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Booklets
Keyword Description Grade Level
Cancer  Cancer and the Environment. What you need to know. What you can do. (../documents/CancerEnvironment.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (595 KB)
          9-12 12+
Disease  Environmental Diseases from A to Z - 1996 (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/scied/documents/EnvironmentFromA-Zweb.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (1024 kb)
     5-8 9-12     
EMF  EMF Electric and Magnetic Fields Associated with the Use of Electric Power (../documents/emf2002.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (11.4 MB)
          9-12 12+
Genetics  You and Your Genes - Making it in a Tough Environment - 2000 (../documents/You-YourGenes.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (436 KB)
     5-8 9-12     
Ozone  Ozone Alerts - 2000 (../documents/OzoneAlert-sm.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (1.0 MB)
          9-12 12+
Prevention  Family Guide--20 Easy Steps to Personal Environmental Health Now (../documents/FamilyGuide-sm.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (347 KB)
               12+

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Factsheets
Keyword Description Grade Level
Asthma  Allergens and Irritants - 1998 (/health/topics/conditions/asthma/research.cfm)
          9-12 12+
Cancer  Environmental Factors and Breast Cancer Risk (../documents/NIEHS BRCA Fact Web.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (619 KB)
               12+
Cancer  Report on Carcinogens (RoC) (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=72016262-BDB7-CEBA-FA60E922B18C2540)
               12+
Chemicals  National Toxicology Program Chemical Nomination and Selection Process (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=FA3A9126-F1F6-975E-77628D884842E601) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (100 kb)
               12+
Children  New Directions in Children's Environmental Health Research (../documents/niehschild-fact-sheet.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (2.29 MB)
               12+
Chromium  Hexavalent Chromium (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=FA39687A-F1F6-975E-77AF2FB252CBAC62) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (237 kb)
               12+
Definition  What is Environmental Health? (../documents/NIEHS Health Fact 11.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (2.7 MB)
          9-12 12+
Endocrine  Endocrine Disruptors (../documents/MackarR06_2409 Endo web.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (344 KB)
               12+
Lead  Lead and Your Health (../documents/Fact Sheet Lead 04-2005 FINAL.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (1.4 MB)
          9-12 12+
Medicine  Medicinal Herbs (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=FA38E1D8-F1F6-975E-70EE5DC805B55F39) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (254 kb)
               12+
Nanotechnology  Nanotechnology Safety Assessment (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=FA3A301C-F1F6-975E-73A68961E3CF276C) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (227 kb) National Toxicology Program
          9-12 12+
Obesity  Obesity and the Environment (../documents/Fact Sht Obesity 2005 final.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (1504 kb)
          9-12 12+
Occupation  Occupational Exposures (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=FA3B0DE5-F1F6-975E-769D391CD98046E1) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (225 kb)
               12+
Oceans  Oceans of Discovery (../documents/NIEHS Ocean Fact lowres.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (460 KB)
          9-12 12+
Phones  Studies on Radiofrequency Radiation Emitted by Cellular Phones (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntpweb/index.cfm?objectid=7E733ABE-BDB5-82F8-FBDC3F58C0CEE928)
               12+
Risk  NTP Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=FA3804AB-F1F6-975E-72274AB8CD2561CF) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (100 kb)
               12+
Toxicology  The NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=FA36C9FE-F1F6-975E-749476B92E546F45) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (98 kb)
               12+
Water  Safe Drinking Water Program at National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=FA387506-F1F6-975E-7660F4F6FF7F9877) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (242 kb)
               12+

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Flyers
Keyword Description Grade Level
Air  Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Air - 2001 (../documents/HealthyKidsIndoorAir.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (329 kb) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings.
K-4 5-8 9-12     
Air  Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Air (Arabic) - 2001 (../documents/HealthyKidsIndoorAirArabic.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (159 kb) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings.
K-4 5-8 9-12     
Food  Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Food Safety - 2001 (../documents/HealthyKidsFoodSafety.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (346 kb) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings.
K-4 5-8 9-12     
Food  Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Food Safety (Arabic) - 2001 (../documents/HealthyKidsFoodSafetyArabic.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (139 kb) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings.
K-4 5-8 9-12     
Lead  Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Heavy Metals - 2001 (../documents/HealthyKidsHeavyMetals.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (285 kb) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings.
K-4 5-8 9-12     
Lead  Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Heavy Metals (Arabic) - 2001 (../documents/HealthyKidsHeavyMetalsArabic.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (165 kb) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings.
K-4 5-8 9-12     
Pesticides  Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Pest Control - 2001 (../documents/HealthyKidsPestControl.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (309 kb) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings.
K-4 5-8 9-12     
Pesticides  Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Pest Control (Arabic) - 2001 (../documents/HealthyKidsPestControlArabic.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (197 kb) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings.
K-4 5-8 9-12     
Poison  Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Look-A-Likes - 2001 (../documents/HealthyKidsLookALikes.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (173 kb) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings.
K-4 5-8 9-12     
Poison  Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Look-A-Likes (Arabic) - 2001 (../documents/HealthyKidsLookALikesArabic.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (118 kb) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings.
K-4 5-8 9-12     
Water  Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Water - 2001 (../documents/HealthyKidsIndoorWater.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (318 kb) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings.
K-4 5-8 9-12     
Water  Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Water (Arabic) - 2001 (../documents/HealthyKidsIndoorWaterArabic.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (114 kb) This fact sheet in English presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings.
K-4 5-8 9-12     

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Interviews with Scientists/Researchers
Keyword Description Grade Level
Ecologist  What is a Wetland Ecologist? (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/baylor/riff3.htm)
     5-8 9-12     
Environmental Analyst  What is an Environmental Analyst? (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/envanaly.htm)
     5-8 9-12     
Growth Biologist  What is a Growth Biologist? (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/baylor/riff4.htm)
     5-8 9-12     
Lung Doctor  What is a Lung Doctor? (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/baylor/riff1.htm)
     5-8 9-12     
Microbiologist  What is a Microbiologist? (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/baylor/riff2.htm)
     5-8 9-12     
Professions  Meet the Experts: Environmental Health (http://experts.thinkport.org/envirohealth/default.aspx) Exit NIEHS
          9-12 12+
Professions  Scientist Video Interviews (http://peer.tamu.edu/interviews.shtml) Exit NIEHS
          9-12 12+

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News
Keyword Description Grade Level
Environment  Beyond the Bench Articles (http://www.ehponline.org/topic/bench.html)
          9-12 12+
News  NIEHS Press Releases and News Stories (/news/releases/index.cfm)
               12+
Research  Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) Headliners (http://www.ehponline.org/science-ed/) EHP journal each month selects a paper authored by an NIEHS grantee to include in the NIEHS News section.
          9-12 12+
Research  Selected Extramural Publications (/research/supported/sep/index.cfm)
          9-12 12+
Topics  Environews by Topic - Table of Contents (http://www.ehponline.org/topic/)
          9-12 12+
Topics  Health Topics A to Z (/health/topics/atoz/index.cfm)
          9-12 12+

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Pamphlets
Keyword Description Grade Level
Definition  Sharon Finds the Environment (../documents/StoryTime_SharonEnv.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (797 KB) See also, Story Time: Sharon finds the Environment(http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/sharon/sharon.htm).
K-4 5-8          
Definition  The New Environmental Health (../documents/NewEnviroHealth-FinalSm.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (671 kb)
          9-12 12+
Parkinson's  Role of the Environment in Parkinson's Disease (../documents/EnvironmentAndParkinson.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (1231 kb)
          9-12 12+
Teenagers  It's Your Scene, Teen (../documents/SceneTeen-sm.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (266 KB)
     5-8 9-12     

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Videos
Keyword Description Grade Level
Environment  Public Service Announcements (/news/video/health/index.cfm)
K-4 5-8 9-12 12+

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April 25, 2008