Links to other online resources for health care providers

Below is a list of online resources in the following categories:

• Organizations
• General Environmental Health Resources
• Topical Resources
• Environmental Health Listservs

Organizations:

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Environmental Health

Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC)

Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI): Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
    
Collaborative on Health and Environment (CHE) 

Healthy Schools Network

International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS)    

National Library of Medicine (NLM):

• Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal    
• Children’s Environmental Health WWW Sampler

Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU):

Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit

U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):

• National Center for Environmental Health
• National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Office of Children’s Health Protection (OCHP)
• America’s Children and the Environment (ACE)

General Environmental Health Resources:

Pediatric Environmental Health, Second Edition
by American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Environmental Health
Edited by Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD and Sophie J. Balk, MD
Order here for $39.95 for members and $44.95 for non-members.

American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statements Authored by the Committee on Environmental Health   
Including:

• Ambient Air Pollution: Health Hazards to Children
• Chemical-Biological Terrorism and Its Impact on Children
• Environmental Tobacco Smoke: A Hazard to Children
• Infant Methemoglobinemia: The Role of Dietary Nitrate in Food and Water (new)
• Global Climate Change and Children’s Health:  Policy Statement (new)
• Global Climate Change and Children’s Health:  Technical Report (new)
• Mercury in the Environment: Implications for Pediatricians
• Nontherapeutic Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Animal Agriculture: Implications for Pediatrics
• Pediatric Exposure and Potential Toxicity of Phthalate Plasticizers
• Radiation Disasters and Children
• Lead Exposure in Children: Prevention, Detection, and Treatment (new)
• Spectrum on Noninfectious Health Effects from Molds:  Policy Statement (new)
• Spectrum on Noninfectious Health Effects from Molds:  Technical Report (new)
• Ultraviolet Light: A Hazard to Children

Environmental Health Listservs:

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) – News List
General information and subscription information

National Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus Environmental Health Listserv   
Sign up (input your e-mail address and specify the "Environmental Health" topic)

Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN)
Subscribe here or send a blank message to: cehnscience-on@cehn.org

Occupational & Environmental Medicine for Clinicians & Public Health Professionals
[occ-env-med-l@listserv.unc.edu]
Moderator: Gary N. Greenberg, MD MPH    
Univ. N. Carolina School Public Health & Duke Univ. Med. Ctr.
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