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Environmental health

1. ECME: Environmental Estrogens and Other Hormones
2. Environmental Science and Engineering
3. Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
4. Friends of the Earth Factory Watch
5. Greenpeace International Homepage
6. International Society of Exposure Analysis (ISEA)
7. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
8. Occupational and Environmental Health
9. Primary Care Guide
10. Risk: Health, Safety and Environment

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ECME: Environmental Estrogens and Other Hormones

An educational service and interactive forum where those interested in environmental estrogens and other environmental hormones can find accurate, and timely information. Environmental Estrogens (EE) are a wide variety of natural compounds and synthetic chemicals that may mimic natural estrogen hormones. EEs and other environmental hormones have been associated with growth, reproductive and other health problems in wildlife and laboratory animals and may also affect human health.
     Author: Center for Bioenvironmental Research of Tulane and Xavier Universities
     Subjects: environmental health, hormones, wildlife
     DeweyClass: 571.74
     Resource type: documents, forum

Environmental Science and Engineering

Electronic and printed magazine focusing on industrial and municipal waste water, hazardous wastes, air pollution and drinking water treatment for environmental engineers. Includes archive of past issues.
     Author: Environmental Science and Engineering Magazine
     Subjects: air quality, environmental health, environmental science, pollution, waste management, water quality
     DeweyClass: 628
     Resource type: magazine

Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine

Department concentrating on health promotion through various means. Includes links to information on occupational and environmental health, violence prevention, ageing and health and Alzheimer's disease.
     Author: University of California Davis
     Subjects: ageing, environmental health, epidemiology, health promotion, occupational health and safety, preventive medicine
     DeweyClass: 614.4
     Resource type: index

Friends of the Earth Factory Watch

Information about factory emissions including details of human health hazards, chemical use profiles and data needed for safety assessments. Local areas can be selected to obtain details of pollutants released by specific factories in the UK. Also includes general information about traffic pollution, contaminated drinking water, rivers and seas, rubbish tips, exposure to and impact of pollutants.
     Author: Friends of the Earth
     Subjects: british business, environmental health, pollution, water quality
     DeweyClass: 363.731
     Resource type: documents

Greenpeace International Homepage

Greenpeace is an independent, campaigning organisation which uses non-violent confrontation to expose global environmental problems, and to force the solutions which are essential to a green and peaceful future.
     Author: Greenpeace
     Subjects: environmental groups, environmental health, environmental research, peace and conflict
     DeweyClass: 333.7
     Resource type: documents, news

International Society of Exposure Analysis (ISEA)

Society investigating the science of exposure analysis related to environmental contaminants, both for human populations and ecosystems. Features the official journal of the society: the Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology.
     Author: International Society of Exposure Analysis
     Subjects: environmental health, epidemiology
     DeweyClass: 363.7
     Resource type: documents

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Information about the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Environmental Genome Project.
     Author: US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
     Subjects: environmental health, environmental science, genetics research
     DeweyClass: 628
     Resource type: institution

Occupational and Environmental Health

Resources and information about environmental and occupational health. Well organised links to resources held elsewhere, tutorials from Edinburgh University, and information on educational programmes in environmental health at the University.
     Author: Edinburgh University
     Subjects: environmental health, occupational health and safety
     DeweyClass: 613.62
     Resource type: guides, index

Primary Care Guide

Internet guide including family practice, occupational and environmental medicine.
     Author: University of Bergen
     Subjects: environmental health, medical practice, primary care
     DeweyClass: 362.1
     Resource type: index

Risk: Health, Safety and Environment

The official journal of the Risk Assessment and Policy Association, Risk is a refereed, interdisciplinary quarterly exploring public and private efforts to manage science and technology for net reduction in the probability, severity and aversive quality of health, safety and environmental impacts of natural and artificial hazards.
     Author: Risk Assessment and Policy Association
     Subjects: environmental health, insurance, public safety
     DeweyClass: 363.1
     Resource type: journal