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Jobs: Resources for environmental jobs-seekers

Worker Rights for Safety and Wages:

Worker rights, laws, wages, links to state pages, etc. - Department of Labor
Frequently asked questions about wages and benefits
* Workplace health issues *- how to protect your health at work
Teen Worker Rights

Recreation: This summer, take your family to pick your own strawberries, tomatoes, apples, pumpkins and other fresh, healthy fruit ! For more information, see www.PickYourOwn.org

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More News, by date from the EPA Newsroom.

News around the nation: News from EPA's ten regional offices.

Activities/announcements: Public meetings, grants, program and conference announcements.

In alphabetical order by subject. Note: Pages designed for the general public are preceded by a red asterisk - * - the other pages are more technical or regulatory pages of more interest to EHS professionals.

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* Aflatoxin (typically in peanut butter) * Acid Rain (overview, regs and publications) * Effects of Acid Rain * Air regs, issues, guidance * Clean Air Act overview * The Clean Air Act in Plain English (EPA publication) * Frequently asked questions about air pollution Guidance Manuals and other free downloads Fact sheets CAA Operating Permits Guidance, Links & Downloads Memos State Agency contact information Federal Register notices CAA Operating Permit Forms New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)
and Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Clean Air Act 112r requirements All about AP-42 Air Emission Factors (Free software here) * Air - Indoor air quality * Ozone generators - as air purifiers /filters * HEPA filters - what are they , how to select one
* Sick building syndrome
* Free Indoor Air Quality Publications from the EPA and Other Agencies
* Even More Free Indoor Air Quality Publications from the EPA and Other Agencies
* Free Indoor Air Quality Telephone Hotlines and Resources
Allergy information * Dust mites in your bedding * Cockroaches and allergies * Fungi and allergies * Alzheimer's Disease Analytical US EPA test methods index Animal Waste - issues, resources, links * Anthrax * FAQs * How to recognize suspicious packages * Anthrax and children * Protective equipment and respirators * Ants in the home and yard - and pesticides Asbestos Main Page Asbestos Federal Register notices Asbestos training materials * Asbestos publications Respiratory protection programs * Asbestos in the home - Information, background * Asbestos shingles on your house * Asbestos regulations * FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions * Asbestos resource links * Aspartame (Nutrasweet), diet drinks and your health Assessments - environmental site assessments, Phase I and II's, compliance assessments, etc., and some excellent guides to download. * Asthma * Asthma overview * Asthma Question and Answer * ASTHMA and its Environmental Triggers * Asthma Resources and Research Auditing - Environmental auditing, state and EPA policies regarding audits. * Chronology of automobile emission reduction efforts in the U.S. * Additional documents on emission standards for cars and light trucks * Information on the Tier 2 standards * Alternative Fuels for Automobiles


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 * Bacteria - disease * Everything you'd ever want to know about bacteria recycling and disposal * for households, homes and individuals * for businesses and governments Beef * Mad Cow Disease * Beef from cattle that are fed chicken manure * Biosolids (sewage and sludge as fertilizer) * Bird Fever * Birth Weight (low) from living near a landfill * Bleach - using bleach to destroy bacteria and biotoxins * Bottled water or Tap water? Which is safer? * Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease) * Breast cancer Britain Environmental Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions Health and safety resources, and the HSE


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* Cancer (unusually high number of exposure in area) * Cancer (the cancer gene) * Cancer (relationship of cadmium to prostate cancer) * List of cancer-causing compounds (carcinogens) * Candles - burning candles affects indoor air quality * Carpet Allergy * Cellular Communications Tower CERCLA - Superfund Brownsfields Contamination at industrial properties Superfund site information Community Right-to-Know - (EPCRA) Chemical Information - MSDS and data direct from chemical manufacturers - a super guide to manufacturer's MSDS sites. Formaldehyde * Chemical information (composition, properties, health and envi data) from OSHA * Chemical pollution fact sheets on many chemicals * Chemical Sensitivity also called MCS - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity * Children - issues affecting your children * Resources to teach kids about the environment * More resources from the EPA for kids and teachers * Studies of the effects of pollution on children * Effects of Indoor Air Pollution on Children * Tips about lead exposure and children * Teaching kids about Superfund and pollution Teen Worker Rights Chemical wastes (see Hazardous Waste) Waste Management, Inc. Are you a former WMI employee looking for your pension? to locate other WMI alumni? Email us! Clean Air Act - see Air * Cleaning Products art, photos and graphics (all free) Clip Art - Free Graphics for safety training *** Clip art and photos of environment and nature (NEW) Contingency planning and emergency response, also see Emergency response, below * Cosmetics and your health * Consumer Health Information * Environmental disease clinics * Consumer product safety information * Consumer Product Labeling initiative - What does the label mean? * Paint - epoxy, urea-formaldehyde, paint fumes, etc. * Cockroaches and allergies * Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) * Crimes - polluters * Cryptosporidiosis (in drinking water)

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* Dams - are they worth the costs? * Diet drinks, Aspartame (Nutrasweet) and your health Disease * Emerging new diseases * Top 10 diseases that cause hospitalization (John's Hopkins) * Infectious diseases information * Disasters * Floods: * What to do * Earthquakes * Historic quakes * Risk map * Tornados * safe rooms * Disaster scales: richter, etc. * Washing your hands to protect your health Dockets EPA (information related to the rulemaking process. A Docket is composed of Federal Register Notices, the rules, and supporting documentation for the rules) DOT - Transportation Main Page (start here if you are unsure) Also see "Transportation of hazardous materials" (below) DOT regulations DOT News How to Comply with DOT Hazardous Material Transportation Regulations Publications & Guidance DOT contacts, links, phone numbers for information and issues Training resources to meet DOT requirements FAQs - Questions and answers about hazardous material; transportation issues State DOT agencies - links & phone numbers DOT and NAFTA * Drinking Water * Drinking water information: bottled water or Tap water? Which is safer? (There are many related pages on drinking water here) * Frequently asked questions Fact sheets * about drinking water safety * about contaminants in drinking water * Tips to make your water at home safer and cleaner * Check out the quality of YOUR local tap water! * National Drinking water standards * Certified labs that test drinking water cleaning * Dry Cleaning Dangers for the general public * FAQs about the safety of dry cleaning chemicals Regulations and safety issues - how to comply - for owners and operators of dry cleaners * Dust mites - those microscopic bugs that live in your bed, eating your skin and hair!

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* Earthquakes * Historic quakes * Risk map The economics of environmental issues Educational Resources Kids (Ages 4-10, Pre-K through 4th grade) U.S. EPA Environmental Kids Club - Projects, Games, Art and Helpful Tips Students (Grades 5-8) U.S. EPA Student Center - Environmental Concepts, Activities and Tips High School (Grades 9-12) U.S. EPA High School Environmental Center Teachers (for classroom and non-traditional educators) Environmental Education Center - Basic Environmental Concepts and Teaching Aids Office of Environmental Education Grants, training, fellowships, and the President's Environmental Youth Awards Researchers Technical Documents, Research Funding and More * Eggs (smell of rotten eggs) * EMF - Electromagnetic Radiation and your health * EMF FAQs * EMF - Middle Ground * Employee rights under OSHA Emergency Response & Spills Oil Spills Hazardous material & Chemical Spills How to respond to Emergencies - Guide General Spills regulations and guidance

Awareness Level response Operations Level response Other response considerations Resource contact list Glossary of relevant terms Placard Table How the Regulations and Response System Work

ERNS - The Emergency Response Notification System

Related Information

Discharge of Oil Regulation: Summary of Key Provisions

The latest news about Chemical Accidents and Spills

SPCC Plans (Spill Prevention, Control & Countermeasures)

* Endocrine Disruptors And Human Health * Endotoxin Exposures (in Rural Settings and its Effects on Respiratory Disease) Enforcement of environmental regulations and laws, how to report a potential violation, lists of violators and guidance documents Pollutors and environmental criminals - actual summaries of convicted companies and individuals Past week's pollutors - many more cases here Enforcement publications Environmental Professionals resource pages: Job networking and information for those already in the environmental and safety fields * Environmental Performance information - How safe and clean are the companies in YOUR community? Find out here, for free! * Environmental Policy for Native Americans on the Reservation Environmental Laws and Regulations (HTML)- Title 40 CFR< (or as text and pdf files) Including AIR, WATER, PESTICIDE, RADIATION, NOISE, ABATEMENT, OCEAN DUMPING, SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTES, SUPERFUND, EMERGENCY PLANNING, AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW, EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS, SEWAGE SLUDGE, ENERGY POLICY, AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA) EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contacts, links, phone
numbers and downloads * Comprehensive links to the EPA and other environmentally related federal web sites * Alphabetized list of ALL EPA subjects (may take a few minutes to load!) EPA News & Federal Register (new regulations) notices EPA/OSWER publications (free download here) * U.S. EPA Regional offices contact information * EPA Employee locator: Locate the email, phone and mailing address of any employee of the U.S. EPA

* EPA accomplishments (self-proclaimed)

* Environmental laws that give the EPA it's legal support EPA environmental regulations - Title 40 of CFR - full text here * EPA's budget and work force - current and past * Free fact sheets, publications, brochures from the EPA EPA Test Methods - including SW-846 - to download free EPA Dockets (information related to the rulemaking process. A Docket is composed of Federal Register Notices, the rules, and supporting documentation for the rules) EPCRA - Community Right-to-Know - includes the Form R reporting forms to download, guidance documents, and free software. Also see TRI below EPCRA Guide - detailed guide to the RTK program * Epoxy Paint Fumes * Ergonomics resources

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 Health Issues * Senior citizens health issues - see * children, above * Pollution and chemical/pesticide safety for farmers Federal Government * Links to U.S. federal government agencies, White House, Congress, etc. Comprehensive links to the EPA * Searches of the federal government sites * Searches of the federal government statistics sites * Environmentally-related federal government web sites * Federal Regulations - environmental regs and laws Federal Register Notices & News -all EPA Federal Register Notices DOT News & FR notices OSHA News & FR notices
FIFRA - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
& Rodenticide Act Filters Air filters / purifiers
* HEPA filters - what are they , how to select one
* Ozone generators - as air purifiers /filters
Indoor air quality
* Sick building syndrome
Residential Air
Residential Air Cleaners
filters / purifiers * Tips to make your water at home safer and cleaner * Fire Safety * Fire safety links - to the best sites State Fire Marshals contact list for all 50 states * Local fire departments Preparing for a Fire Inspection * Selecting a fire extinguisher * Understanding the types of fire extinguishers * Fisteria (actually, Pfiesteria) a parasite in seafood * Floods: * What to do * Cleanup the indoor air Fluorescent Lights Fluorescent lamp recyclers list * Foam building insulation * Food additives * Food issues Organic - What are the standards for organic foods? from www.pickyourown.org for safer food - resources Picking your own Growing your own * Food irradiation Food Poisoning * Hot dogs, luncheon meats and Listeriosis * Is your turkey safe? * Turkey tips - safe cooking, thawing, storing * Food Safety * Consumer advice about food safety * General tips for food safety in the kitchen * Tips for retail businesses * Reporting Food Poisoning * Free publications Kids * Food safety page for kids, teens and educators * Information to help students write reports about food safety issues * FAQs - Frequently asked food safety questions * Food borne diseases * Food and FDA News * Food safety alerts * Food safety travel alerts and tips * Government agencies for food safety - state and federal * Food inspection (government) * U.S. Food Code Specific food issues Beef * This one is just amazing: Cattle are being fed chicken manure - legally! * Mad Cow Disease * Hot dogs & Listeriosis Poultry * Turkey - bacteria in them * Turkey tips - safe cooking, thawing, storing * Does eating turkey make you sleepy? (tryptophan) Vegetables * E. Coli in vegetables * Food safety information for kids - lots for children here! * Other related topics * Forests * Protecting streams and rivers in forestry operations * Formaldehyde - and indoor air quality, your health * Freon - exposure to, and your health * Frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the EPA, Environmental issues and EHSO Fruits - where to find a "pick your own" farm - www.pickyourown.org * Frog (deformities) Funeral Homes and environmental compliance * Fungus (fatal in infants)


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 * Garden environmental tips and precautions * Gasoline - MTBE additive health hazards * Gasoline health & environmental issues * Gasoline data sheet (MSDS) composition Generators of Haz Waste * Georgia - State of GA forms that you may need (such as ordering a birth certificate) Georgia, State of - DNR, EPD, environmental and regulatory information, forms, etc Georgia Environmental Press Releases Regulations Technical guidance Forms Permit information Sewage and Septic requirements Definitions * Global Warming - All About It! * Emissions data * Climate, man and global warming, explained * Trends * Impacts on Health or Wildlife and Water Resources * Free Publications * Links * Global warming news from LawPublish * Greenhouse Gases and CO2 (Is it Worth a Dam?) Government search engines* - find ANY government regulation in the CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) here! Contact lists - look by agency name (EPA, DOT, OSHA) Hotlines Links to Government web sites Government environmental web sites Great Britain - Environmental Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions Health and safety resources, and the HSE Groundwater Contamination * Groundwater quality issues, overview, facts and FAQs

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 * Halogen * Hamburgers - and e. coli, cooking safety * Hanta Virus - the deadly disease carried in rodent droppings * Hantavirus FAQs * How to determine if you have a rodent infestation * Hazardous Chemicals (Top 20 - courtesy of ATSDR) HazMat - Hazardous Materials - MSDS searches, chemical compound
information, etc. including used oil. Free guides and publications * Hazardous waste - General information - - what is it - from solid waste to hazardous chemicals - all here * A COMPLETE introduction to industrial hazardous waste * Household hazardous waste - types and disposal methods * Permits and Permitting of Hazardous Waste facilities * Public participation in the permitting and siting process * FAQs about hazardous wastes Hazardous Waste - RCRA - Detailed information and regulations FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions General Monthly RCRA/Superfund/EPCRA Hotline Reports - Q&A, Facts, Statistics, new publications Identification of haz waste Publications and guides to identification Guidance memos related to identifying HW from the EPA

Guidance memos about characteristic wastes from the EPA

Mercury and other lamps

Generators of Haz Waste Small quantity generators Large quantity generators Required notifications Guide to manifesting and shipping hazardous wastes (including the manifest forms and regs) Guide to the generator's self-inspection checklist Generator's self-inspection checklist RCRA, Superfund, and EPCRA Hotline Training Module: Introduction to Generators TSDFs (Treatment, Storage and/or Disposal Facilities) Land Ban requirements (Part 268, land disposal) The Universal Waste Rule fact sheet HWIR - Hazardous Waste Identification Rule Just published - Nov 30, 1998!!! * Health Information - More links and resources here than you can imagine! Health & Safety (main page) Overview of OSHA requirements Contact information: Contact information for regional OSHA offices Contact information to State OSHA offices OSHA, Federal & State Health Department Links
contacts, links, etc. (quite a lot here) OSHA Fact Sheets - free to download here OSHA publications OSHA News & FR notices - Back to 1985.
Search & Download any notice PPE (personal protective equipment) Guide Respiratory Protection Standard (current reg) Respiratory Protection OSHA Interpretations Disposable Respirators - OSHA Letters regarding their use Respiratory protection programs Asbestos Fire Safety State Fire Marshals contact list for all 50 states Home environmental health & safety survey! * Hot dogs, luncheon meats and Listeriosis Hotlines: Free Telephone Hotlines: * Environmental: Government and Free Private Hotlines * Health and disease: Government hotlines House and Home * Asbestos shingles on your house * General tips and guidance * Garden environmental tips and precautions * Household waste and recycling at home * Free publications about recycling at home * Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about recycling at home * Household hazardous waste - types and disposal methods * How and where to recycle household electronics (computers, tv's etc.) * Battery disposal for households, homes and individuals Household Products How to find what toxic substances are in common household products

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* Indoor Air Pollution * Introduction to IAQ (Indoor Air Quality) * An indoor air quality study * Effects of Indoor Air Pollution on Children * Sick building syndrome - indoor air quality and your health * Free Indoor Air Quality Publications from the EPA and Other Agencies * Even More Free Indoor Air Quality Publications from the EPA and Other Agencies * Free Indoor Air Quality Telephone Hotlines and Resources Industry-specific Guidance - from Air transportation to Wood furniture * Infectious diseases Insulation (house, building) * Insulation (urea formaldehyde) * Insulation (glass wool, fiberglass) International Environmental and Safety Affairs* - Everything from the Basel Convention to Whaling is here - and there are resources and links for continents to countries from Africa to Ukraine. We're adding more information from each region and country every week. Africa Britain - Environmental* Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions Health and safety resources, and the HSE Canada China India Mexico Scandinavia Southeast Asia Soviet Union (former) ISO14001 - Environmental Management Systems overview, downloads, manuals and links Detailed explanation FAQs News and the list of companies certified to ISO14000 Your company just received its certification? Maximize your exposure and add it to our public list here! ISO14000 case studies

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 Jobs for Environmental and safety professionals Resources for job and information networking for environmental health and safety professionalsand information Looking for jobs in the environmental sector? Check these environmental jobs web sites.
 Journals: * Free fact sheets, publications, brochures from the EPA * THE comprehensive list of Environmental Magazines and Journals


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 Kids Pages * Kids pages about Superfund * Tips for environmental safety for your children * Tips for safety about pesticides, lead, toxins and children in the home * General child's environmental safety pages

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 Lab Packs - Information about packing and removing small (less than 10 gallons each) containers of hazardous chemicals, cleaners, paints, etc. for disposal. * Landfill (contamination) * Laws: environmental regulations and laws * List of, sorted chronologically * list of, sorted alphabetically, by subject NEPA NEPA Resources * Lead Poisoning in the home and community * Everything you'd ever want to know about lead and your health * Lead exposure and health effects * Lead-XRF - History of Lead in Bone * Lead in your home publications * Legionnaire's Disease Links to the Federal Government Links to U.S. federal government agencies, White House, Congress, etc. Comprehensive links to the EPA Links to related (and unrelated, but useful) sites. Eg., environmental organizations, weather, affiliates, etc.
 * Listeria -Hot dogs, luncheon meats and Listeriosis * Lyme Disease * Lyme Disease (in Dogs)

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 * Mad Cow Disease * Magazines: THE comprehensive list of Environmental Magazines and Journals * Man-Made Mineral Fibers and health effects - in insulation * Maps - Environmental Maps and topographical mapping for the United States, EPA regions and individual states * State of Georgia * Medical Assistance on Environmental Disease * Mercury / Methyl Mercury Miscellaneous * SIC code list Mixed Waste Overview (this is wastes which are both hazardous/chemical AND radioactive) Mixed waste FAQs Free publications about mixed wastes Mixed waste regulatory news and regulations Mixed waste glossary Molds * Molds and sick building syndrome, your health * Cleaning up mold from your home Municipal waste (trash, solid waste) Facts and overview Disposal regulations Downloads and fact sheets * Mothballs The most complete MSDS list on the internet - An exhaustive A to Z list of chemical manufacturers and direct links to their Material Safety Data Sheet sites for information about the chemicals in commercial products. If you have a slow connection, try one of these (letter corresponds to the first letter of the manufacturer's name) links instead: A to D E to I J to P Q to Z * MSDS Chemical information (composition, properties, health and envi data) from OSHA databases MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) searches and other chemical information * MTBE (gas compound)

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 NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act Resources News Plus (the latest environmental, safety, and gov't news services, subscriptions, etc.) Daily Environmental News, weather and general news from the wire services Newsletters & email subscriptions EPA News Daily Environmental News Stories About.com's environmental news Federal Register Notices & News DOT News EPA News & FR notices OSHA News & FR notices * Nuclear wastes Nuclear wastes and materials - also see radioactive, below * State nuclear regulatory agencies links


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* Office: Health & Safety at work
* Oil: Used Oil management information, regulations, etc. * Oil Spills
 Organic - What are the standards for organic foods? from www.pickyourown.org
OSHA - Main Safety and Health Page See Health & Safety (above), Safety (below), PPE below, or Process Safety (below) *Overview of OSHA requirements OSHA compliance areas, by topic Documents, Forms, Publications: OSHA Fact Sheets OSHA Forms - download them here, free Most commonly requested documents, forms and publicationsSample OSHA safety plans - free to download and useOSHA Recordkeeping information (also see forms) *OSHA publications Regulations OSHA regulations - download them here free
Regulations 29 CFR 1910
Construction regs
More construction regulations 29 CFR 1903
Asbestos regulations
OSHA Federal Register Notices\
Teen workers
Trucking Safety Standards
Compliance Guidance and Interpretation
OSHA Guidance - all free
*OSHA compliance interpretations
OSHA Memorandums of Understanding
Search OSHA Interpretation memos
OSHA Technical Guidance Manual
OSHA Technical Links - Don't miss these alphabetized resource links!
OSHA Programs *OSHA Respiratory protection programs business information Introduction to OSHA requirements for small businesses - complete summary (new!) Complete small business guide to OSHA Personal Protection equipment requirements Contact information:
Contact information for regional OSHA offices
OSHA Emergency Hotline
Links (to webs sites for OSHA, NIH, CDC ANSI, state & local health departments, etc.) (there is quite a bit here!)
Contact information to State OSHA offices
OSHA State Agency information
/ Worker rights (under OSHA) * Employee rights under OSHA Resources Comprehensive table of contents to the OSHA website OSHA Injury statistics OSHA News
* Ozone Depletion and the hole in the ozone layer * The science of ozone depletion
* Health effects of ozone depletion
* Frequently asked questions about ozone depletion
* A graphical explanation of ozone depletion
 * Ozone generators that are sold as air cleaners - An Assessment of Effectiveness and Health Consequences


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* Paint Odor
* PCBs - Overview Page
* PCB Health & Safety Information
* PCB Regulatory Compliance Guidance
PCB FAQs and Spills
Free PCB Publications
List of PCB disposal facilities
List of PCB storage facilities
* PCB Megarule
* PCB Disposal
* Federal Register Notices (downloads)
* Perc (perchloroethylene)
* Hydrogen Peroxide mouth wash
Pesticides * Pesticides - facts and FAQs
* Pesticide residues in food
* Pesticides usage around the home
* In the yard and garden
* Pesticide links
* Pesticides - International Regulations, News and Issues
Registration kit * Pets - and your health - take care of both * Fleas * Cats, pregnant women and toxoplasmosis * Pfiesteria a parasite in seafoodPhase I Assessments and other compliance assessments - including some great guides to download Photos, clip art and graphics (all free) Clip Art - Free Graphics for safety training *** Clip art and photos of environment and nature (NEW) Pollution Prevention - including online tools
to search for alternatives * Pollution * Polluters- environmental crimes and criminals - real court cases * Checking the government records for pollution in your area! * Pollution (Arctic) * Pollutors - How to report environmental violations and polluters * Environmental crimes - click here, then look under polluters Search your area for environmental crimes PPE - Personal Protection Equipment EPA Levels of protection (A, B, C, D) Types of protective gear How to select PPE Chemical compatibility chart Federal Register Notice on PPE Requirements Complete small business guide to OSHA Personal Protection equipment requirements Also see Respiratory Protection Process Safety Management (PSM) Process safety guide * Product safety information Publications:
EPA & OSWER publications (free download here)
OSHA Publications (free to download here)
* Free fact sheets, publications, brochures from the EPA * THE comprehensive list of Environmental Magazines and Journals

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* Radioactive wastes * State nuclear regulatory agencies links
Radioactive wastes Nuclear waste overview Types of radiation All About Nuclear Waste Disposal Low-level radioactive wastes Man-made radiation Uranium mining - Uranium mill tailings Nuclear waste from weapons production Naturally-occurring radioactive waste Nuclear emergencies Nuclear / radioactive guidance documents Government agencies How to assess the danger from radiation Links to many federal government, scientific and reputable sources of information about radiactive materials State nuclear regulatory agencies links Mixed Waste Overview (this is wastes which are both hazardous/chemical AND radioactive) Mixed waste FAQs Free publications about mixed wastes Mixed waste regulatory news and regulations Mixed waste glossary * Radon and your health * Radon geology * Measuring radon risk * EPA regional radon offices RCRA - All About the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - the hazardous waste law. RCRA Superfund Hotline reports - Loads of questions and answers to hazardous waste issues Research: Environmental sciences research Recycling of Wastes * Recycling at home (also see House and home) * Free publications about recycling at home * How and where to recycle household electronics (computers, tv's etc.) * Recycling facts Batteries Fluorescent Lights Fluorescent lamp recyclers list Mercury Wastes Prices of recycled materials Add your company to the list of recyclers Waste exchanges Safety / OSHA Regulations Transportation (DOT) Regulations, other DOT Information Regulations - environmental regs and laws EPA environmental regulations - Title 40 of CFR - master list. This is a huge page - separate sections below: SUBCHAPTER A-- GENERAL SUBCHAPTER B-- GRANTS AND FEDERAL ASSISTANCE SUBCHAPTER C-- AIR PROGRAMS SUBCHAPTER D-- WATER PROGRAMS SUBCHAPTER E-- PESTICIDE PROGRAMS SUBCHAPTER F-- RADIATION PROTECTION SUBCHAPTER G-- NOISE ABATEMENT SUBCHAPTER H-- OCEAN DUMPING SUBCHAPTER I -- SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTES Master Guide to hazardous waste regulations and reg guides SUBCHAPTER J-- SUPERFUND, EMERGENCY PLANNING, AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW PROGRAMS SUBCHAPTER N-- EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS SUBCHAPTER O-- SEWAGE SLUDGE SUBCHAPTER Q-- ENERGY POLICY SUBCHAPTER R--TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT SUBCHAPTER U--AIR POLLUTION DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; UNIFORM NATIONAL DISCHARGE STANDARDS FOR VESSELS OF THE ARMED FORCES - 1700--UNIFORM NATIONAL DISCHARGE STANDARDS FOR VESSELS Respiratory Protection Pages * - OSHA Regulatory Standard - Intro page Overview The regulation - 29 CFR 1910.134 OSHA 1910.134 interpretation memos How to select a respirator Types of respirators Air purifying Supplied air Limitations When to change cartridges OSHA directive on inspecting respirators Training materials Free publications and manuals Notices and materials in both English and Spanish Glossary FAQs * Ricin and biotoxins Risk Management Plans (RMP) Regs, Fact sheets & other publications Interactive Web Guide CAA 112 chemical list (alphabetized) CAA 112r list sorted by CAS number Guidance for facilities in RMP-authorized states (Georgia)

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 Safety Information (also see Health & safety; and OSHA) OSHA, Federal & State Health Department Links
contacts, links, etc. (quite a lot here) Process Safety Management (PSM) Sample OSHA safety plans - free to download and use OSHA News & FR notices Plans and checklists / RCRA * Sewage and Sludge (Biosolids) Search Engines 1. Search this site - your best option, as it includes links to government sites. 2. Search government sites, also has capabilities to search the Federal regulations and Federal Register 3. Search the Internet 4. Search for a book, article, or video at Amazon * Sick building syndrome - indoor air quality and your health * free sick building syndrome publications Small business information and resources Complete guide to OSHA Personal Protection equipment requirements FAQs Local agencies State agencies Publications Training resources * Smoking & Secondhand Smoking facts, policies, regulations * EPA Fact Sheet: All About Secondhand Smoke * EPA Fact Sheet: What You Can Do About Secondhand Smoke * EPA Fact Sheet: Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking * Other Publications and video * Soil Contamination Solid waste - also called municipal waste, trash, rubbish, nonhazardous waste: Facts and overview Disposal regulations Downloads and fact sheets * Spills & Emergency Response - everything you need to know * Oil Spills * Hazardous material & Chemical Spills * Exemptions to spill reporting requirements * SPCC Plans (Spill Prevention, Control & Countermeasure) * State environmental and general government contacts, links, address, & numbers for all 50 states; a comprehensive list just updated 2/99!
Other contacts: OSHA Approved State Agency information State OSHA offices links * State Stormwater Contacts * State Health Department info & contacts * State DOT (transportation) web sites State nuclear regulatory agencies links * Sun - ultraviolet radiation and your health * The UV index * Tips to reduce the effects of the sun and uv radiation * Superfund - All about hazardous waste sites * Superfund FAQs * Site Information - find out about a site near you! * Superfund publications Also see CERCLA above Sustainable Development EPA-Related Programs Laws and regulations Organizations

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 * Tattoos * Tension Wire - Electric (EMF) * Anthrax * Ricin and biotoxins Test Methods - EPA test methods sorted by chemical/name, and for General, Air, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Solid Waste, Water Download EPA Test Methods HERE. * Tetrachloroethylene * Tornados * safe rooms Toxic Reporting Inventory (TRI) Overview News, Updates, and New Regulations The Comprehensive Guide to EPCRA How to use the TRI Forms - all the forms you'll need for the July 2000 deadline. Free Software - The latest, just-released guidance software Guidance documents, including the chemical lists Links to government & other EPCRA sites Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Also see "PCBs" and "Asbestos" Premanufacture Notices (PMN) guidance, forms, etc. TSCA regulations and laws Training *(required DOT, OSHA, RCRA training) Hazwoper (OSHA 40/24/8 hr) Detailed information, regulations, etc. provided about the EPA/OSHA and DOT requirements. DOT HM Training OSHA Training Asbestos Training Training materials (general, clip art, etc) Clip Art - Free Graphics for safety training *** Free clip art and photos of environment and nature (NEW) EPA/OSWER publications (free download here) Transportation of Hazardous Materials * Hazardous material transportation regulations Trucking Safety Standards Hazmat transportation links State DOT agencies - links & phone numbers FAQs - Questions and answers about hazardous material; transportation issues Publications & Guidance DOT contacts, links, phone numbers for information and issues Training resources to meet DOT requirements FAQs - Questions and answers about hazardous material; transportation issues Trash (Solid Waste) Facts and overview Disposal regulations Downloads and fact sheets Trucking Safety Standards Turkey * Is your turkey safe? (food poisoning from turkey) * Turkey tips - safe cooking, thawing, storing * Tryptophan - does eating turkey make you sleepy?

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 * Ultraviolet radiation and your health * The UV index * Tips to reduce the effects of the sun and uv radiation Underground Storage Tanks (USTs) United States Government information and links - see Federal, above United Kingdom - Environmental* Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions Health and safety resources, and the HSE * Used Oil information


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- where to find a "pick your own" farm - www.pickyourown.org * Violations - How to report environmental violations and pollutors

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* Waste - solid, nonhazardous, hazardous trash - all here * A COMPLETE introduction to hazardous waste * RCRA hazardous waste orientation manual Waste exchanges (recycling) Management, Inc. Are you a former WMI employee looking for your pension? to locate other WMI Alumni? Email us - we have the list you're looking for! Wastewater * Treatment technologies Water & wastewater Drinking water information: bottled water / tap water facts NPDES NPDES FAQ NPDES Details Pretreatment Stormwater State Government Stormwater Contacts Wetlands * Water: Bottled water or Tap water? Which is safer? * Water Treatment Units also see the pages above on drinking water * Water Pollution - causes and management controls * Agriculture * Boating and Marinas * Cities and Urban Living * Dams, Channels, and Other Waterway Modifications * Forestry Operations (Lumber) * Deforestation * Wetlands Management * Wetlands - introduction and fact sheets * Wine - sulfites * Women's Health Rights
Worker rights, laws, wages, links to state pages, etc. - Department of Labor
Frequently asked questions about wages and benefits
* Workplace health issues *- how to protect your health at work
Teen Worker Rights

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