Water Pollution
Description
Water pollution is any contamination of water with chemicals or other foreign substances that are detrimental to human, plant, or animal health. These pollutants include fertilizers and pesticides from agricultural runoff; sewage and food processing waste; lead, mercury, and other heavy metals; chemical wastes from industrial discharges; and chemical contamination from hazardous waste sites. Worldwide, nearly 2 billion people drink contaminated water that could be harmful to their health.
Health Studies & Clinical Trials
- Notice of Intent to Publish a Request for Applications for Gulf Oil Research Consortia: Impacts on Health of Residents (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-ES-10-012.html)
- NIH to Launch Gulf Oil Spill Health Study
What NIEHS is Doing on Water Pollution
- 12th Report on Carcinogens (RoC) (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/roc12)
- A Human Health Perspective On Climate Change (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_a_e/a_human_health_perspective_on_climate_change.pdf) (4MB)
- Applying 21st Century Toxicology to Green Chemical and Material Design - Workshop Presentations from the National Academies Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions (http://nas-sites.org/emergingscience/workshops/green-chemistry/workshop-presentations-green-chemistry/)
- Applying Superfund expertise to the Gulf oil spill (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2010/september/spotlight-applying.cfm)
- Arsenic and Hearth Arrhythmia
- Arsenic and Type 2 Diabetes
- Arsenic-Related Mortality in Bangladesh
- Child Development and Environmental Toxins (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_a_e/child_development_and_environmental_toxins.pdf) (633KB)
- Does Pfiesteria Produce Toxins? New Research Suggests Not
- Grantee Research
- Gulf Oil Spill Response Efforts
- Gulf Long-term Follow-up (GuLF) Study
- Harmful Algal Blooms and Cystic Fibrosis: A Surprising Connection
- In Small Doses: Arsenic (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~toxmetal/program-resources/research-translation/InSmallDoses/index.html) - a 10 min. video about the risks of arsenic exposure in private well water
- NIEHS to Fund $36 Million in Worker Safety Training
- NIH Launches Largest Oil Spill Health Study
- NIH-funded Research Network to Explore Oil Spill Health Effects
- PCBs Found in Indiana Harbor
- Programs and Initiatives: Climate Change and Human Health
- Public Health Impacts of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Role of Environmental Chemicals in Diabetes and Obesity: A National Toxicology Program Workshop Report (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.1104597)
- Safety and Training of Oil Spill Response Workers (http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/index.cfm?id=2495)
- Solutions to Arsenic Groundwater Contamination
- Succimer Found Ineffective for Removing Mercury
- Superfund postdoc unravels arsenic exposure (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2011/july/science-superfund/index.cfm)
- Sustainability Report (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_p_z/sustainability_report.pdf) (6MB)
- Swine Flu Susceptibility Linked to Arsenic Exposure
- Well Water Should Be Tested Annually to Reduce Health Risks to Children
General Information
- Don't Be Bullied by Bacteria! Join the Fight for Clean Water! (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_a_e/dont_be_bullied_by_bacteria_join_the_fight_for_clean_water.pdf) (515KB)
- Drinking Water and Health (http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwh/index.html) - Find out where drinking water comes from, how it is treated, who is responsible for water quality and what contaminants may be in your drinking water.
- Gulf Oil Spill 2010: Information for Parents (http://www.bt.cdc.gov/gulfoilspill2010/info_for_parents.asp)
- Environmental Health Perspectives, Environews by Topic: Water Pollution (http://ehponline.org/article/browsenews.action?catName=Water+Pollution)
- Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Water (English) (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/healthy_homes_healthy_kids_indoor_water_english.pdf) (269KB)
- Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Water (Spanish) (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/healthy_homes_healthy_kids_indoor_water_spanish.pdf) (249KB)
- Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Water (Arabic) (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_f_o/healthy_homes_healthy_kids_indoor_water_arabic_.pdf) (639KB)
- The Interagency Working Group on Climate Change and Health (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_p_z/the_interagency_working_group_on_climate_change_and_health.pdf) (1MB)
For Educators
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: Arsenic: An Element of Suffering (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_a_e/ehp_student_edition_lesson_arsenic_an_element_of_suffering.pdf) (121KB)
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: Caring for Children Amidst Chaos (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_a_e/ehp_student_edition_lesson_caring_for_children_amidst_chaos.pdf) (196KB)
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: Cleaner Air and Water on the Fly (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_a_e/ehp_student_edition_lesson_cleaner_air_and_water_on_the_fly.pdf) (141KB)
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: Consider the Source (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_a_e/ehp_student_edition_lesson_consider_the_source.pdf) (1MB)
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: Great Lakes - Make the Human Health Connection (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_a_e/ehp_student_edition_lesson_great_lakes_make_the_human_health_connection.pdf) (970KB)
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: Lettuce Explore Perchlorate in Food (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_a_e/ehp_student_edition_lesson_lettuce_explore_perchlorate_in_food.pdf) (90KB)
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: Rescuing Water from the Roof (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_a_e/ehp_student_edition_lesson_rescuing_water_from_the_roof.pdf) (177KB)
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: RoboLobsters (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_a_e/ehp_student_edition_lesson_robolobsters.pdf) (509KB)
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: Streamside Schematic (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_a_e/ehp_student_edition_lesson_streamside_schematic.pdf) (939KB)
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: Water Alchemy (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_a_e/ehp_student_edition_lesson_water_alchemy.pdf) (233KB)
