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Links to related websites

If what you're looking for isn't on our National Analysis of Trace Elements homepage or publications page, these websites may be useful.

• Element by element...
  • Arsenic
  • Lead
  • Mercury
  • Selenium
  • Uranium, Radon, & other radionuclides
• General information...
  • Drinking-water organizations
  • Trace elements and human/environmental health
  • Other research on trace elements

Arsenic

• USGS-- Arsenic Studies Group
• USGS-- Arsenic in ground water of 9 counties in southeastern Michigan
• USGS-- Relation of arsenic in ground water to bedrock lithology in eastern New England
• Alberta Health and Wellness/Health Surveillance-- Arsenic in groundwater from domestic wells in Three areas of northern Alberta (PDF)
• Groundwater Resources Association of California-- Symposium on Arsenic in Groundwater
• Harvard University-- Arsenic Project Website
• National Research Council-- Arsenic in drinking water and 2001 Update
• Natural Resources Defense Council-- FAQs: Arsenic in drinking water
• World Health Organization-- Arsenic in drinking water
• US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry-- ToxFAQs: Arsenic
• US Congressional Research Service-- Report for Congress: Arsenic in Drinking Water-- Recent Regulatory Developments and Issues
• US Environmental Protection Agency-- Arsenic Standard pages
• West Bengal and Bangladesh Arsenic Crisis Information Centre
• London Arsenic Group

Lead

• US Environmental Protection Agency-- Lead Programs

Mercury

• USGS-- Mercury in the Environment
• USGS-- Mercury Studies Team
• USGS-- Environmental Mercury in California
• Mercury Experiment To Assess Atmospheric Loading In Canada and the US (METAALICUS)
• National Research Council-- Report on toxicological effects of methylmercury
• US Environmental Protection Agency-- Mercury Website

Selenium

• US Bureau of Reclamation-- National Irrigation Water Quality Program
    (studies on selenium and other elements in the Western US)

Uranium, Radon, & other radionuclides

• USGS-- Radon Homepage
• Health Canada-- Radiological guidelines for drinking water

Drinking-water organizations

• American Water Works Association
• Association of State Drinking Water Administrators
• National Ground Water Association
• Groundwater Foundation
• National Rural Water Association
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency information for private well owners
• California Ground Water Association

Trace elements & health

• ATSDR/Centers for Disease Control-- ToxFAQs
• National Institutes of Health/National Toxicology Program-- Chemical Health and Safety Information
• US Environmental Protection Agency-- National Recommended Water Quality Criteria for approximately 150 pollutants.
• US Environmental Protection Agency-- Drinking-Water Regulations and Health Advisories for Inorganics and Radionuclides:
    2004 Edition of the Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories
• Columbia University-- Health Effects and Geochemistry of Arsenic and Manganese

Other research on trace elements

• USGS-- Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative
• USGS-- Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends
• USGS-- Central Region Minerals Program
• USGS-- Kansas Reservoir Sediment Coring Studies
• USGS-- Mine Drainage Interest Group
• USGS-- Mineral Resource Surveys Program
• USGS-- National Atmospheric Deposition Program
• USGS-- National Research Program projects
• USGS-- Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
• Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health
• Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration
• University of Sheffield-- Periodic Table of the Elements