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Booklets

KeywordDescriptionGrade Level
CancerCancer and the Environment. What you need to know. What you can do. (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_a_e/cancer_and_the_environment_what_you_need_to_know_what_you_can_do.pdf) (685KB)
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  • 9-12
  • 12+
DiseaseEnvironmental Diseases from A to Z - 1996 (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_a_e/environmental_diseases_from_a_to_z_1996.pdf) (4MB)
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EMFEMF Electric and Magnetic Fields Associated with the Use of Electric Power (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_a_e/emf_electric_and_magnetic_fields_associated_with_the_use_of_electric_power.pdf) (11MB)
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  • 9-12
  • 12+
GeneticsYou and Your Genes - Making it in a Tough Environment - 2000 (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_p_z/you_and_your_genes_making_it_in_a_tough_environment_2000.pdf) (325KB)
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NotebooksGuide to Keeping Laboratory Notebooks - 2002 (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/guide_to_keeping_laboratory_notebooks_2002.pdf) (75KB)
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OzoneOzone Alerts - 2000 (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/ozone_alerts_2000.pdf) (1MB)
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  • 9-12
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PreventionFamily Guide--20 Easy Steps to Personal Environmental Health Now (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/family_guide20_easy_steps_to_personal_environmental_health_now.pdf) (346KB)
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Fact Sheets

Keyword DescriptionGrade Level
Asthma Allergens and Irritants - 1998
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  • 9-12
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Cancer Environmental Factors and Breast Cancer Risk (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/materials/environmental_factors_and_breast_cancer_risk.pdf) (1MB)
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  • 12+
Cancer Report on Carcinogens (RoC) (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=72016262-BDB7-CEBA-FA60E922B18C2540)
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  • 12+
Chemicals Environmental Factors and Breast Cancer Risk (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/materials/environmental_factors_and_breast_cancer_risk.pdf) (1MB)
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  • 12+
Children New Directions in Children's Environmental Health Research (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/new_directions_in_childrens_environmental_health_research.pdf) (2MB)
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Chromium Environmental Factors and Breast Cancer Risk (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/materials/environmental_factors_and_breast_cancer_risk.pdf) (1MB)
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Endocrine Endocrine Disruptors (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/endocrine_disruptors.pdf) (914KB)
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  • 12+
Lead Lead and Your Health (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/materials/lead_and_your_health.pdf) (1MB)
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  • 9-12
  • 12+
Medicine Medicinal Herbs (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/Factsheets/HerbalFacts06.pdf)
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  • 12+
Nanotechnology Nanotechnology Safety Assessment (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/Factsheets/NanoColor06SRCH.pdf)  National Toxicology Program
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  • 9-12
  • 12+
Occupation Occupational Exposures (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/htdocs/Liason/factsheets/OccupationalExpFacts.pdf)
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  • 12+
Oceans Oceans of Discovery (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/oceans_of_discovery.pdf) (1MB)
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  • 9-12
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Phones Studies on Radiofrequency Radiation Emitted by Cellular Phones (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntpweb/index.cfm?objectid=7E733ABE-BDB5-82F8-FBDC3F58C0CEE928)
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Risk NTP Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/_ntp_center_for_the_evaluation_of_risks_to_human_reproduction.pdf) (99KB)
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Toxicology The NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_p_z/the_ntp_interagency_center_for_the_evaluation_of_alternative_toxicological_methods.pdf) (80KB)
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Water Safe Drinking Water Program at National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/Factsheets/DrinkWaterFacts06.pdf)
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Flyers

KeywordDescriptionGrade Level
AirHealthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Air - 2001 (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/healthy_homes_healthy_kids_indoor_air_2001.pdf) (358KB) 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.
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  • 9-12
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AirHealthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Air (Arabic) - 2001 (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/healthy_homes_healthy_kids_indoor_air_arabic_2001.pdf) (361KB) This fact sheet in Arabic 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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FoodHealthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Food Safety - 2001 (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/healthy_homes_healthy_kids_food_safety_2001.pdf) (345KB) 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
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  • 9-12
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FoodHealthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Food Safety (Arabic) - 2001 (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/healthy_homes_healthy_kids_food_safety_arabic_2001.pdf) (309KB) This fact sheet in Arabic 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
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  • 9-12
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LeadHealthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Heavy Metals - 2001 (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/healthy_homes_healthy_kids_heavy_metals_2001.pdf) (188KB) 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.
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LeadHealthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Heavy Metals (Arabic) - 2001 (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/healthy_homes_healthy_kids_heavy_metals_arabic_2001.pdf) (236KB) 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.
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PesticidesHealthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Pest Control - 2001 (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/healthy_homes_healthy_kids_pest_control_2001.pdf) (310KB) 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.
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PesticidesHealthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Pest Control (Arabic) - 2001 (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/healthy_homes_healthy_kids_pest_control_arabic_2001.pdf) (352KB) This fact sheet in Arabic presents basic information about food safety issues around the home, including sources, symptoms, and avoidance strategies for Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Listeria poisonings.
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PoisonHealthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Look-A-Likes - 2001 (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/healthy_homes_healthy_kids_lookalikes_2001.pdf) (172KB) 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.
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PoisonHealthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Look-A-Likes (Arabic) - 2001 (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/healthy_homes_healthy_kids_lookalikes_arabic_2001.pdf) (303KB) 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.
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WaterHealthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Water - 2001 (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/healthy_homes_healthy_kids_indoor_water_2001.pdf) (269KB) 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.
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WaterHealthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Water (Arabic) - 2001 (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/healthy_homes_healthy_kids_indoor_water_arabic_2001.pdf) (639KB) 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.
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Interviews with Scientists/Researchers

KeywordDescriptionGrade Level
EcologistWhat is a Wetland Ecologist?
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  • 9-12
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Environmental AnalystWhat is an Environmental Analyst?
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  • 9-12
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Growth BiologistWhat is a Growth Biologist?
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  • 9-12
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Lung DoctorWhat is a Lung Doctor?
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  • 9-12
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MicrobiologistWhat is a Microbiologist?
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ProfessionMeet the Experts: Environmental Health (http://experts.thinkport.org/envirohealth/default.aspx) 
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  • 9-12
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ProfessionScientist Video Interviews (http://peer.tamu.edu/interviews.shtml) 
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News

KeywordDescriptionGrade Level
Environment Beyond the Bench Articles (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/search/simpleSearch.action?query=beyond+the+bench&x=0&y=0)  
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News  NIEHS Press Releases and News Stories
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Research Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) Headliners (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/static/scied.action)   EHP journal each month selects a paper authored by an NIEHS grantee to include in the NIEHS News section.
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Research  Selected Extramural Publications
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Topics Environews by Topic - Table of Contents (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/browsenews.action)  
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Topics Health Topics A to Z  
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Pamphlets

KeywordDescriptionGrade Level
DefinitionSharon Finds the Environment (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_p_z/sharon_finds_the_environment.pdf) (2MB) See also, Story Time: Sharon finds the Environment.
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DefinitionThe New Environmental Health (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_p_z/the_new_environmental_health.pdf) (836KB)
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Parkinson'sRole of the Environment in Parkinson's Disease (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_p_z/role_of_the_environment_in_parkinsons_disease.pdf) (1MB)
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Storybooks

KeywordDescriptionGrade Level
Carbon MonoxideWhat Could It Be, Beverly?
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ChemicalsWhat's Wrong Whiskers?
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ETSMama Didn't know
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EnvironmentMy World (http://www.ccitonline.org/ceo/content.cfm?menu_id=103)  Project goals and description: The award-winning My Health My World project develops exciting educational materials on environmental issues for elementary grades. Designed to meet National Science Education Standards, these materials promote a deeper understanding of relationships between the environment and health, while conveying the excitement of "doing science". They engage students and families in environmental issues as students learn fundamental physical and life science concepts and acquire problem-solving and decision-making skills. Each of the four completed My Health My World units targets a major environmental health topic and consists of a science adventure storybook, a teacher's guide to activities in science and math, a reading link language arts supplement and an Explorations mini-magazine for students to use with their families at home. See a description for each unit below.
  • Unit One: My World Indoors
    In this unit, readers meet the main characters of the My Health My World series: two squirrels (cousins) named Riff and Rosie, an old beaver named Mr. Slaptail, and a grasshopper-Chirpen J. Wingfellow, III-who serves as a guide for students and teachers. My World Indoors explores air quality and related issues, including allergies, in the places we live, study and work. The adventure story finds Riff and Rosie observing their neighbor, Mr. Slaptail, dragging a big dark bag down a moonlit road. What could be in that bag? As the mystery unfolds, the cousins discover Mr. Slaptail's cluttered, dusty home is packed full of trash, recycled products and chemical products such as paint and glue. It turns out that he uses this trash to make toys! But this lifestyle creates a contaminated indoor environment. Riff and Rosie help Mr. Slaptail clean up his house, making it a healthier place to live.
  • Unit Two: Water and My World
    Water and My World provides a fresh perspective on water and why it's important to the well-being of all living creatures. In the adventure story, Riff and Rosie are racing paper boats on Beaver Pond when they encounter many of their neighbors sadly leaving their homes. The marsh and creek have become murky, shallow and downright smelly! What is going on in Beaver Pond that the animals must leave? Riff and Rosie set out to discover the cause of pollution in their water environment. They find that the fertilizer making the nearby park beautiful also is creating a scummy swamp! The cousins work together with their neighbors to make their water livable again. This fun, educational book features colorful and informative science boxes. These highlighted areas discuss health related topics such as fresh water facts, water in the human body, pollutants and water runoff.
  • Unit Three: My Home Planet Earth
    My Home Planet Earth focuses on changes in the upper atmosphere, such as global warming, and how the changes may affect life on Earth. In this adventure story, Riff and Rosie can't wait to see what contraption Mr. Slaptail is masterminding now - on his rooftop! However, while helping him complete his solar water heater, an explosion occurs at the local coal mine. Community members rush to the site to find the owner, Beulah Diggerpaw, is trapped inside! How will they get her out? After Beulah is rescued, she announces she will close the mine which fuels most of the energy needs in Bright Water Corners. Now, what will they use for energy? Like all My Health My World story books, this one includes illustrated instructions for a toy used by Riff and Rosie during their adventure, as well as a glossary of health and science terms for student and teacher use.
  • Unit Four: Food and My World
    The latest My Health My World unit, Food and My World, examines food production, nutrition and food safety with unique activities for students and families. The story book places Curious Riff and Rosie in a new sleuthing situation with Mr. Slaptail. When they receive a strange, urgent note from him asking for their help, they know it must be big mystery, indeed! What could be happening that even Mr. Slaptail can't figure it out? While enjoying sandwiches made with vegetables from Mr. Slaptail's garden, the two cousins learn from their friend that leaves are disappearing from his lettuce plants. What could be happening to the leaves? Where are they going? And who-or what-is taking them? After a scary night in the garden, the secret is revealed. By the end of the story, Riff and Rosie learn some important lessons about food, plants, and good health.
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Lead Bradley and the Bad Pb
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SafetyRead the Label Mabel
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Stewardship Sharon Cleans Up
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StewardshipSharon Finds the Environment (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_p_z/sharon_finds_the_environment.pdf) (2MB)  See also, Story Time: Sharon finds the Environment.
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WaterWater, the Never Ending Story
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Videos

KeywordDescriptionGrade Level
Environment Public Service Announcements
  • Breathe Easier
  • Common Chemicals
  • Second Hand Smoke
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Websites

KeywordDescriptionGrade Level
BiologyBioEd Online (http://www.bioedonline.org/k%2D5/teacher-resources.cfm)  BioEd Online is an online educational resource for educators, students, and parents. BioEd Online utilizes state-of-the-art technology to give you instant access to reliable, cutting-edge information and educational tools for biology and related subjects. The goal of BioEd Online is to provide useful, accurate, and current information and materials that build upon and enhance the skills and knowledge of science educators. Developed under the guidance of its expert Editorial Board, BioEd Online offers the following high-quality resources: downloadable lessons and curriculum guides, short courses, streaming video presentations, slide library, and nature science update.
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Environment Hydroville (http://www.hydroville.org/)  High school students work together using scientific methods to unravel environmental mysteries based on real-life scenarios. Include link to BTB article from description:
  • Article: Welcome to Hydroville!
  • Website: http://www.hydroville.org
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EnvironmentVeggie-Mon - I'm in Charge of My Own Health (http://www.veggie-mon.org/) 
  • Article: Online and On Track with Veggie-Mon
  • Website: http://www.veggie-mon.org
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Last Reviewed: December 08, 2011