Broad, interdisciplinary coverage of risk-related concerns ranging from public and environmental health to social issues and psychological aspects. Coverage: 1990-present.
The Environmental Protection Agency conducts assessment, research, and education and has the primary responsibility for setting and enforcing national standards under a variety of environmental laws.
NCDC provides the historical perspective on climate. Through the use of over a hundred years of weather observations, reference data bases are generated. NCDC contains a very large archive of climatic data.
Environmental data and information from the National Climatic Data Center, the National Geophysical Data Center, and the National Oceanographic Data Center.
Provides information on chemical substances and biological organisms and how they are represented in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations and information systems.
US National Library of Medicine resource for searching databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases information.
The USGS provides reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; and enhance and protect our quality of life.