Enviro-Health Links - Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma: Impact on environmental health
Federal Response
- FEMA
- The First Year After Hurricane Katrina: What the Federal Government Did
Department of Homeland Security - Hurricane Katrina
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Hurricane Katrina (Includes reports and training materials)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Katrina Impact Assessment
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Recovery from Katrina & Other 2005 Hurricanes
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Response to 2005 Hurricane
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Response and Recovery: Hurricane Katrina
USA Freedom Corps
Environmental Health Maps
Environmental Cleanup and Recovery
- Air and Water Test Results from the U. S. Environmental Protection
- NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences Data Resource Portal
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Mold and Endotoxin Levels in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: A Pilot Project of Homes in New Orleans Undergoing Renovation (PDF, 611 KB)
Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 114, Number 12, December 2006 - Mold Prevention Strategies and Possible Health Effects in the Aftermath of Hurricanes and Major Floods
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) June 9, 2006 / 55(RR08);1-27
Formaldehyde in Trailers
- FEMA Trailer Study
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Formaldehyde Information
FEMA
Searches from the National Library of Medicine
PubMed - Biomedical journal literature
TOXLINE - Special journal literature, technical reports and archival collections
Hazardous Substances Data Bank - Toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals
- Arsenic - Found in water samples at levels over EPA limits
- Arsenic Compounds - Found in water samples at levels over EPA limits
- Asbestos - Potentially in damaged or destroyed buildings
- Benzene - Potentially in petroleum spills
- Carbon Monoxide - Danger from unvented generators and stoves
- Chromium - Found in water samples at levels over EPA limits
- Chromium Compounds - Found in water samples at levels over EPA limits
- Diethylhexyl phthalate - Found in water samples at levels over EPA limits
- Formaldehyde - In trailers
- Fuel Oil No.2 (Diesel) - In water from spills
- Gasoline - In water from spills
- Kerosene - In water from spills
- Lead Compounds - Found in water samples at levels over EPA limits
- Naled (Dibrom) - Mosquito spraying
- Propane - Potentially from loose tanks
Información en Español
- Formaldehído
- Lo que debe saber acerca del Formaldehído en casas móviles (PDF, 117 KB)
FEMA - Niveles de formaldehído en trailers que proporcionó FEMA Resumen del estudio de los CDC en la región de la costa del Golfo de México (PDF, 140 KB)
FEMA - Preguntas y Respuestas FormaldehÍdo y Casas Rodantes (PDF, 26 KB)
FEMA - Resultados preliminares de las pruebas de la calidad del aire en
las casas móviles provistas por FEMA
Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades
- Lo que debe saber acerca del Formaldehído en casas móviles (PDF, 117 KB)
- Huracanes Katrina, Rita y Wilma
GobiernoUSA.gov - Respuesta de EPA a huracanes del 2005
Agencia de Protección Ambiental de los Estados Unidos
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