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Diseases • Environmental Health • Food Preservation • Fruits • Landscape & Ornamentals • Master Gardeners • Vegetables • Your Home • Other Links of Interest

Diseases

• American Phytopathological Society - St. Paul Minnesota - International scientific organization devoted to the study and control of plant diseases and to promote knowledge of plant diseases.
• Daylily Rust Information - Canada
• Daylily Rust Information - Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service
• Entomology and Plant Pathology Section - University of Tennessee - Insect/disease profiles, photos, digital imaging
• Extension Plant Pathology Department - University Of Georgia - Disease news/updates, disease image library, digital imaging, related links.
• Fungi of Canada - University of Guelph - pictures and descriptions of various slime moulds, sac fungi, gill fungi, etc
• Home and Garden Information Center - Clemson University - fact sheets on disease. Extension updates, plant disease clinic link
• Home and Garden Information Center - University of Maryland - photographic keys to help diagnose plant problems, fact sheets, news
• Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic - Cornell University - fact sheets, news, related links, photos
• Plant Disease and Insect Clinic - North Carolina State University - disease images on various crops, newsletters, fact sheets
• Plant Disease and Insect Diagnostic Lab - Oklahoma State University - clinic site, newsletters, disease problem photos, services
• Plant Facts - Ohio State University - disease fact sheets of various crops, photos, related links
• Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic lab - Texas A & M University - disease photos, services, news, fact sheets, related links
• Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center - Washington State University - horticultural items, diseases, soil and nutrition
• Virginia Cooperative Extension Service - Virginia Tech - plant disease facts sheets, news
• Virtual Plant and Pest Diagnostic Lab - Purdue University - Plant questions, plant problem clinic, images, reference links.

Environmental Health Links

Air Quality: Indoor and Outdoor

• Healthy Homes Webtool Healthy Homes Webtool. Created by the University of Wisconsin at Madison, this is an excellent source of home safety information with emphasis on children. The Webtool addresses indoor environmental dangers as well as pesticide and household product safety.
• The Healthy Indoor Air for America's Homes Program was developed to provide basic but comprehensive information to consumers on how to get a handle on indoor air quality (IAQ) in their homes. The US EPA's studies of human exposure to air pollutants indicate that indoor air levels of many pollutants may be 2-5 times, and occasionally, more than 100 times higher than outdoor levels. These levels of indoor air pollutants are of particular concern because it is estimated that most people spend as much as 90% of their time indoors. To learn more visit the US EPA's Indoor Air Quality site.
• Indoor Air Pollution: An Introduction for Health Professionals (IAQ-0052). USEPA IAQ INFO 1-800-438-4318.
• Air Quality Index: A Guide to Air Quality and Your Health 2000. USEPA EPA 454-R-00-005. EPA
• Ozone Monitoring, Mapping, and Public Outreach, Delivering Real-Time Ozone Information to Your Community  USEPA EPA 625-R-99-007.
• Ozone Action Day Information TNRCC. 

Asbestos

• The Asbestos Informer USEPA EPA 340-1-90-020. Call EPA Region 6 Asbestos Coordinator: 1-800-887-6063 

Asthma

• Cleaning the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air Exposures 2000. National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine. Full report available from National Academy Press: 1-800-624-6242 or it can be read 0n-line at: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/9610.html
• Asthma - A Speaker's Kit For Public Health Professionals Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health.
• USEPA's webpage on asthma information 
• Asthma Management Model System A Web site developed by National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP).
• Focus: Asthma. Minority Lung Disease Data.  American Lung Association 
• Breath of Life Asthma Web site. National Library of Medicine. Contains resources, research, interactives. 

Bioterrorism

• Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response
• Bioterrorism Readiness Plan: A Template for Healthcare Facilities
• Biological Terrorism - A slideshow presentation
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - links to their library of biological terrorism resources

Chemical & Toxicological Information

• Chemical Fact Sheets USEPA. Each fact sheet provides brief summary of information on a chemical, including its identity, production and use, environmental fate, health and environmental effects, regulatory information, and additional resource information.
• Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)  USEPA, Office of Research and Development. IRIS is a database of human health effects that may result from exposure to various substances in the environment. Contains links to other sources of environmental health info. USEPA.
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
• Chemical Emergency Preparedness & Prevention Office's Chemical Information Provides information on Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS), Chemical Profiles, & Emergency Aid Guide. USEPA
• National Antimicrobial Information Network (NAIN) Cooperative effort of Oregon State University & USEPA. Provides science-based information on antimicrobial-related subjects. Toll-free number: 1-800-447-6349

Children's Environmental Health Concerns

• USEPA's Office of Children's Health Protection
• Training Manual on Pediatric Environmental Health: Putting It Into Practice Children's Environmental Health Network (CEHN). Individual Modules or entire Training Manual can be downloaded from

Communicable Diseases

• Severe Acute Respriratory Syndrome (SARS) This site provides reliable up to date information about SARS as well as comprehensive links to other related resources.

Lead

• Healthy Homes Webtool Healthy Homes Webtool. Created by the University of Wisconsin at Madison, this is an excellent source of home safety information with emphasis on children. The Webtool addresses indoor environmental dangers as well as pesticide and household product safety.
• Numerous publications for treatment and preventing lead poisoning at National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• USEPA's Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards (OAQPS) Air Toxics Website. Lead and Compounds.
• Lead Information Center  1-800-424-LEAD

Mercury

• Mercury Study Report to Congress, Volume V: Health Effects of Mercury and Mercury Compounds USEPA. EPA 452-R-97-007. Call: 1-800-553-6847. Volume 5 or entire study (8 volumes) may also be viewed online or downloaded from EPA.
• How to Plan and Hold A Mercury Fever Thermometer Exchange. Health Care Without Harm.

Mold

• Mold Remediation in Schools and Commercial Buildings. USEPA EPA 402-K-01-001.
• Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture, and Your Home - This Guide provides information and guidance for homeowners and renters on how to clean up residential mold problems and how to prevent mold growth.

Pesticides

• Healthy Homes Webtool Healthy Homes Webtool. Created by the University of Wisconsin at Madison, this is an excellent source of home safety information with emphasis on children. The Webtool addresses indoor environmental dangers as well as pesticide and household product safety.
• Pesticides and National Strategies for Health Care Providers - Health Care Initiative. USEPA
• Recognition and Management for Pesticide Poisonings, 5th Edition. USEPA. 1999. Available in English or Spanish. For 5 or fewer copies call: 703-305-7666; larger orders - call 1-800-490-9198.  Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings, published by EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs and is edited by Dr. Routt Reigart and Dr. James Roberts. The manual is in an easy-to-use format that covers approximately 1,500 pesticide products with 19 chapters that cover toxicology, signs and symptoms of poisoning, and treatments.
• EXTONET - Extension Toxicology Network. Provides science-based information to health care providers treating pesticide-related health concerns.
• Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996. Includes a new safety standard - reasonable certainty of no harm - that must be applied to all pesticides used on foods.

Health Practioner's Education

• Training manual on Pediatric Environmental Health: Putting it Into Practice. Children's Environmental Health Network. Can download entire manual or individual modules. 
• Children's Medial Center Of Dallas - Children's is a private, not-for-profit Dallas healthcare facility that deals exclusively with a variety of diseases and disorders among children from birth to age 18.
• USEPA's secondhand smoke information

Water

• Healthy Homes Webtool Healthy Homes Webtool. Created by the University of Wisconsin at Madison, this is an excellent source of home safety information with emphasis on children. The Webtool addresses indoor environmental dangers as well as pesticide and household product safety.
• Drinking Water Regulations and Health Advisories (USEPA)
• What are the health effects of contaminants in drinking water? USEPA

Additional Resource Material

• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Educational Materials Catalog for Professionals
• Contacts for Indoor Air, Radon, Lead, Pesticides & Asbestos Information Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) - Asbestos - 501-682-0718; Lead -501-682- 0717
• Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) - Indoor Air and Radon - 1-800-482-5400

Food Preservation

• The National Center for Home Food Preservation is an excellent source for current research-based recommendations for most methods of home food preservation. The Center was established with funding from the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (CSREES-USDA) to address food safety concerns for those who practice and teach home food preservation and processing methods. 

Fruits

• Fruits and Pecans - Oklahoma State University

Landscape and Ornamentals

• Arkansas Green Industry Association (formerly the Arkansas Nurserymen's Association
• Garvan Woodland Gardens
• Arkansas Christmas Tree Growers Association
• Arkansas Farm Bureau
• Plant Hardiness Zone Map is of great importance to all gardeners to help them make the correct plant material choices for their zones.
• American Horticultural Society Heat Zone Map - The Heat Zone Map indicates the point at which plants start physiologically suffering from long periods of heat.

Master Gardeners

• Northwest Louisiana Master Gardeners
• Mastergardeners.com

Vegetables

• Arkansas Farmers Markets
• Little Rock River Market
• The American Gourd Society 

Your Home

• MSUCares: Home & Family: Housing - Excessive housing costs affect all households especially young families, single-parent families and the elderly who are ether trying to buy a home or find an affordable place to rent. For most families, buying adequate housing is the single largest investment each will make in a lifetime.  The resources  contained on the web site emphasize: housing affordability based on the family budget, proper maintenance and upkeep, maintaining safe and secure surroundings, and resources for more housing information
• Healthy Homes Webtool Healthy Homes Webtool. Created by the University of Wisconsin at Madison, this is an excellent source of home safety information with emphasis on children. The Webtool addresses indoor environmental dangers as well as pesticide and household product safety.

Other Links of Interest

• Agriculture in Arkansas - The Agriculture in Arkansas web site was created for the people of Arkansas by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.  On this site you will find links to organizations offering services to the agriculture industry of our state.
• Arkansas Christmas Tree Growers Association
• Arkansas State Plant Board
• National Agricultural Pest Information System
• National Plant Board
• Naturally Arkansas - The Arkansas Agriculture Product Market, developed by the Arkansas State Plant Board, to help potential buyers locate Arkansas producers and Arkansas products.
• University of Arkansas Department of Horticulture
• USGS - Butterflies of North America
• U.S.D.A. Cooperative State, Research, Education and Extension Service - The CSREES provides leadership and administration to identify, develop and manage programs to support university-based and other institutional research, education and extension.