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Name | Website | Description |
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The IARC Monographs, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) | http://monographs.iarc.fr/ | Compilation of reports about environmental factors that can increase the risk of human cancer: chemicals, complex mixtures, occupational exposures, physical agents, biological agents, and lifestyle factors |
Carcinogens, American Cancer Society (ACS) | http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerCauses/OtherCarcinogens/index | Information about environmental carcinogens that can be found at home, work, pollution, medical tests and treatments |
Understanding Cancer Series, National Cancer Institute (NCI) | http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/understandingcancer/environment | Compilation of slides on environment and its association with cancer |
Chemicals of Public Health Concern, World Health Organization (WHO) | http://www.who.int/ipcs/assessment/public_health/chemicals_phc/en/index.html | Information on the 10 chemicals or groups of chemicals of major public health concern |
Report on Carcinogens, National Toxicology Program (NTP) | http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/?objectid=72016262-BDB7-CEBA-FA60E922B18C2540 | Congressionally mandated, science-based, public health reports that identify agents, substances, mixtures, or exposures in the environment that may potentially put people in the United States at increased risk for cancer |
Science and Technology: Health, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Information on human health impacts associated with environmental exposures | |
Work-Related Lung Disease (WoRLD) Surveillance System, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) | Contents on occupationally-related respiratory disease surveillance data. | |
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | Organization that provides impartial information on the health of U.S. environment and the natural hazards | |
CARcinogen EXposure Canadian Surveillance Project (CAREX) | Multi-institution research project that combines academic expertise and government resources to generate an evidence- based carcinogen surveillance program for Canada |