Environmental Health
Publications and Materials
Below are selected publications and materials related to environmental health. Please note the year of publication may be later than the year(s) the data represent.
2009 Publications and Materials
The
Effect of Hurricane Katrina: Births in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region,
Before and After the Storm 
(9/30/09)
The total number of births in the 14 selected FEMA-designated counties and parishes
decreased 19 percent in the 12 months after Hurricane Katrina compared with the
12 months before, with births declining in the selected counties and parishes
of Louisiana and Mississippi and rising in the counties of Alabama.
National Environmental
Public Health Tracking Network (8/10/09)
The National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network is a system
of integrated health, exposure, and hazard information and data from
a variety of national, state, and city sources. On the Tracking Network,
you can explore information and view maps, tables, and charts about health
and environment across the country. The Tracking Network includes information
on cancers, birth defects, and reproductive and birth outcomes.
2007 Publications and Materials
CDC’s
Perchlorate Biomonitoring Activities and Study Results (8/31/07)
Before a House SubCommittee, Dr. Jim Pirkle discussed results of two studies
conducted by CDC researchers investigating exposure to perchlorate in the U.S.
population and the relationship between exposure to perchlorate and thyroid hormone
levels. The researchers found that, among women who had urinary iodine levels
that were less than 100 micrograms per liter, perchlorate levels were associated
with both thyroxine and TSH levels. The differences seen in study findings between
men and women merit further research.
ATSDR
Completes Analyses Drinking Water System at Camp Lejeune (7/27/07)
The analyses of the Tarawa Terrace drinking water system is part of ATSDR’s
epidemiological study of volatile organic compounds at Camp Lejeune.
The study will focus on babies born during the period 1968-1985 up to
the time that they were 1 year-old.
Lead Exposure among
Females of Childbearing Age- United States, 2004 (6/12/07)
Results indicate that rates of elevated blood lead levels (BLL) ranged
from 0.06 per 100,000 females of childbearing age at BLLs of over 40 µg/dL
to 10.9 per 100,000 females at BLLs of over 5 µg/dL. Primary and
secondary prevention of lead exposure among females of childbearing age
is needed to avert neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits in their offspring.
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