Occupational Health
Description
Occupational health refers to the identification and control of the risks arising from physical, chemical, and other workplace hazards in order to establish and maintain a safe and healthy working environment. These hazards may include chemical agents and solvents, heavy metals such as lead and mercury, physical agents such as loud noise or vibration, and physical hazards such as electricity or dangerous machinery. Since 1986, the NIEHS has supported training and education programs designed to protect workers and their communities from exposure to toxic materials encountered during hazardous waste operations and chemical emergency response. This includes safety and health training for workers who are involved in hazardous waste removal and comprehensive training and environmental restoration for residents living near heavily polluted industrial waste sites.
Health Studies & Clinical Trials
- Mexico Childhood Asthma
- Notice of Intent to Publish a Request for Applications for Gulf Oil Research Consortia: Impacts on Health of Residents
- NIH to Launch Gulf Oil Spill Health Study
What NIEHS is Doing on Occupational Health
- Mobile technologies poised to aid training and emergency response (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2012/11/spotlight-mobile/index.htm)
- WETP promotes logic model concept for training assessment (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2012/11/spotlight-wetp/index.htm)
- 12th Report on Carcinogens (RoC)
- Applying 21st Century Toxicology to Green Chemical and Material Design - Workshop Presentations from the National Academies Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions
- Applying Superfund Expertise to the Gulf Oil Spill (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2010/september/spotlight-applying.cfm)
- Certain Glass Wool Fibers (Inhalable) (575KB)
- Formaldehyde (373KB)
- Styrene (248KB)
- GuLF STUDY
- Environmental Public Health: The Power of Partnerships (2MB)
- Gulf Oil Spill Response Efforts
- Hazardous Material and Green Job Training for America's Workforce
- Interagency Mineral Fibers Group Meets at NIEHS (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2012/3/science-mineral-fibers/index.htm)
- National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety & Health Training
- NIEHS to Fund $36 Million in Worker Safety Training
- NIH Launches Largest Oil Spill Health Study
- Profile: Report on Carcinogens: Captafol
- Profile: Report on Carcinogens: Cobalt-Tungsten Carbide: Powders & Hard Metals
- Profile: Report on Carcinogens: o-Nitrotolulene
- Safety and Training of Oil Spill Response Workers
- Study Finds a Possible Biomarker of Occupational Exposure in Firefighters (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2012/9/science-biomarker/index.htm)
- Study finds that dad’s job can influence birth defects (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2012/10/science-dadsjob/index.htm)
- Worker Education & Training Program (WETP)
General Information
- Environmental Diseases from A to Z (4MB)
- Environmental Health Perspectives, Environews by Topic: Occupational Health
- Hearing Protection (654KB)
- Pesticide Action Network North America - PAN seeks to reduce the use of pesticides through more economically viable alternatives. Publishes reports on pesticide use, health effects, occupational safety, etc. Website also offers a Pesticide Database that allows you to search by chemical or product.
- Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms: Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor - Resources from NIH
For Educators
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders: Wise Ears!
- Ports in A Storm: A Surge of Solutions (194KB)
