University of Tennessee Youth Environment and Health: Resources

Tennessee Links

American Lung Association of Tennessee

The Environment and Lung Disease
School Programs
Air Quality

Learning Disabilities Association of Greater Memphis

Provides information and support to parents, individuals with learning disabilities and professionals.
Provides referral to other organizations and services involved with learning disabilities.
Promotes awareness, understanding and communication between parents, educators and the community.
Advocates the need for appropriate and effective teacher training.

University of Tennessee Extension Publications - Insects, Pests & Plant Diseases

Technical Information on Pests
*Note: Not all pesticides listed are recommended for use in schools, childcare or other child-serving facilities

University of Tennessee Extension Publications - Children's Environmental Health

Information on Integrated Pest Management in Child-serving facilities

University of Tennessee Urban IPM Programs

Suggested Guidelines for Managing Pests in Tennessee's Schools: Adopting Integrated Pest Management (PB1603)
Survey Report of IPM in Schools

Regional Links

Our Water - Our World
Northern California

Fact sheets on specific pests and methods to manage them with out using hazardous materials
List of Alternative Products
Technical reports relating to pesticides and water quality

University of Florida - School IPM

What is School IPM? (parent, school administrator, faculty/staff members, pest manager)
Information for the Administrator (forms, sample letters, contracts, regulatory & poison centers)
Educational Presentations for School IPM (IPM design, pests, pesticides, non-pesticides)
Teach Curriculum

National Organizations

American Academy of Pediatrics

Children's Health Topics: Environmental Health
Handbook of Pediatric Environmental Health
AAP Policies

American Lung Association

Air Quality
Fact Sheets
Special Reports

Beyond Pesticides: National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides

School Pesticide Reform Coalition
Safety Source for Pest Management
Model Laws and Policies
What is School IPM

Children's Environmental Health Network

About Children's Environmental Health
Tips for Parents and Caregivers
State-Level Activities
Resource Guide on Children's Environmental Health (searchable)
U.S. Policy on Children's Environmental Health
Training Manual on Pediatric Environmental Health: Putting it Into Practice

Commission for Environmental Cooperation

North American report on children's health and environment indicators

Crime Times

Research reviews on biological causes of criminal behavior
Listing of related articles via Internet

Healthy Schools Network, Inc.

Health & Learning Case Studies
Guides & Materials
News

IPM Institute of North America, Inc.: School IPM

IPM Standards for Schools (buildings and grounds)
IPM Administration & Policy (starting your IPM program, planning & communication, inspection, sanitation & exclusion, pest & pesticide risk management, general resources for school IPM, model legislation, school pesticide use surveys, school IPM success stories, IPM curricula and workshop ideas, school IPM organization directory, school pest management in the news)
School Landscapes & Grounds
Pest-Specific Links and Resources

Learning Disabilities Association

Alerts/Bulletins/FYI
LDA's Position on Neurotoxicity Testing

Lymphoma Foundation of America

Pesticides Research Report: Do Pesticides Cause Lymphoma?
Environmental, Epidemiological and Occupational Research

National PTA Leader's Guide to Environmental Issues

News
Issues - PTA Position Papers

Natural Resources Defense Council

Kids' Health
Health Effects of Pollution
Chemicals at Home, School & Work
Food, Farming & Pesticides

Physicians for Social Responsibility

Environment and Health
Children's Environmental Health
Chronic Disease and the Environment

Government Agencies

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Rodent Control: Seal Up! Trap Up! Clean Up!

Rodent Control Information
Diseases from Rodents
Images of Rodents

Children's Environmental and Health Safety Inventory of Research (CHEHSIR)

CHECHSIR
Asthma
Unintentional Injuries
Developmental Disorders/Lead
Childhood Cancer
Schools
The National Children's Study
Children's Health Month

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

National Toxicology Program
Children's Environmental Health and Safety
Environmental Health Information

National Library of Medicine - Environmental Health & Toxicology

Reference tools related to environmental health and toxicology
TOXNET - Collection of databases on hazardous chemicals, toxic releases, and environmental health

National Library of Medicine - Haz-Map, Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents

Occupational health database designed for health and safety professionals and consumers seeking information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals and biologicals at work
Links jobs and hazardous tasks with occupational diseases and their symptoms

National Library of Medicine Household Products Database

Searchable database of over 6000 household chemical products
Includes product ingredients
Includes product Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

US Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Children's Health Protection (OCHP)
Office of Pesticide Programs
Provides links to other EPA sites such as Pesticide Safety, Child Safety, Pesticide Management, Pesticide Effects and Pesticide Types

US EPA Toxicity and Exposure Assessment for Children's Health (TEACH)