Category: Toxic Substances
A Perfect Partnership: Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units
How do you bridge the gap between the growing concern over environmentally related pediatric health problems and the fact that many physicians feel inadequately educated to address such concerns? Between what parents would like to know about environmental effects on their children’s health and the need for a trusted source of objective, science-based information? With Read More >
Posted on by Leave a commentSoil Kitchens: Reducing Lead Exposure among Urban Residents
My name is Ana Pomales, CDC/ATSDR environmental health scientist and health educator. Read on to learn more about how I helped teach urban residents to reduce their exposure to lead in city soil in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Protecting children from exposure to lead is important to lifelong good health. Even low levels of lead in blood Read More >
Posted on by Leave a commentLead Hazards in Some Holiday Toys
The holiday season is here, and that means many children will be given toys as gifts. While new toys are a holiday tradition, parents should be aware of potential lead hazards associated with toys, including toy jewelry. Review these important facts to keep your children safe this holiday season. Lead is invisible to the naked Read More >
Posted on by Leave a comment“Don’t Mess with Mercury” Initiative
If you’re a parent of middle school kids who love to play video games, join the legions of other parents who are, too! Don’t mind them playing games that have some educational appeal? Then let them explore ATSDR’s video game, “Don’t Mess With Mercury.” Are you aware that mercury is still a threat in middle Read More >
Posted on by Leave a commentFall Time Change Reminder: Check Batteries in Carbon Monoxide Monitors
Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday, November 3, 2013. As you prepare to set your clocks back one hour, remember to change the batteries in your carbon monoxide (CO) detector. If you don’t have a battery-powered or battery back-up CO alarm, now is a great time to buy one. More than 500 people die each year Read More >
Posted on by Leave a commentLearn Something – Hazardous Substance Continuing Education
Arsenic. Lead. Asbestos. Want to learn more about how these and other hazardous substances affect human health? No need to go back to school—you can increase your knowledge in a wide range of these topics easily via ATSDR’s accredited Case Studies in Environmental Medicine (CSEMs). What Are They? CSEMs are self-instructional, continuing-education courses written for Read More >
Posted on by Leave a commentA Little History Lesson about Toxic Releases and the Oak Ridge Reservation
To commemorate the publication of ATSDR’s final report on the Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee, we are posting this story about the history of the site and about two decades of ATSDR community work. The Manhattan Project Comes to Tennessee In August 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The Read More >
Posted on by 1 CommentATSDR’s ToxProfiles enrich the classroom
For communities, physicians, scientists and environmental health professionals, ATSDR’s Toxicological Profiles are an important source of information about toxic chemicals and health effects. Robin Shapiro has been an academic librarian at Portland Community College in Oregon since 1997. She enjoys helping students learn how to use resources such as ATSDR’s Toxic Substances Portal where the Read More >
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