General Resources

Environmental Health Perspectives www.ehponline.org Environmental Health Perspectives Environews By Topic www.ehponline.org/topic NIEHS Environmental Health Science Education website www.niehs.nih.gov/science-education/ NIEHS Community Outreach and Education Program Resource Center www-apps.niehs.nih.gov/outreach-education/ NIEHS Kids Pages www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/home.htm

Lesson Resources 2005: December | November | October | September | August | July | June | May | April | March | February | January

December 2005 Population Growth: Get the Word Out Health Communication Materials Media/Materials Clearinghouse, http://www.m-mc.org/ Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Population Affairs Clearinghouse, http://opa.osophs.dhhs.gov/pubs/publications.html World Overpopulation Awareness, "Sustainability, Carrying Capacity and Overconsumption," http://www.overpopulation.org/solutions.html Negative Population Growth, http://www.npg.org Population Connection, http://www.populationconnection.org Affluenza (PBS program on the epidemic of overconsumption), http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/

Word Up: Empowering Your Vocabulary InterAmerican Development Bank, "Central American Indigenous Communities To Strengthen Ecosystem Management With US$9 Million Grant," http://www.iadb.org/NEWS/Display/PRView.cfm?PR_Num=288_04&Language=English United Nations, Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, "Fact Sheet No. 9 (Rev. 1), The Rights of Indigenous Peoples," http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu6/2/fs9.htm#intro World Bank, "Questions and Answers: Integrated Ecosystem Management in Indigenous Communities Regional Project," http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/LAC/LAC.nsf/0/606BFD9A3054F75785256F6C0067992D?Opendocument

Small Islands--Big Problems Environmental Health Perspectives, Environews by Topic page, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic. Choose Global Warming/Climate Change Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), http://www.sidsnet.org/aosis/ Small Island Developing States Network, http://www.sidsnet.org United Nations Island Information Network, http://islands.unep.ch/ National Geographic "Map Machine," http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/profiles/aa.html Online Encyclopedias: Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com Wikipedia: http://www.wikipedia.com Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook, http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/. See Environmental Issues

November 2005 The Kyoto Protocol: What Should We Do? Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose: Climate Change/Global Warming, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic CIA, The World Factbook, Gross Domestic Product information: By country, http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2001rank.html Per capita, http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, Summary of the report on the impact of the Kyoto Protocol on the U.S. energy markets & economic analysis, analysis, http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/kyoto/execsum.html Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, International Energy Annual 2003 Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Use of Fossil Fuels, http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/iea/carbon.html Global Warming: Early Warning Signs, clickable map of weather records and extremes across the world, http://www.climatehotmap.org/ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming, http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Byrd-Hagel Resolution (Senate Resolution 98), expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, http://www.opic.gov/GeneralOPIC/senateresolution98.htm Union of Concerned Scientists, Global Warming, http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/ UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, http://unfccc.int/2860.php UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, http://unfccc.int/essential_background/kyoto_protocol/background/items/1351.php

Mapping Solutions for Obesity Environmental Health Perspectives, Environews by Topic page, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic. Choose Built Environment, Obesity Google Maps, http://maps.google.com/. Type in your location to get a map of the local area. Zoom in and out to decrease or increase area for map. Google Earth, http://earth.google.com/. Download the free Google Earth software to receive maps with satellite imagery. GMaps Pedometer, http://www.sueandpaul.com/gmapPedometer/. Use this website to help record distances in a community using Google Maps. Mapquest, http://www.mapquest.com. Physical Activity for Everyone, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/index.htm. Promoting Physical Activity: A Guide for Community Action, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/health_professionals/community_guide.htm.

GM Foods: Are the Risks Real? Environmental Health Perspectives, Environews by Topic page, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic. Choose Agriculture/Farming, Food Safety/Regulation. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, A Primer on Health Risk Communication Principles and Practices, http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HEC/primer.html. FDA Consumer Magazine, January-February 2000, "Are Bioengineered Foods Safe?" http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2000/100_bio.html. Human Genome Project Information, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Genetically Modified Foods and Organisms, http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.shtml. SCOPE Curriculum Forum, University of California, Berkeley, Genetically Modified Food, http://scope.educ.washington.edu/gmfood/. SCOPE Curriculum Forum, University of California, Berkeley, Genetically Modified Food, http://scope.educ.washington.edu/gmfood/. The Campaign, Grassroots Political Action "Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act," http://www.thecampaign.org/. National Academies Press, Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods, http://www.nap.edu/books/0309092094/html. National Safety Council, "Odds of Dying," http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statinfo/odds.htm. Union of Concerned Scientists, Food and Environment, Biotechnology, http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/biotechnology/index.cfm. World Health Organization, Food Safety, Biotechnology (GM Foods), http://www.who.int/foodsafety/biotech/en/.

October 2005 Protein Puzzles Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose: Molecular Biology, Proteomics, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic Entrez Protein databases, NCBI,http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Protein Insulin: Monomers, Dimers, and Hexamers, University of London, http://www.med.unibs.it/~marchesi/pps97/course/section11/insulin.html Insulin Resistance and Pre-diabetes, National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/insulinresistance/ Principles of Protein Structure, Birbeck College, http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/PPS2/top.html Proteins, Virtual Chembook, http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/565proteins.html Protein Structure, http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/mwking/protein-structure.html Protein Structure and Function, http://medweb.bham.ac.uk/bmedsci/bms2/chime/structure/structure.html

Consider the Source California Department of Health, "Perchlorate in California Drinking Water: Overview and Links," http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/ddwem/chemicals/perchl/perchlindex.htm Capps letter to President Bush: Lift the Gag Order on Perchlorate, http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ca23_capps/pr030527perchlorategag.html Companies affiliated with the Council on Water Quality's press release: Aerojet, http://www.aerojet.com/default.cfm, American Pacific Corporation, http://www.apfc.com/, Kerr-McGee Chemical, http://www.kerr-mcgee.com/, Lockheed Martin, http://www.lockheedmartin.com/ "Contaminant Focus: Perchlorate," U.S. EPA, http://cluin.org/contaminantfocus/default.focus/sec/perchlorate/cat/Overview/ Definitions of common water quality terms, http://www.ccwater.com/waterquality/defin.asp Drinking water glossary, U.S. EPA, http://www.epa.gov/safewater/pubs/gloss2.html Environmental Working Group, Rocket Fuel Contamination in California Milk, http://www.ewg.org/reports/rocketmilk/ James Strock: Biography, U.S. EPA, http://www.epa.gov/history/admin/oeca/strock.htm "Lettuce Explore Perchlorate in Food," EHP Student Edition lesson, July 2005, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/science-ed/ List of drinking water contaminants and MCLs, U.S. EPA, http://www.epa.gov/safewater/mcl.html Massachusetts.gov, perchlorate information, including health effects toxicological profile and assessment, http://www.mass.gov/dep/brp/dws/percinfo.htm The National Academies: News, "Report Assesses Health Implications for Perchlorate Exposure," http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/0309095689?OpenDocument National Academy of Sciences, Health Implications of Perchlorate Ingestion, http://www.nap.edu/books/0309095689/html/ Perchlorate, U.S. EPA, http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/perchlorate.htm "Perchlorate Exposure: Tip of the Iceberg?", EHP Student Edition, July 2005, p. A232, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2005/113-4/forum.html#perc Perchlorate questions and answers, U.S. EPA, http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/clo4qa.html "Potassium perchlorate, potassium iodide, and propylthiouracil: promoting effect on the development of thyroid tumors in rats treated with N-bis(2-hydroxypropyl)-nitrosamine," Japanese Journal of Cancer Research 78(12):1335-1340 (1987), http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2828294&dopt=Citation "Reference Dose for Perchlorate Based on Human Studies," U.S. EPA, http://www.epa.gov/ncea/perchlorate/comments/documents/ddoc014.pdf Setting standards for safe drinking water, U.S. EPA, http://www.epa.gov/safewater/standard/setting.html

Rescuing Water from the Roof Environmental Health Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose Water Pollution, Built Environment, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic Math is Fun, Area of Plane Shapes, http://www.mathsisfun.com/area.html Online Conversions, http://www.onlineconversion.com/ Texas Water Development Board, http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/assistance/conservation/Alternative_Technologies/Rainwater_Harvesting/rain.asp Water Resources Research Center, http://ag.arizona.edu/AZWATER/publications/sustainability/report_html/index.html

September 2005 Arsenic: An Element of Suffering Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose: Arsenic, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic Environmental Health News, http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org. Search under "arsenic" and then by area. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HEC/CSEM/arsenic. Look for case studies for training doctors as well as ToxFAQs, a series of informational statements on many known environmental contaminants. National Library of Medicine Hazardous Substances Data Bank, http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB

On Hens and Needles Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Avian Flu, http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/ World Health Organization, Avian Influenza, http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/en/

Three is a Toxic Number This exercise is designed to be used with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) (http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov) website ATSDR, ToxFAQ Bromoform, http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts130.html ATSDR, ToxFAQ Chloroform, http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts6.html ATSDR, ToxFAQ Tetrachloroethylene, http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts18.html CDC, Autism Spectrum Disorders Fact Sheet, http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/actearly/autism.html CNN News, "U.S. Officials investigate 'Cluster' of Autism in New Jersey Town," http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/HEALTH/9902/01/autism.cluster

August 2005 Unequal Housing, Unequal Health Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose: Chemical Exposures, Environment, Health Disparities, Indoor Air Quality, Innovative Technologies, Research Issues and Initiatives, Urban Issues, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic California Air Resources Board, Formaldehyde in the Home, http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/indoor/formald.htm Global Green USA, Green Building and Cities, http://globalgreen.org/programs/building.html Medline Plus, Lead Poisoning, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/leadpoisoning.html U.S. Green Building Council, http://www.usgbc.org/

Following the Sun to Greener Buildings Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose: Built Environment, Sustainable Development/Conservation, Urban Issues, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic Building Green, http://www.buildinggreen.com/ National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Earth's seasons explanation, http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/earth/seasons/EarthSeasons.asp National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Solar Research, http://www.nrel.gov/solar/ PVWatt Program (Version 1) for calculating the performance of solar electric systems at various angles and orientations, http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/codes_algs/PVWATTS/version1/ University of Oregon, Solar Radiation Monitoring Laboratory Solar energy lesson plans (three additional lessons on photovoltaic [PV] systems), http://solardat.uoregon.edu/LessonPlans.html Solar radiation basics, http://solardat.uoregon.edu/SolarRadiationBasics.html Sun chart program, http://solardat.uoregon.edu/SunChartProgram.html U.S. Department of Energy, Smart Communities Network, http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/ U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Energy Technologies Program, http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar U.S. Department of Environmental Protection Green Buildings, http://www.epa.gov/greenbuilding/ Green Power Partnerships, http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/index.htm U.S. Green Building Council, http://www.usgbc.org/ U.S. Naval Observatory, Astronomical Applications Department, What Is Universal Time?, http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/UT.html Webexhibits, Daylight Saving Time, http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.html World Time Zone, http://www.worldtimezone.com/

Mapping the Air in Your School Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose: Built Environment, Chemical Exposures, Children's Health, Environmental Health Education, Indoor Air Quality, Innovative Technologies, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic American Lung Association, http://www.lungusa.org Austrialian Government Bureau of Meteorology, http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/humiditycalc.shtml National Center for Healthy Housing, http://www.centerforhealthyhousing.org/ National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/iaq.cfm National Education Association Health Information Network, Asthma and Schools, http://www.asthmaandschools.org/ Psychometric charts and other tables are available on the Internet (e.g., http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~mdarre/NE-127/NewFiles/psychrometric_inset.html) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Program, http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/index.html Indoor Air Quality Design Tools for Schools, http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schooldesign/ Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools, Managing Asthma in the School Environment, http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/asthma/index.html

Using Chemistry to Treat Lead Poisoning Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose: Children's Health, Lead, Neurology, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic American Academy of Family Physicians, "Lightening the Lead Load in Children," http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000801/545.html Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/lead.htm Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2005. "Blood Lead Levels--United States, 1999-2002." MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 54(20):513-516; http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5420a5.htm National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Environmental Health Resources, curricula and other lead materials, http://www-apps.niehs.nih.gov/outreach-education/Resources/BrowseResults.cfm?Subj=Lead National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, "Lead and Your Health," http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/pdf/lead.pdf National Safety Council, Lead Poisoning Factsheet, National Safety Council, Lead Poisoning Factsheet, http://safety.webfirst.com/library/facts/lead.htm National Safety Council, Lead Poisoning Program, http://www.nsc.org/issues/lead U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Lead Safe Homes, http://www.leadsafehomes.info, click on a location to get started U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead/index.cfm U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lead Awareness Program, http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/lead/index.html

July 2005 Mobility 2030: Can We Meet the Goals? Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose: International Environmental Health, Trade/Commerce, Transportation/Fuels, Urban Issues, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic Mobility 2030 Regional Transportation Plan, http://www.atlreg.com/transportationair/plandocumentation.html

Investigating PAHs: Your Own Mini-Epi Study Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose: Chemical Exposures, Children's Health, Genetic Research, Headliners, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Reproductive Toxicology and Health, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), ToxFAQs for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts69.html Air Info Now, "What is Particulate Matter?", http://www.airinfonow.org/html/ed_particulate.html Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, "Chromosomal Aberrations in Cord Blood Are Associated with Prenatal Exposure to Carcinogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons," http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/full/14/2/506 Center for Disease Control and Prevention, "Epidemiology in the Classroom: An Introduction to Epidemiology," http://www.cdc.gov/excite/classroom/intro_epi.htm Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, "Effects of Transplacental Exposure to Environmental Pollutants on Birth Outcomes in a Multiethnic Population," http://www.ccceh.org/publications/perera_birthoutcomes.html National Weather Service, http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ U.S. Census Bureau, Census Bureau Map Products, http://www.census.gov/geo/www/maps/CP_MapProducts.htm U.S. Census Bureau, State and County Quick Facts, http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Data, http://www.epa.gov/air/data/geosel.html U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, AirNow website, http://cfpub.epa.gov/airnow/index.cfm U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Envirofacts Data Warehouse, http://www.epa.gov/enviro/ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Guideline for Reporting of Daily Air Quality: Air Quality Index, http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/t1/memoranda/rg701.pdf U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "What are the Six Common Air Pollutants?", http://www.epa.gov/air/urbanair/6poll.html

Lettuce Explorer Perchlorate in Food Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose: Agriculture/Farming, Chemical Exposures, Food Safety and Regulation, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic California Department of Health, "Perchlorate in California Drinking Water: Overview and Links," http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/ddwem/chemicals/perchl/perchlindex.htm Massachusetts.gov, Perchlorate Information, including Health Effects Toxicological Profile and Assessment, http://www.mass.gov/dep/brp/dws/percinfo.htm

June 2005 Great Lakes—Make the Human Health Connection Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose Chemical Exposures, Climate Change/Global Warming, Drinking Water Quality, Ecological Change, Economics, Food Safety and Regulation, Hazardous Waste, Industry Issues, International Environmental Health, Mercury, Natural Resources, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Sustainable Development/Conservation, Water Pollution, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic Great Lakes Information Network, go to "Pollution" then "Human Health," http://www.great-lakes.net ATSDR "ToxFAQs," comprehensive toxicological information on common contaminants, http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html Environmental Defense Fund "Scorecard," a breakdown by region of common pollutants and their effects,http://www.scorecard.org Society of Toxicology,, http://www.toxicology.org/publicoutreach/k12resources/k12educators.html CRC Press, follow the prompts to TF1691 for a complete presentation on principles of toxicology from Steven G. Gilbert, A Small Dose of Toxicology, CRC Press, 2004, http://www.crcpress.com/e_products/

Risk Factor Roulette Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose Chemical Exposures, Environmental Disease, Genetic Research, Women's Health, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic American Lung Association, http://www.lungusa.org Environmental Protection Agency, http://www.epa.gov Healthfinder, http://www.healthfinder.gov Web MD, http://www.webmd.com National Cancer Institute, http://www.cancer.gov National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, http://www.niehs.nih.gov

Streamside Schematic Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose Ecological Change, Natural Resources, Remediation (Air, Soil, and Water), Sustainable Development/Conservation, Water Pollution, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic Stream Biology and Ecology, an excellent review of stream science, search under "Ecology," http://chamisa.freeshell.org Green Facts, ecosystem change, protection. Search under "Ecosystems," http://www.greenfacts.org

May 2005 What's Your Hypothesis? Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose Air Pollution, Environmental Disease, Particulate Matter, Science Selections, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic American Heart Association, Search "air pollution" on main website, http://www.heart.org/ American Health Association "Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals from the Expert Panel on Population and Prevention Science of the American Heart Association," Circulation, 2004; 109(21):2655–2671, http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/109/21/2655 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Highlights in Environmental Health Sciences Research, "Long-term Exposure to Particulate Matter and Risk of Death from Heart Disease," http://www.niehs.nih.gov/dert/profiles/hilites/2003/pm-heart.htm National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, "Exposure to Particulate Matter and Other Air Pollutants Decrease Cardiac Autonomic Control", http://www.niehs.nih.gov/dert/profiles/hilites/2004/cardiac.htm National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, The Role of Environmental Agents in Cardiovascular Disease, 2002 Workshop Summary, http://www.niehs.nih.gov/dert/events/cardio02/report.pdf National Library of Medicine, Specialized Information Services (SIS) Division, Internet Resources for Outdoor Air Pollution, http://www.sis.nlm.nih.gov/Tox/outdoorair.html U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Search "cardiovascular disease" on main website, http://http://www.epa.gov/

Water Alchemy Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose Drinking Water Quality, Innovative Technologies, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic United States Environmental Protection Agency, Ground Water and Drinking Water, http://www.epa.gov/safewater/index.html Water on Tap, What You Need to Know, http://www.epa.gov/safewater/wot/ Classroom Activities and Experiments, http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/index.html University of Minnesota Extension Service, Safe Drinking Water and Water Treatment Educational Resources, http://www.extension.umn.edu/water/drinking_water.html University of Waterloo, Canada, Water Treatment Description, http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cchieh/cact/applychem/watertreatment.html

Tsunami Simulation Experiment Federal Emergency Management Agency, Tsunamis fact sheet, http://www.fema.gov/hazards/tsunamis/tsunamif.shtm Georgia State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy Tsunami, http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Waves/tsunami.html Ocean Waves, http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Waves/watwav2.html How tsunamis work, http://science.howstuffworks.com/tsunami.htm National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/subpage1.htm Pacific Tsunami Museum, Hilo, Hawaii, http://www.tsunami.org/ PBS Online including excellent animation showing how a tsunami is created by an earthquake, http://www.thirteen.org/savageearth/tsunami/index.html United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, International Tsunami Information Center, http://www.prh.noaa.gov/itic/ Wikipedia, online encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami

April 2005 Coco Locomotion Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose International Environmental Health, Transportation and Fuels, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic Adverse Health Effects of Exposure to Ambient Carbon Monoxide, http://www.airinfonow.org/pdf/CARBON%20MONOXID2.PDF Biodiesel, http://www.biodiesel.org/ Biodiesel Emissions, http://www.biodiesel.org/pdf_files/emissions.PDF Energy Technology and Fuel Economy, http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/atv.shtml Fuel Economy, http://www.fueleconomy.gov/ Health and Environmental Effects of Particulate Matter, http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/naaqsfin/pmhealth.html It Smells Like Popcorn and It’s Catching On, http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/212626_biodieselfans18.html Nitrogen Oxides Health Effects, http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts175.html Pumped Up About Cleaner Fuels, http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/212618_biodiesel18.html Sulfur Dioxide Health Effects, http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/phs116.html UNH Biodiesel Group articles, http://www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/research_index.html

Decibel Dilemma Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose Environmental Medicine, Hearing, Noise Pollution, Urban Issues, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/education/index.asp Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention, NIOSH, http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/noise/ Normal distribution, Math World, http://mathworld.wolfram.com/NormalDistribution.html Normal distributions, http://www.geocities.com/thesciencefiles/normal/distribution.html Sound Waves, The Physics Classroom, http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/sound/soundtoc.html Sound Waves and the Eardrum, The Physics Classroom, http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/waves/edl.html Types of hearing loss, Dangerous Decibels, http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/hearingloss.cfm What's hearing loss, Kids Health, http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/sight/hearing_impairment.html

A Whiff of Danger Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose Chemical Exposures, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic Definition of octanol–water partition coefficient, USGS, http://toxics.usgs.gov/definitions/kow.html Log octanol–water partition coefficient, http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~sada/help/TH_479.htm Animal cell structure, molecular expressions, http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/animalcell.html Transport in and out of cells, http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBooktransp.html

March 2005 Debating the Control of Scarce Resources Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose Natural Resources, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic Earthjustice, http://www.earthjustice.org Resources for the Future, http://www.rff.org United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, http://www.unhchr.ch Science and Environmental Health Network, http://www.sehn.org

Is Environmental Health a Basic Human Right? Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose Natural Resources, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic Khan S. "At risk: 1,000,000,000 of the world's children." The Independent 10 December 2004, http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=591676 "Earthjustice Presents 2004 'Human Rights and the Environment' Report to the UN," April 6, 2004, Earthjustice, http://www.earthjustice.org/news/display.html?ID=812 Resources for the Future, http://www.rff.org United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, http://www.unhchr.ch

Mapping the Effects of War International Campaign to Ban Landmines, http://www.icbl.org Save the Children, http://www.savethechildren.org UN Environment Programme, http://www.unep.org Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, http://www.unhcr.ch UN World Food Programme, http://www.wfp.org Nobel Foundation Conflict Map, http://www.nobelprize.org/peace/educational National Geographic Society, http://www.nationalgeographic.com

Depleted Uranium and the Brain Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose Alternative Test Methods, Hazardous Waste, Warfare http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic Confidence Intervals, http://web.uccs.edu/lbecker/SPSS/confintervals.htm European Environment Agency: "Late Lessons from Early Warnings: The Precautionary Principle 1896-2000," http://reports.eea.eu.int/environmental_issue_report_2001_22/en/tab_content_RLR MedicineNet.com: glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=33140 Neuroscience for Kids: The Nose Knows, http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/nosek.html Society for Neuroscience: Smell and the Olfactory System, http://www.sfn.org/content/Publications/BrainBriefings/smell.html Society for Neuroscience: The Blood-Brain Barrier, http://www.sfn.org/content/Publications/BrainBriefings/blood-brain.html Society of Toxicology: Animals in Research, http://www.toxicology.org/publicoutreach/air/air.html Standard Deviation, http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/rr/database/RR.09.95/weston2.html Understanding the Standard Deviation, http://www.stats.org/record.jsp?type=news&ID=372

Wildlife Study Comparison Environmental Heath Perspectives, Environews by Topic page. Choose Endocrine Disruptors, Persistent Organic Pollutants, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic Schmidt CW. "The Lowdown on Low-dose endocrine disruptors." Environmental Health Perspectives, vol.109, Number 9, no.9, September 2001 pp. A420-A421, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2001/109-9/niehsnews.html#low

February 2005 Design and Evaluate an Underwater Logger Environmental Health Perspectives, Environews by Topic, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic. Choose Innovative Technologies, Natural Resources, Sustainable Development/Conservation Rainforest Alliance, SmartWood homepage, http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/programs/forestry/smartwood/index.html Forest Certification Watch, This Week's Story webpage, Focus on Recovered Wood: Recovered Wood & Certification, http://certificationwatch.org/article.php3?id_article=2289&var_recherche=underwater Book of Joe. Underwater logging in Brazil, http://www.bookofjoe.com/2004/09/underwater_logg.html Dive Web, Commercial Diving Channel, UnderWater Magazine, "Underwater Logging; Submerged Logs Yield Premium Harvests in a Virgin Market" By Madalyn Russell, http://www.diveweb.com/commdive/features/uw-fa97.03.htm Heritage Perspectives by Doug Mackey. Underwater Logging: A New Angle on Lumber, http://www.pastforward.ca/perspectives/Oct_122001.htm

A Table or Figure Is Worth a Thousand Words Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th Edition. 2001. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Using a Spoon to Clean the Air Environmental Health Perspectives, Environews by Topic page, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic Choose Particulate Matter Electric Charge and Coulomb's Law, http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/PY106/Charge.html Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelcoal.html. Choose Coal Kid's Corner Kentucky Foundation, Kentucky Coal Education Website, http://www.coaleducation.org The Physics Classroom--Lesson 3: Electric Force, http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/estatics/u8l3b.html U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, http://www.epa.gov/ Select Air under Quick Finder http://www.epa.gov/ttn/catc/dir1/fdespwpi.pdf Dry Electrostatic Precipitators (ESP): Wire-Pipe Type http://www.epa.gov/ttn/catc/dir1/fdespwpl.pdf Dry Electrostatic Precipitators (ESP): Wire-Plate Type http://www.epa.gov/ttn/catc/dir1/fwespwpi.pdf Wet Electrostatic Precipitators (ESP): Wire-Pipe Type http://www.epa.gov/ttn/catc/dir1/fwespwpl.pdf Wet Electrostatic Precipitators (ESP): Wire-Plate Type http://www.epa.gov/ttn/catc/dir1/cs6ch3.pdf EPA Air Pollution Cost Control Manual: Chapter 3: Electrostatic Precipitators

January 2005 Coral Reef Web Environmental Health Perspectives, Environews by Topic, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic. Choose Environmental Medicine, Marine and Coastal Science, Natural Resources, Sustainable Development/Conservation, Toxic Algae Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Habitat Protection: About Coral Reefs http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/coral/about.html National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Coral Reef Information System http://www.coris.noaa.gov/ Nassau Groupers: Morphology and Life History: http://www.greenreefbelize.com/reefbriefs/briefs73.html Sea and Sky Presents Reef Life: http://www.seasky.org/reeflife/sea2.html Sea Turtles: http://www.aquariumofniagara.org/aquarium/sea_turtle.htm Sea World: Reef Ecosystem http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/coral/reef-ecosystem.htm Species Snapper, Yellowtail: http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/WWW/macsis/lists/M010183.htm Teacher’s Notes/Lesson Plan on Coral Reefs: http://www.msc.ucla.edu/sswims/links_files/FrankLessonPlan.pdf For evolution extensions: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/survival/coral/partners.html

Echinacea: No Cure-all for Kids Environmental Health Perspectives, Environews by Topic page, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic Choose Children’s Health, Herbal Medicine, Pharmaceuticals/Drug Abuse Consumer Lab.com – Product Review: Echinacea http://www.consumerlab.com/results/echinacea.asp National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)-- Herbal Supplements: Consider Safety, Too http://nccam.nih.gov/health/supplement-safety/ National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)-- What’s in a Bottle? An Introduction to Dietary Supplements http://nccam.nih.gov/health/bottle/

RoboLobsters Environmental Health Perspectives, Environews by Topic page, http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic Choose Innovative Technologies, Marine and Coastal Science U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, analytical methods for testing water http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/methods/ U.S.G.S., Sampling Methods http://ca.water.usgs.gov/pnsp/pest.rep/meth.html