United States

updated Sep 06, 2010 by Steven Gilbert

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Overview

View United States in a larger map Legend:

= Government Agency,

= NGO,

= University,

= Professional Society,

= Poison Control Center,

= Toxic Site.

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

State Government Agencies (selected)

Non-Government Organizations

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

Poison Information/Control Centers

American Association of Poison 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

See WLT Resources Page

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)
- History, Arts, and Culture
- Travel, Transportation and Recreation
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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h1. Overview


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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|http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/toxweblinks.html], a product of its Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program (TEHIP).

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h1. Government Agencies


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- [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)|http://www.cdc.gov/]
- [National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)|http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/]
-- [NIOSH Document: Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards|http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/]
-- [NIOSH Databases and Information Resources|http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/database.html]
- [Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)|http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/]
- [Chemical Hazards Response Information System (CHRIS) (US Coast Guard)|http://www.chrismanual.com/]
- [Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)|http://www.cpsc.gov]
- [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)|http://www.epa.gov/]
- [Chemical Assessment and Management Program (ChAMP)|http://www.epa.gov/champ/]
-- [El Portal Español de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de los Estados Unidos|http://www.epa.gov/espanol/]
- [Environmental Justice|http://www.epa.gov/Compliance/environmentaljustice/index.html]
- [Hazardous Waste|http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/hazwaste.htm]
- [Office of Pesticide Programs (Spanish) (Programas de Seguridad con los Pesticidas) Pesticides|http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/safety/spanish/index.htm]
- [Toxicity and Exposure Assessment for Children's Health|http://www.epa.gov/teach/]
- [Food and Drug Administration|http://www.fda.gov/]
-- [Center for Drug Evaluation and Research|http://www.fda.gov/cder/]
-- [National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)|http://www.fda.gov/nctr/index.html]
- [Geological Survey (USGS)|http://www.usgs.gov]
- [National Academy of Sciences|http://www.national-academies.org/]
- [Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (BEST)|http://dels.nas.edu/best/index.shtml]
- [National Institutes of Health (NIH)|http://www.nih.gov/]
- [National Cancer Institute (NCI)|http://www.nci.nih.gov]
- [National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)|http://www.niehs.nih.gov]
- [National Toxicology Program|http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/]
- [National Library of Medicine|http://www.nlm.nih.gov/]
- [Environmental Health & Toxicology|http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro.html]
- [TOXNET Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)|http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/]
- [Safety and Health Topics: Hazard Communication U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety|http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?navid=FOOD_SAFETY&parentnav=FOOD_NUTRITION&navtype=RT]
- [U.S. Department of Defense|http://www.defenselink.mil]
- [Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Information Analysis Center|http://www.cbrniac.apgea.army.mil/]
- [U.S. Department of Justice|http://www.usdoj.gov]
- [Environment and Natural Resources Division|http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/]
- [U.S. Department of Transportation|http://www.dot.gov]
- [Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration|http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/]

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h1. State Government Agencies (selected)


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- [Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)|http://www.astho.org/index.php]
- [Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)|http://www.ecos.org/]
- [California Environmental Protection Agency|http://www.calepa.ca.gov/]
- [New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection|http://www.state.nj.us/dep/index.html]
- [New York State Department of Environmental Conservation|http://www.dec.ny.gov/]
- [Oregon DHS Environmental Toxicology Program|http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/envtox/index.shtml]
- [Washington State Department of Ecology - Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction|http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/hwtr/index.html]

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h1. Non-Government Organizations


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- [Center for Health, Environment and Justice|http://www.chej.org/]
- [Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology (CIIT), The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences|http://www.thehamner.org/institutes/ciit/]
- [Children's Environmental Health Network|http://www.cehn.org]
- [Collaborative on Health and the Environment|http://www.healthandenvironment.org]
- [Environmental Defense Fund|http://www.edf.org/home.cfm]
- [Environmental Working Group (EWG)|http://www.ewg.org/]
- [Natural Resources Defense Council|http://www.nrdc.org/default.asp]
- [Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)|http://www.panna.org/]
- [Science & Environmental Health Network|http://www.sehn.org/index.html]
- [Scorecard - The Pollution Information Site|http://www.scorecard.org/index.tcl]
- [Toxicology Education Foundation|http://www.toxedfoundation.org/]
- [Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment|http://www.tera.org/]
- [U.S. Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) Women's Health and the Environment|http://www.uspirg.org/]

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h1. Universities


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[The U.S. Society of Toxicology|http://www.toxicology.org/ai/apt/careerguide.asp] maintains a Resource Guide to Careers in Toxicology.  This guide lists American universities that offer programs in toxicology and environmental heath.

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h1. Professional Societies


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- [Air and Waste Management Association|http://www.awma.org/]
- [American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT)|http://www.clintox.org/index.cfm]
- [American Board of Toxicology|http://www.abtox.org/]
- [American Chemical Society (ACS)|http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content]
- [American College of Medical Toxicology|http://acmt.net/index.html]
- [Association of Government Toxicologist (AGT)|http://www.agovtox.org/]
- [American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT)|http://www.acmt.net/]
- [American College of Toxicology|http://www.actox.org/]
- [American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)|http://www.acgih.org/home.htm]
- [American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)|http://www.aiha.org/]
- [American Public Health Association (APHA)|http://www.apha.org/]
- [Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASB)|http://faseb.org/]
- [National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)|http://ncseonline.org/]
- [National Environmental Health Association NEHA)|http://www.neha.org/]
- [Neurobehavioral Teratology Society (NBTS)|http://www.nbts.org/]
- [Physicians for Social Responsibility|http://www.psr.org/]
- [Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)|http://www.sra.org/]
- [Society for Chemical Hazard Communications|http://www.schc.org/]
- [Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)|http://www.setac.org/]
- [Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT)|http://www.soft-tox.org/]
- [Society of Toxicologic Pathologists (STP)|http://www.toxpath.org/]
- [Society of Toxicology (SOT)|http://www.toxicology.org/]
-- [Toxicology Resources Website Search|http://www.toxicology.org/dotnet/SearchTR.aspx]
- [Teratology Society|http://www.teratology.org/]
- [Water Environment Federation (WEF)|http://www.wef.org/Home]

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h1. Poison Information/Control Centers


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- [American Association of Poison Control Centers|http://www.aapcc.org/DNN/]

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h1. Miscellaneous Resources


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- [A Small Dose of Toxicology|http://www.asmalldoseof.org/] \- An introduction to toxicology.
- [Environmental Health News|http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/] \- An RSS News Feed.
- [Environmental Research Foundation Scorecard|http://www.scorecard.org/] \- A pollution information site.
- [IPMopedia|http://ipmopedia.org] \- Integrated Pest Management.
- [Toxipedia|toxipedia:] \- A toxicology encyclopedia and resource center.
- [Vermont Safety Information Resources on the Internet (SIRI)|http://siri.uvm.edu/]

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h1. Key Publications and Databases


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[See WLT Resources Page|Resources]

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h1. Legislation


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- [US EPA Laws, Regulations, Guidance and Dockets|http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/laws/index.html#cercla] \- An expanded list of US regulations related to toxicology and environmental health.
- [Atomic Energy Act (AEA)|http://www.etec.energy.gov/Regulation/Atomic-Energy-Act.html]
- [Clean Air Act (CAA)|http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/peg/]
- [Clean Water Act (CWA)|http://www.epa.gov/watertrain/cwa/]
- [Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund)|http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/laws/cercla.html]
- [Endangered Species Act (ESA)|http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/laws/esa/]
- [Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)|http://www.fda.gov/opacom/laws/fdcact/fdctoc.htm]
- [Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)|http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/laws/fifra.html]
- [National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)|http://epa.gov/enforcement/nepa/index.html]
- [Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA)|http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owasrch.search_form?p_doc_type=OSHACT]
- [Pollution Prevention Act (PPA)|http://www.epa.gov/oppt/p2home/pubs/p2policy/act1990.htm]
- [Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)|http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/laws/rcra.html]
- [Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)|http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/laws/sdwa.html]
- [Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)|http://www.epa.gov/Compliance/civil/tsca/index.html]

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h1. About the United States of America


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- [USA.gov|http://www.usa.gov/] (The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal)
-- [History, Arts, and Culture|http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/History.shtml]
-- [Travel, Transportation and Recreation|http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Travel.shtml]
- [InfoUSA|http://usinfo.state.gov/infousa/] (from the [U.S. Department of State|http://www.state.gov/])
- [U.S. Media Internet Links|http://usinfo.state.gov/infousa/media/media_links.html] (Listings of and links to media newspapers, broadcast media, blogs, etc.)
- [United States of America Resources in Spanish / Recursos en Español|http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/hispanic/usa_sp/usa_sp.html] (Portals To The World)
- [The World Factbook: United States|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html] (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- [Environmental Burden of Disease Country Profile|http://www.who.int/quantifying_ehimpacts/national/countryprofile/en/index.html#U] (World Health Organization)

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h1. TOXLINE References (United States)


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- [Search for Papers Related to United States|http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/r?dbs+toxline:@term+@mh+united+states]
- [Search for Papers by Authors in United States|http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/r?dbs+toxline:@and+@ad+united+states]

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