The National Library of Medicine Specialized Information Services Division has released an Enviro-Health Links page on Disaster Recovery and Environmental Health: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/disasterrecovery.html

This link provides information about recovering from natural and man-made disasters. It includes guides for state and local officials, links to state emergency management offices, information for emergency responders, guidelines for workers involved in environmental cleanup, and handling hazardous chemicals. It also includes searches of PubMed, Tox Town, and other NLM resources.

NLM also offers other Enviro-Health Links (http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/envirohealthlinks.html) on disaster topics including:

Hurricanes
Wildfires
Tornadoes
Biological Warfare Agents
Chemical Warfare Agents
Health Effects from the World Trade Center
Special Populations: Emergency and Disaster Preparedness

Additional NLM resources with information on disasters can be found at: http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/resourcesnlmdimrc.html

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