COEP
Resources |
The COEP is compiling a listing of environmental health science
resources that will be useful to community groups, teachers, students, parents,
and others in our target audiences. |
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| Environmental Health Resources |
| Environmental Health News, updated daily. |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California |
| Department of Environmental Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health |
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| Goods Movement Resources |
| Hricko, Andrea M. (PDF) "Global Trade Comes Home: Community Impacts of Goods Movement" Environmental Health Perspectives, VOLUME 116, NUMBER 2, February 2008 |
| Goods Movement Resources, The Trade, Health and Environment Impact Project |
| Goods Movement News Links, The Trade, Health and Environment Impact Project |
| Hricko, Andrea M. Ships, Trucks and Trains: Effects of Goods Movement on Environmental Health (PDF). Environmental Health Perspectives. April 2006. |
| Hricko, Andrea M. "Outdoor Air Pollution: An Issue for Schools." (PDF). Pre-print, Chapter 12 in Frumkin H, Geller R, Rubin L, and Nodvin J (editors). Safe and Healthy School Environments. Oxford University Press (2006). |
| Hricko, Andrea M. and University of Southern California Urban Initiative. Road To An Unhealthy Future For Southern California's Children (PDF). Urban Initiative Policy Brief. August 2004. |
| Natural Resources Defense Council and Coalition for Clean Air. Harboring Pollution: Strategies to Clean Up U.S. Ports. August 2004. |
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Below are
some key links of interest to teachers and students. |
| K-16 Resources |
| Curriculum - Environmental Education |
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| EPA's
Environmental Education Website |
| Curriculum - Environmental Health |
A
listing of NIEHS programs that have produced
materials to help support teachers who are interested
in environmental health sciences. Includes the
popular "ToxRap" curriculum by the Environmental
and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, an
NIEHS Center, "My Health, My World"
series, and others. |
| Curriculum
materials developed by NIEHS grantees. |
| Environmental health issues - facts and
information |
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| An
index of more than 125 environmental health issues,
with links on the worldwide web from the NIEHS Center
at New York University. |
| Search back
issues of Scientific American. |
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Carolina
Health and Environment Community Center. A
compendium of information on environmental health
issues by the University of North Carolina. The
"Whole Hog" section - with a teacher's
guide and games -- will be of interest to both
rural and urban teachers and students. |
| Environmental health careers |
| Snapshots
of science and medicine for students interested
in environmental health science careers. |
| Special pages for students |
| NIEHS
Kids' Page |
| EPA Student
Center |
| Air Pollution |
The South
Coast Air Quality Management District (the
air pollution control agency for Southern California)
has several pages of interest to teachers and
students. See hourly "smog levels" to
compare different communities. Go to the "Just
for Kids' page. |
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| Hazardous Waste |
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| Frog Malformations |
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