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Water, Air, and Food Radiation Studies
EHHE works with laboratory partners to determine EHHE identifies potentially harmful envi
whether human exposure to environmental pollutants in ronmental exposures to ionizing radiation
water, air, or food has occurred; to measure the extent of and associated toxicants, conducts energy
exposure to chemicals or toxins; and to assess ground related health research, and responds to
and surface water contamination. protect the public’s health in the event of an emergency
involving radiation or radioactive materials.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
Division of Environmental Hazards & Health Effects
June 2006 NCEH Pub. No. 02-0750
How to contact the Division: Environmental Hazards & Health Effects
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 800CDCINFO We must be able to breathe, drink, eat, and live in the environment without fear for our health.
NCEH/EHHE, MS F52 cdcinfo@cdc.gov
4770 Buford Hwy, Atlanta, GA 30341 http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehhe
Division of
Environmental Hazards Health Effects
&
Our Mission: deaths, hospitalizations, emergency department visits, Programs dedicated to investigating the
Investigate the relation between school days or workdays missed, and limitations on relation between human health and the
human health and the environment activity due to asthma. The program has three compo environment.
nents: (1) tracking: collecting and analyzing data on an
ongoing basis to understand when, where, and in whom
Our Goals: asthma occurs; (2) interventions: ensuring that scientific
• Increase knowledge information is translated into public health practices and Environmental Public tools for tracking environmental Concentrated Animal Feeding
•Develop, implement, and evaluate programs to reduce the burden of asthma; and (3) part Health Tracking hazards and associated health Operations
nerships: ensuring that all stakeholders have the oppor The environment plays a signifi effects, disseminates environmen EHHE is working with states to
policies and programs to prevent tunity to be involved in developing, implementing, and cant role in human development tal public health information to define routes of exposure and
and control disease evaluating local asthma control programs. and health. Some links between diverse audiences, and studies the potential human health effects
Mold environmental exposures and dis links between environmental haz from exposures to wastes and
Our Tools: Mold exposure does not always present a ease, such as lead and impaired ards, exposures, and health effects. residues from concentrated animal
• Research health problem indoors; however, people cognitive development in children, feeding operations.
• Education who are allergic to mold may commonly are well documented. Others, such Health Studies Disasters
•Partnership experience allergic symptoms when exposed as a possible link between disin EHHE investigates the human EHHE conducts research related
to it. Certain people with chronic respiratory fectant byproducts and bladder health effects of exposure to envi to acute and chronic health effects
disease may have trouble breathing, although mold does cancer are suspected but not yet ronmental hazards ranging from from exposures to extreme heat
not appear to represent a major public health burden in proven. chemical pollutants to natural, and cold and to hazards related to
CDC’s Division of Environmental Hazards & Health terms of illness and death. Because we know that mold EHHE defines environmental pub technologic, or terrorist disasters. natural (e.g., earthquakes, floods,
Effects (EHHE) focuses primarily on the following: can cause illness in some persons, EHHE is developing lic health tracking as the ongoing The results are used to develop, hurricanes, tornadoes) and other
an agenda for research, service, and education related to collection, integration, analysis, implement, and evaluate strategies (e.g., industrial chemical acci
mold. EHHE has funded the Institute of Medicine to and interpretation of for preventing or reducing harmful dents, terrorism) disasters.
Air Pollution and Respiratory Health conduct a study on the relation between damp or moldy data on environmen exposures. The following are Pesticides
EHHE researches and investigates the effects of air indoor environments and the manifestation of adverse tal hazards, exposure examples of current health study EHHE evaluates the
borne environmental agents on respiratory diseases. health effects. EHHE also is working with the Council to environmental subject areas: public health impact
Focus areas include asthma and mold. of State and Territorial Epidemiologists to develop an hazards, and health of nonworkrelated
inventory of state indoor air quality programs. effects potentially Cancer Clusters exposures to pesticides,
Asthma related to exposure A cancer cluster is a greaterthan investigates outbreaks,
Despite some evidence of stabilizing to environmental hazards. EHHE expected number of cancer cases and conducts prevention activities.
death rates and declining hospitalization Chemical and Radiologic Terrorism is leading creation of the National that occurs within a group of peo
rates, asthma remains an important cause EHHE is developing guidelines for emergency depart Environmental Public Health ple in a geographic area over a Harmful Algal Blooms
of illness and death in the United States. ment management of casualties following a radiologic Tracking Network. The standards period of time. EHHE provides EHHE is supporting surveillance
Rates of emergency department visits event. EHHE participates regularly in emergency based network will allow direct cancer cluster information and programs, epidemiologic studies,
have continued to slowly increase and response drills, working closely with other federal, electronic data reporting and link resources through its Web site, and laboratory research to further
large disparities persist, with African state, and local agencies to develop, test, and implement age within and across health responds to inquiries about cancer define the relation between expo
Americans having rates of emergency department visits, extensive national radiologic emergency response plans. effect, exposure, and hazard data clusters, and works with state sure to organisms involved
hospitalizations, and death three times higher than those EHHE will coordinate federal, state and local partners and will interoperate with other health departments to address pub in harmful algal blooms, such
for whites. in assessing human health risks from chemical threats public health systems. EHHE also lic health concerns about potential as Pfiesteria piscicida, and
Through its National Asthma Control Program, EHHE to water, air, and food. develops innovative methods and cancer clusters. human illness.
works with state grantees to reduce the number of
Division of
Environmental Hazards Health Effects
&
Our Mission: deaths, hospitalizations, emergency department visits, Programs dedicated to investigating the
Investigate the relation between school days or workdays missed, and limitations on relation between human health and the
human health and the environment activity due to asthma. The program has three compo environment.
nents: (1) tracking: collecting and analyzing data on an
ongoing basis to understand when, where, and in whom
Our Goals: asthma occurs; (2) interventions: ensuring that scientific
• Increase knowledge information is translated into public health practices and Environmental Public tools for tracking environmental Concentrated Animal Feeding
•Develop, implement, and evaluate programs to reduce the burden of asthma; and (3) part Health Tracking hazards and associated health Operations
nerships: ensuring that all stakeholders have the oppor The environment plays a signifi effects, disseminates environmen EHHE is working with states to
policies and programs to prevent tunity to be involved in developing, implementing, and cant role in human development tal public health information to define routes of exposure and
and control disease evaluating local asthma control programs. and health. Some links between diverse audiences, and studies the potential human health effects
Mold environmental exposures and dis links between environmental haz from exposures to wastes and
Our Tools: Mold exposure does not always present a ease, such as lead and impaired ards, exposures, and health effects. residues from concentrated animal
• Research health problem indoors; however, people cognitive development in children, feeding operations.
• Education who are allergic to mold may commonly are well documented. Others, such Health Studies Disasters
•Partnership experience allergic symptoms when exposed as a possible link between disin EHHE investigates the human EHHE conducts research related
to it. Certain people with chronic respiratory fectant byproducts and bladder health effects of exposure to envi to acute and chronic health effects
disease may have trouble breathing, although mold does cancer are suspected b from exposures to extreme heat
ut not yet ronmental hazards ranging from
not appear to represent a major public health burden in pr and cold and to hazards related to
oven. chemical pollutants to natural,
CDC’s Division of Environmental Hazards & Health terms of illness and death. Because we know that mold EHHE defines environmental pub technologic, or terrorist disasters. natural (e.g., earthquakes, floods,
Effects (EHHE) focuses primarily on the following: can cause illness in some persons, EHHE is developing lic health tracking as the ongoing The results are used to develop, hurricanes, tornadoes) and other
an agenda for research, service, and education related to collection, integration, analysis, implement, and evaluate strategies (e.g., industrial chemical acci
mold. EHHE has funded the Institute of Medicine to and interpretation of for preventing or reducing harmful dents, terrorism) disasters.
conduct a study on the relation between damp or moldy
Air Pollution and Respiratory Health data on environmen wing are Pesticides
EHHE researches and investigates the effects of air indoor environments and the manifestation of adverse exposures. The follo
borne environmental agents on respiratory diseases. health effects. EHHE also is working with the Council tal hazards, exposure examples of current health study EHHE evaluates the
to en public health impact
Focus areas include asthma and mold. of State and Territorial Epidemiologists to develop an vironmental subject areas:
inventory of state indoor air quality programs. hazards, and health Cancer Clusters of nonworkrelated
ef exposures to pesticides,
Asthma fects potentially A cancer cluster is a greaterthan
related to e investigates outbreaks,
Despite some evidence of stabilizing xposure expected number of cancer cases
death rates and declining hospitalization Chemical and Radiologic Terrorism to environmental hazards. EHHE that occurs within a group of peo and conducts prevention activities.
rates, asthma remains an important cause EHHE is developing guidelines for emergency depart is leading creation of the National ple in a geographic area over a Harmful Algal Blooms
of illness and death in the United States. ment management of casualties following a radiologic Environmental Public Health period of time. EHHE provides EHHE is supporting surveillance
Tracking Netw
Rates of emergency department visits event. EHHE participates regularly in emergency ork. The standards cancer cluster information and programs, epidemiologic studies,
have continued to slowly increase and response drills, working closely with other federal, based network will allow direct resources through its Web site, and laboratory research to further
large disparities persist, with African state, and local agencies to develop, test, and implement electronic data reporting and link responds to inquiries about cancer define the relation between expo
Americans having rates of emergency department visits, extensive national radiologic emergency response plans. age within and across health clusters, and works with state sure to organisms involved
hospitalizations, and death three times higher than those EHHE will coordinate federal, state and local partners effect, exposure, and hazard data health departments to address pub in harmful algal blooms, such
for whites. in assessing human health risks from chemical threats and will interoperate with other as Pf
public health systems. EHHE also lic health concerns about potential iesteria piscicida, and
Through its National Asthma Control Program, EHHE to water, air, and food. develops innovative methods and cancer clusters. human illness.
works with state grantees to reduce the number of
Water, Air, and Food Radiation Studies
EHHE works with laboratory partners to determine EHHE identifies potentially harmful envi
whether human exposure to environmental pollutants in ronmental exposures to ionizing radiation
water, air, or food has occurred; to measure the extent of and associated toxicants, conducts energy
exposure to chemicals or toxins; and to assess ground related health research, and responds to
and surface water contamination. protect the public’s health in the event of an emergency
involving radiation or radioactive materials.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
Division of Environmental Hazards & Health Effects
June 2006 NCEH Pub. No. 02-0750
How to contact the Division: Environmental Hazards & Health Effects
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 800CDCINFO We must be able to breathe, drink, eat, and live in the environment without fear for our health.
NCEH/EHHE, MS F52 cdcinfo@cdc.gov
4770 Buford Hwy, Atlanta, GA 30341 http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehhe
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