Environmental Health & Occupational Health Toolkit

• CDC's National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network
  Health and environmental data from national, state, and city sources on environments and hazards, health effects, and population health.
• Department of Ecology Databases
  State of Washington
• EPA Data
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data.
• EPA Region 10: Pacific NW
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency news and information regarding Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and 271 Tribal Nations.
• EPA EJScreen
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool.
• Statistics Sources: Health Sciences
  UW HSL guide to sources for local, state, national and international statistics and data.
• National Library of Medicine Data Distribution
  Access to bulk downloading of datasets including ChemIDplus, GENE-TOX, HSDB, etc.

• Knovel Books
  Ebooks in environmental, food, and pharmaceutical sciences, and industrial safety & hygiene subject areas.
• Dissertations and Theses at UW
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
  Index to dissertations and theses from all fields of study.
• Think Tank Search
  Grey literature search engine from Harvard Kennedy School Library and Knowledge Services
• Beyond Pesticides
• The National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA)
  Partnership addressing critical issues in workplace safety and health.
• NTIS & NTRL
  U.S. government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, technical and engineering business-related information.
• Sightline Institute
  Independent, nonprofit environmental research and communications center.

• U.S. & Global E-Newspapers
  UW guide to accessing subscription news through UW subscriptions.
• Toxic-Free Future
  News from Toxic-Free Future, a national nonprofit research and advocacy organization.

• MyChem
  UW EH&S MyChem MSDS/SDS search (requires NetID).

• Environmental Health and the U.S. Federal System : Sustainably Managing Health Hazards
  2019 ebook.
• Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management (CHEMM)
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (HHS ASPR).
• Emergency Response Guidebook
  2020 ebook. U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (USDOT/PHMSA) guidebook for first responders during the initial phase of a transportation incident involving dangerous goods/hazardous materials.
• Hazardous Materials Release
  Department of Homeland Security resource on hazardous materials preparedness, response, and recovery.
• CAMEO Chemicals
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) / Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) database of hazardous chemical datasheets.
• NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG)
  General industrial hygiene information for hundreds of chemicals/classes.
• ATSDR ToxProfiles
  Peer-reviewed compilation of toxicological information on given hazardous substances.

• Bioengineering Research Guide
  UW guide to researching bioengineering including laboratory protocols, drug information, etc.
• Chemistry-Chemical Information Research Guide
  UW guide to researching chemistry including drug and chemical compound information, American Chemical Society (ACS) publications, etc.
• Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
  UW guide to researching and understanding aquatic and fishery sciences.
• Environmental Health & Justice Guide
  NNLM guide to Environmental Health & Justice.

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