at Emory University. |
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SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Center for Excellence
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Center for Excellence facilitates the
development and improvement of prevention, treatment, and care systems by
providing national leadership and facilitating collaboration in the field.
This Center is a part of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA), Division of Health and Human Services (DHHS) of the
US government. |
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Reprotox
An Information System on Environmental Hazards to Human Reproduction and
Development. |
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Resolve: The National
Infertility Association
Resolve provides information and support to people experiencing infertility, and seeks to
increase public awareness of infertility issues through public education and advocacy. |
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Society of Risk Analysis (SRA)
SRA provides an open forum for all those who are interested in risk
analysis. SRA's interests include risks to human health and the environment, both
built and natural. |
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Society of Toxicology
The Society of Toxicology is a professional organization of scientists from
academic institutions, government, and industry representing the great variety of
scientists who practice toxicology. The Society promotes the acquisition and utilization
of knowledge in toxicology, aids in the protection of public health, and facilitates
disciplines. |
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Teratology Society
The Teratology Society is a multidisciplinary scientific society founded in
1960, the members of which study the causes and biological processes leading to abnormal
development and birth defects at the fundamental and clinical level, and appropriate
measures for prevention. |
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United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)
UNEP as Information Clearinghouse on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
It is updated on a regular basis with information received from governments, international
organizations and non-governmental organizations. Some documents can be downloaded
directly from this Web site. |
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World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible
level of health. Health, as defined in the WHO Constitution, is a state of complete
physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity. See: Family and Reproductive Health. |
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The CERHR web site provides links to other Internet sites for the
convenience of our users. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is not
responsible for the availability or content of the external sites, nor does
NIH endorse, warrant, or guarantee the products, services, or information
described or offered at these other Internet sites.
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