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  • Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
    Research on the effect on public health of hazardous substances in the environment. Includes access to HazDat, ATSDR's Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database.
  • American Council on Science and Health
    A consumer education consortium of scientists concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health. Created "to add reason and balance to debates about public health issues and bring common sense views to the public." Provides a wide range of publications, including peer-reviewed reports on important health and environmental topics; a quarterly magazine, Priorities; and a semi-annual review of ACSH press coverage, Media Update.
  • B.C. Environmental Assessment Office
    Information on the Environmental Assessment Act and review process, and projects under review.
  • Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors and the BC Branch.
  • Environmental Health Foundation of Canada
    The research and education arm of the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors.
  • Environmental Health Program, Health Canada
    Provides information on chemical hazards, product safety, tobacco control, radiation protection, and environmental health assessment. Information includes technical reports, contract and working documents and general interest publications dealing with health and environment issues.
  • Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
    Press releases, announcements, initiatives, policy documents, legislation, research, and consumer information.
  • FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
    Information on food additives, pesticides, HACCP and more, from the (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration.
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
    Information on current research activities and programs.
  • National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada
    Research on water quality issues; allows keyword searching of the NWRI, Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network, and other resources.
  • USDA/FDA Foodborne Illness Education Information Center
    Provides information about foodborne illness prevention to educators, trainers, and organizations developing education and training materials for food workers and consumers.The center's primary function is the development and maintenance of two databases: the Foodborne Illness Educational Materials Database and the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) Training Programs and Resources Database.

Last Revised: 21 July 2005

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