Enviro-Health Links - Arsenic and Human Health
Overview
- Arsenic
International Chemical Safety Cards, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Arsenic
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Arsenic
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Environews by Topic: Arsenic
Environmental Health Perspectives - Inorganic Arsenic in Workplace Atmospheres
Occupational Safety and Health Administration - NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Occupational Safety and Health Guideline for Arsenic, organic compounds
Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Public Health Statement for Arsenic
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - Toxicological Profile for Arsenic
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Regulations and Policy
- Arsenic in Drinking Water: Regulatory Developments and Issues (PDF, 77 KB)
Congressional Research Service - Arsenic Rule
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Safe Drinking Water Act
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Safe Drinking Water Act: Implementation and Issues (PDF, 100 KB)
Congressional Research Service
Specific Aspects
Arsenic Compounds
- Arsenic and Compounds (PDF, 18 KB)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Environmental Arsenic and Arsenic Compounds
International Programme on Chemical Safety, World Health Organization - Arsenic and Compounds
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Arsenic Compounds, Inorganic. Eleventh Report on Carcinogens (PDF, 150 KB)
National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - International Chemical Safety Cards: Arsenic Trioxide
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Arsenic Trioxide (PDF, 23 KB)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Arsenic in Drinking Water
- Arsenic Fact Sheet
NSF International - Arsenic in Drinking Water
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Arsenic in Drinking Water
World Health Organization - Arsenic in Drinking Water: 2001 Update
Subcommittee to Update the 1999 Arsenic in Drinking Water Report. Committee on Toxicology. Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology. National Research Council. National Academy Press - Arsenic in Drinking Water: Compliance Help
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Arsenic in ground water of the United States
United States Geological Survey - Mapping Arsenic in Groundwater
National Atlas of the United States of America® - Local Drinking Water Information
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - State Certification Officers for Drinking Water Laboratories
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Arsenic in Pressure Treated Lumber
Chromated copper arsenate (CCA) is a preservative used to protect wood from decay and fire
- Arsenic-Treated Wood: Background and Overview (PDF, 43 KB)
Congressional Research Service - Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) -Treated Wood Used in Playground Equipment
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Inorganic Arsenical Pressure-Treated Wood
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - CCA-Treated Wood Projects
Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management - Special Treatment: Disposing of CCA-Treated Wood
Environmental Health Perspectives, Volume 109, Number 6, June 2001
Arsenic Cleanup
- Removing Arsenic from Drinking Water
Environmental Health Perspectives, Volume 106, Number 11, November 1998 - Safe Water
West Bengal and Bangladesh Arsenic Crisis Information Centre - Technologies and Costs for Removal of Arsenic from Drinking Water (PDF, 640 KB)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Searches from the National Library of Medicine
• PubMed - Biomedical journal literature
- Arsenic and Arsenic Compounds
• TOXLINE - Special journal literature, technical reports and archival collections
Hazardous Substances Data Bank - Toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals
ChemIDplus - Chemical identification and structure database
TOXMAP - Mapping chemical releases into air, water, and ground
MedlinePlus - Consumer Health Information
• NLM Catalog - Access to information about books and other materials in NLM's catalog
Portals
- Arsenic Health Effects Research Program
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley - USGS Arsenic Studies Group
U.S. Geological Survey
Información en Español
- Arsénico
MedlinePlus - Arsénico
Tox Town en Español - Arsénico
Departamento de Salud y Servicios para Personas Mayores de New Jersey - Resumen de Salud Pública Arsénico
La Agencia para Sustancias Tóxicas y el Registro de Enfermedades - Un Informe Público sobre la Madera Tratada a
Presión con CCA Usada para el Equipo en Áreas de Recreo Ha Sido Programado
Comisión para la Seguridad de los Productos de Consumo de de los Estados Unidos
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