Air Quality
Air Pollution and Respiratory Health – studies indoor and outdoor air pollution to prevent environmental-related respiratory illnesses
Building Environment – This section of Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners provides resources on protecting building environments as well as general links on improving indoor air quality.
Healthy Housing Reference Manual – revision provides information on the impact of housing on health and safety and includes a chapter on indoor air pollutants and toxic materials
Indoor Environmental Air Quality – quality of the air in an office or other building environment
Reports by Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute Graduates
These reports were prepared by graduates of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute. These documents have not been revised or edited to conform to agency standards. The findings and conclusions in these reports are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Building Local Capacity to Respond to Indoor Mold Problems and Health Complaints [DOC - 654 KB]
Community Radon Assessment [DOC - 849 KB]
Establishing an Asthma Follow-Up Protocol on a Native American Reservation [DOC - 440 KB]
Improving Diagnosis of Respiratory Ailments in Patients Due to Air Quality Issues [DOC - 528 KB]
Indoor Air Quality in Schools: Improving the Air Our Children Breathe [DOC - 373 KB]
Reducing the Health Impact From Former Methamphetamine Labs in Kentucky [DOC - 975 KB]
What Can Be Done To Improve the Air Quality in San Antonio? [DOC - 537 KB]
Why Is the City of Philadelphia’s Mold Regulation Inadequate? [DOC - 418 KB]
Links to Information from outside CDC
How Communities Can Collaborate with Schools to Implement a Comprehensive Asthma Program [DOC - 266 KB] (Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion) – toolkit for developing and implementing an integrated approach to addressing asthma in schools, with emphasis on environmental triggers [developed with funding from the EHS capacity-building program]
Indoor Air Pollution: An Introduction for Health Professionals (American Lung Association, American Medical Association, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Environmental Protection Agency) – overview of the challenges to indoor air pollution, focusing on acute conditions, with patterns that point to particular agents and suggestions for appropriate remedial action
Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools (IAQ TfS) (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) – program to reduce exposures to indoor environmental contaminants in schools through the voluntary adoption of sound indoor air quality management practices
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (California) – agency to protect and enhance public health and the environment by scientific evaluation of risks posed by hazardous substances
Safe Shops Toolkit (Boston Public Health Commission) – toolkit for developing an environmental health educational program that targets businesses that produce environmental pollutants [developed with funding from the EHS capacity-building program]
Toxics Release Inventory (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) – public database tool to produce information on toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities
TOXNET (National Library of Medicine) – tool to produce information on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases
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