This guide was designed to complement the University Green-A-Fair and provide resources relevant to the study of Sustainability and Environmental Issues.
This is a hand-selected list of Toxicology resources. Please contact the Reference Desk at Cheng Library if you have additional questions at refdesk@wpunj.edu.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services developed this agency is to utilize science to take responsive public health actions, and provide trusted health information to prevent harmful exposures and disease related to toxic substances.
This site from the Environmental Protection Agency contains information about more than 650 toxic chemicals that are being used, manufactured, treated, transported, or released into the environment.
This site from the Environmental Protection Agency contains information used to improve the scientific basis for understanding, measuring, and protecting biological integrity so that EPA and other resource agencies can make sound, defensible environmental decisions.
This site is from the Washington State Department of Ecology. They address the legacy of contaminated sites resulting from past practices as well as on newly created and discovered contamination problems.
Get an in-depth pollution report for your county, covering air, water, chemicals,as well as answers to the most commonly asked questions on nationwide pollution.
The environment is a crucial factor in the health of an individual. Although regulations have reduced environmental pollution, many chemicals are still difficult to escape. They reside in the atmosphere that surrounds us. Health officials suspect that air pollution may be a factor in diseases such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and lung cancer. It also intensifies the breathing difficulties people with asthma experience.
