Alaska Resources

• Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT) -- The only comprehensive data base of contaminated sites in Alaska with the mapping of 2,000 military, oil and gas, mining and other industrial sites.
 
• Alaska Mercury Biomonitoring Program -- The level of mercury in human hair can give us information about exposure to mercury in the diet. (PDF size: 240kb)
 
• Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium - Division of Environmental Health and Engineering (DEHE) -- Water, sanitation and medical facilities in Alaska Native communities.
 
• Division of Environmental Health - State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation -- Program descriptions, analyses, permits.
 
• Division of Subsistence, Alaska Department of Fish & Game -- Research branch ADF&G responsible for study of subsistence.
 
• Environmental Health Program - State of Alaska -- Information on food safety and environmental health hazards.
 
• Environmental Services Division - Anchorage Municipality -- Air quality and food safety: vehicle emission tests and restaurant inspections.
 
• Rural Alaska Sanitation Coalition -- Promoting improvement in water, sewer, waste disposal and environmental health in rural Alaska.
 
• Use of Traditional Foods in a Healthy Diet in Alaska: Risks in Perspective -- Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Related Compounds
 

U.S. Government Resources

• Enviro-Health Links - Pesticide Exposure -- This National Library of Medicine (NLM) Enviro-Health Links site addresses the relationship between pesticides and human health. The page provides links to selected web sites on pesticide exposure, as well as on the treatment and prevention of pesticide poisoning.
 
• Haz-Map: Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents -- An occupational health database designed for health and safety professionals and for consumers seeking information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals and biological agents at work.
 
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) - U.S. -- Environmental health information and descriptions of NIEHS research programs.
 
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- Comprehensive site on environmental topics. Includes public registry, case descriptions and links to relevant legislation.
 

General

• Ambient Air Pollution: Health Hazards to Children -- A policy statement by the American Association of Pediatrics.  
• Chemical-Biological Terrorism and Its Impact on Children: A Subject Review -- Information bulletin and recommendations by the American Association of Pediatrics  
• Environmental Tobacco Smoke: A Hazard to Children -- American Association of Pediatrics policy statement, with recommendations for pediatricians.  
• Healthy People 2010 & Environmental Health -- Resource page compiled by the Public Health Foundation.  
• Human Health - Canadian Arctic Contaminants Assessment Report II -- Summary of the knowledge on human exposure to and possible health effects of current levels of environmental contaminants in the Canadian Arctic. Published in 2003. (PDF size: 2,626kb)  
• State of the Arctic Environment Report -- AMAP report on Arctic contaminants.  
• Toxic Effects of Indoor Molds -- Information bulletin and recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics.  
• Ultraviolet Light: A Hazard to Children -- Information bulletin and recommendations by American Association of Pediatrics.  

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