Health & Society

These tables summarize the drinking water regulations and health advisory values as well as the reference dose (RFD) and cancer risk values for drinking water contaminants.

Publication Date: 2005.

World Health Organization.

EPA, Office of Pesticides.
Pub. date: 1999

The Report on Carcinogens is a congressionally mandated, science-based public health document that NTP prepares for the HHS Secretary. This cumulative report now includes 256 listings of substances — chemical, physical, and biological agents; mixtures; and exposure circumstances — that are known or reasonably anticipated to cause cancer in humans.

National Cancer Institute.
Publication Date: 2011.

ATSDR serves the public by using the best science, taking responsive public health actions, and providing trusted health information to prevent harmful exposures and diseases related to toxic substances.

Designed for the lay person and practioners, the Tracking Network is a system of integrated health, exposure, and hazard information and data from a variety of national, state, and city sources. You can view maps, tables, and charts with data about: chemicals and other substances found in the environment, some chronic diseases and conditions, and specific areas in the country.

Part of TOXNET, IRIS is an EPA database of human health effects that may result from exposure to various substances found in the environment.

One of 27 research institutes and centers that comprise the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIEHS’s mission is to discover how the environment affects people in order to promote healthier lives. See especially the following: Recently Published Research; News Releases; Funding Opportunities; and the Health & Education area’s brochures and fact sheets, along with an A-Z listing of major health topics related to or affected by environmental exposure.

A cumulative list of chemical databases, which contain acute and chronic health effects information of being exposed to a myriad number of hazardous chemicals.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Established as a cooperative effort within the Public Health Service to coordinate toxicology research and testing activities within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Provides information about potentially toxic chemicals to health, regulatory and research agencies and the public, and to strengthen the science base in toxicology.

Providing National and World Leadership to Prevent Workplace Illnesses and Injuries.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration,

An agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress.