[ + ]American Public Health Association - Environmental Health
Title | American Public Health Association - Environmental Health |
Description | APHA is an organization that works to strengthen public health and influences federal policy by raising awareness. APHA’s focus areas within environmental health are children’s environmental health, climate change, environmental justice, lead contamination, and the National Council for Environmental Health & Equity. Their American Journal of Public Health is available in full text through several VLS Databases. Search for the American Journal of Public Health in Julien to link to these databases. |
URL | https://www.apha.org/topics-and-issues/environmental-health |
[ + ]CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health
Title | CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health |
Description | CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) is a program that works to protect the health of the American people by promoting a healthy environment, especially for the most vulnerable communities. Featured environmental health topics include natural disasters, severe weather, radiation emergencies, lead poisoning prevention, mold, air quality, etc. |
URL | https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/index.html |
[ + ]Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ)
Title | Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) |
Description | The Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) is a grassroots environmental activist organization working to fight environmental health and environmental justice issues that affect communities across the nation. The site includes information about fracking, superfunds, climate change, toxic chemicals, etc. Additional resources can be found under the “News & Resources” section providing access to news articles, a resource library, information from policy experts, and media releases. |
URL | http://chej.org/ |
[ + ]Children’s Environmental Health Network (CHEN)
Title | Children’s Environmental Health Network (CHEN) |
Description | Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) is an organization that focuses on protecting children from environmental health hazards by promoting a healthier environment. Priority areas include cleaner air, cleaner water, safe food, climate change mitigation & adaptation, a toxic-free economy, healthy places, climate justice, and access to nature. |
URL | http://cehn.org/ |
[ + ]Environmental Health News (EHN)
Title | Environmental Health News (EHN) |
Description | EHN is a foundation-funded journalism organization that publishes articles written by its own journalists as well as links to news sites worldwide. Environmental Health News discusses international science and policy related to environmental health issues. This website provides articles related to many environmental health topics, including justice, toxics, climate, plastic pollution, children’s health, climate, energy, biodiversity, and food/water. It also provides articles on Special Projects concerning fracking, pesticides, BPA, and PFAS. |
URL | https://www.ehn.org/ |
[ + ]Environmental Working Group
Title | Environmental Working Group |
Description | The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a national organization that works to promote healthier lives through research and education about environmental health issues. EWG provides information about its key areas: food & water, farming & agriculture, personal care products, household & consumer products, energy, family health, and toxic chemicals. EWG provides access to research conducted by the organization by selecting “Research” at the top of the page. EWG also provides consumer guides, reports, and news articles. |
URL | http://www.ewg.org/ |
[ + ]EPA- Health Topics
Title | EPA- Health Topics |
Description | Provides information about health topics related to environmental hazards to keep the public informed. These topics include staying healthy and safe, air quality and health, indoor air and health, children’s health, pesticides health and safety, and science and research. Each topic provides links to related sub-topics. The site also provides links to EPA research programs such as the Human Health Risk Assessment Research Program, and laboratories as well as environmental health news releases. |
URL | https://www.epa.gov/environmental-topics/health-topics |
[ + ]Frontiers | Environmental Health
Title | Frontiers | Environmental Health |
Description | Frontiers is an academic publisher that provides users with a chance to learn more about environmental health. The webpage contains articles and research topics. Users are able to navigate through and learn more about different environmental health topics by clicking on the links that provide access to published articles. |
URL | https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-health |
[ + ]GreenFacts
Title | GreenFacts |
Description | GreenFacts is a non-profit whose mission is to provide clear summaries of complex scientific reports on health, the environment, and sustainable development . The site includes access to scientific reports about health and the environment and videos about environmental health. Topic areas include air pollution, biodiversity, chemical substances, climate change, disease prevention, energy, food & lifestyle, radiation, and sustainable development. |
URL | https://copublications.greenfacts.org/en/index.htm |
[ + ]Harvard T.H. Chan | School of Public Health – Department of Environmental Health
Title | Harvard T.H. Chan | School of Public Health – Department of Environmental Health |
Description | The Department of Environmental Health at Harvard’s School of Public Health advances human health by providing training and research. The Department’s research areas include air pollution, chemicals, climate, greenspace, metals, microplastics, noise, nutrition, occupational/industrial exposures, radiation, and water. |
URL | https://hsph.harvard.edu/department/environmental-health/ |
[ + ]Health Effects Institute
Title | Health Effects Institute |
Description | The Health Effects Institute aims to provide high quality, impartial science on the health effects of air pollution. HEI identifies high priority research areas related to health effects and funds, oversees, and reviews research projects. HEI’s website provides access to their research and databases under the “Research & Funding” tab. The website also provides a variety of publications including research reports, special reports, perspectives, communications, newsletters, and more. |
URL | https://www.healtheffects.org/ |
[ + ]National Conference of State Legislatures - Environment & Natural Resources
Title | National Conference of State Legislatures - Environment & Natural Resources |
Description | The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) is a national organization that provides lawmakers in every state with the tools and resources needed to strengthen state legislatures. The Environment and Natural Resources page provides research and analysis on areas such as: climate change and air quality; environmental health; healthy communities; land use; natural resources; waste management; and water. |
URL | https://www.ncsl.org/environment-and-natural-resources |
[ + ]National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
Title | National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) |
Description | The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and its environmental health professionals work to advance and provide environmental health for everyone. NEHA provides training and online education resources, annual conferences, and publishes the peer-reviewed Journal of Environmental Health (free access through the website). Go to the “Resources” tab and select “By Topic” to find information relating to several areas such as air quality, water quality, child health, climate change, food safety, healthy homes, and vectors/pests. |
URL | http://neha.org/ |
[ + ]National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Title | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) |
Description | The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is a research institute that works to promote healthier lives by contributing to scientific knowledge of human health and the environment. NIEHS provides newsletters and recently published research. Under the “Health and Education” tab, users can find brochures, fact sheets, and the “Environmental Health Topics” page that lists nearly 60 key topic areas such as agriculture health, air pollution, pesticides, etc. |
URL | https://www.niehs.nih.gov/ |
[ + ]Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) – Human Health
Title | Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) – Human Health |
Description | The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is an environmental law advocacy group that provides policy solutions in the following areas: climate change, communities, energy, food, health, oceans, water, and the wild. The site provides articles and reports covering different environmental health issues that can also be found through the “Our Work” tab and then the “Human Health” category. |
URL | https://www.nrdc.org/issues/human-health |
[ + ]The Network for Public Health Law – Environment, Climate, and Health
Title | The Network for Public Health Law – Environment, Climate, and Health |
Description | The Network for Public Health Law aims to provide legal assistance on public health issues. Topic Areas include Health Equity, Healthy Living, Healthy Living, Improved Access to Care, and Empowered Public Health System. The Environment, Climate, and Health page explores the connection between the environment and public health and how legal and policy strategies can improve both areas. Resources include articles, fact sheets, handbooks, and webinars. |
URL | https://www.networkforphl.org/resources/topics/environmental-health/ |
[ + ]United Nations – Global Health Crises Task Force
Title | United Nations – Global Health Crises Task Force |
Description | The United Nations Global Health Crises Task Force was implemented for a one-year period beginning on July 1, 2016. The Task Force was made up of a group of members to monitor the recommendations of the High-level Panel on the Global Response to Health Crises. The Task Force sought to strengthen global health, and to enhance the preparedness and responsiveness to global health emergencies. This site provides Task Force reports and meeting notes, emergency information, reporting guidelines, access to multidisciplinary UN databases, news and media, and links to specific global health issues/campaigns. |
URL | https://www.un.org/en/our-work/global-health-crises-task-force |
[ + ]United Nations – Health
Title | United Nations – Health |
Description | The United Nations (UN) is a global organization made up of members from various nations to confront shared challenges and duties. The UN focuses on different issues and campaigns like health and global health crises. The UN recognizes environmental pollution as a health issue and works with the World Health Organization (WHO), an organization that works within the UN system, to lad efforts to protect global health. The site provides world health statistics, UN agencies and funds involved in protecting health, relevant news and media, and global health achievements and links to specific issues addressed by the UN. |
URL | https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/health |
[ + ]World Health Organization – Environmental, Climate Change, and Health
Title | World Health Organization – Environmental, Climate Change, and Health |
Description | The World Health Organization (WHO) was created by the United Nations and works alongside governments to ensure better health for all people. WHO’s environmental health site provides statistical information, factsheets, publications, campaigns, and environmental health topics such as air pollution, chemical safety, children’s environmental health, climate change, water, urban health, and water. To review other health topics WHO works on, visit the Health Topics link towards the top left of the site. |
URL | https://www.who.int/teams/environment-climate-change-and-health |
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