Emergency Management: Human Studies

"The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 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."

"Carcinogenicity and mutagenicity test results for over 8,000 chemicals."

Numerous Sources of information found here.

The Environmental Protection Agency's homepage for emergency and disaster management. You can browse or use their search engine.

"EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) is a human health assessment program that evaluates information on health effects that may result from exposure to environmental contaminants."

"The need for a program like the NTP arose because of increasing scientific, regulatory, and congressional concerns about the human health effects of chemical agents in our environment. Many human diseases were thought to be directly or indirectly related to chemical exposures; therefore, it was thought that decreasing or eliminating human exposures to those chemicals would help prevent some human disease and disability."