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Note: There are an enormous number of resources relevant to toxicology and environmental health in the United States. The following is necessarily a highly selected list of some of the most noteworthy. Additional resources are listed at the U.S. National Library of Medicine's Toxicology Links, a product of its Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program (TEHIP).
Government Agencies
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
- Chemical Hazards Response Information System (CHRIS) (US Coast Guard)
- Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Chemical Assessment and Management Program (ChAMP)
- Environmental Justice
- Hazardous Waste
- Office of Pesticide Programs (Spanish) (Programas de Seguridad con los Pesticidas) Pesticides
- Toxicity and Exposure Assessment for Children's Health
- Food and Drug Administration
- Geological Survey (USGS)
- National Academy of Sciences
- Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (BEST)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- National Toxicology Program
- National Library of Medicine
- Environmental Health & Toxicology
- TOXNET Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
- Safety and Health Topics: Hazard Communication U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety
- U.S. Department of Defense
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Information Analysis Center
- U.S. Department of Justice
- Environment and Natural Resources Division
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
State Government Agencies (selected)
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
- Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)
- California Environmental Protection Agency
- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- Oregon DHS Environmental Toxicology Program
- Washington State Department of Ecology - Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction
Non-Government Organizations
- Center for Health, Environment and Justice
- Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology (CIIT), The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
- Children's Environmental Health Network
- Collaborative on Health and the Environment
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Environmental Working Group (EWG)
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
- Science & Environmental Health Network
- Scorecard - The Pollution Information Site
- Toxicology Education Foundation
- Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment
- U.S. Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) Women's Health and the Environment
Universities
The U.S. Society of Toxicology maintains a Resource Guide to Careers in Toxicology. This guide lists American universities that offer programs in toxicology and environmental heath.
Professional Societies
- Air and Waste Management Association
- American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT)
- American Board of Toxicology
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- American College of Medical Toxicology
- Association of Government Toxicologist (AGT)
- American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT)
- American College of Toxicology
- American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)
- American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
- American Public Health Association (APHA)
- Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASB)
- National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)
- National Environmental Health Association NEHA)
- Neurobehavioral Teratology Society (NBTS)
- Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)
- Society for Chemical Hazard Communications
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
- Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT)
- Society of Toxicologic Pathologists (STP)
- Society of Toxicology (SOT)
- Teratology Society
- Water Environment Federation (WEF)
Poison Information/Control Centers
Miscellaneous Resources
- A Small Dose of Toxicology - An introduction to toxicology.
- Environmental Health News - An RSS News Feed.
- Environmental Research Foundation Scorecard - A pollution information site.
- IPMopedia - Integrated Pest Management.
- Toxipedia - A toxicology encyclopedia and resource center.
- Vermont Safety Information Resources on the Internet (SIRI)
Key Publications and Databases
Legislation
- US EPA Laws, Regulations, Guidance and Dockets - An expanded list of US regulations related to toxicology and environmental health.
- Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
- Clean Air Act (CAA)
- Clean Water Act (CWA)
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund)
- Endangered Species Act (ESA)
- Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA)
- Pollution Prevention Act (PPA)
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
- Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
About the United States of America
- USA.gov (The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal)
- InfoUSA (from the U.S. Department of State)
- U.S. Media Internet Links (Listings of and links to media newspapers, broadcast media, blogs, etc.)
- United States of America Resources in Spanish / Recursos en Español (Portals To The World)
- The World Factbook: United States (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Environmental Burden of Disease Country Profile (World Health Organization)
TOXLINE References (United States)
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