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Human Health

Addressing Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses: A Guide for Primary Care Providers in Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH) and Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, April 2001  (2.38 MB)

Air Of Injustice: African Americans and Power Plant Pollution, The Black Leadership Forum, Clear The Air, October 2002 (420 KB)

Air Of Injustice: How Air Pollution Affects the Health of Hispanics and Latinos, League of United Latin American Citizens, 2004 (517 KB)

Air Pollution and Infant Health: What Can We Learn From California's Recent Experience?, Janet Currie, Matthew Neidell, 2004 (719 KB)

An Expectant Mother's Guide to Eating Illinois Fish, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), April 2000 (128 KB)

Anglers’ Appraisals of the Risks of Eating Sport-Caught Fish From Industrial Areas: Lessons from Chicago’s Calumet Region, Lynne M. Westphal, Mario Longoni, Cherie L. LeBlanc, Alaka Wali, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Field Museum, 2008  (110 KB)

Building Healthy Environments To Eliminate Health Disparities Symposium, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Minority Health (OMH), May 2003 (1.14 MB)

Cabinet Confidential: Toxic Products In The Home, The National Environmental Trust, Washington, D.C., July 2004 (599 KB)

Calumet Container: Health Consultation, ATSDR, April 2004 (1.08 MB)

Can Superfund Continue To Protect Public Health?: How The Bush

Administration Has Slowed The Pace Of Cleanup At The Nation’s Worst Toxic Waste Sites, Grant Cope, United States PIRG Education Fund, April 2002  (414 KB)

Cancer Incidence in Populations Living Near Chicago O’Hare and Midway Airports, Illinois 1987-1997, Illinois Department of Public Health, November 2001 (139 KB)

CAUTION: Lead Paint - Handle With Care, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), 1999 (2.19 MB)

Chicago Research Year in Review 2006 – Population Health and Health Services, CIty of Chicago, Department of Public Health,

Office of Epidemiology, 2007  (430 KB)

Chicago Research Year in Review 2007– Population Health and Health Services, CIty of Chicago, Department of Public Health,

Office of Epidemiology, 2008  (636 KB)

Children At Risk: How Air Pollution From Power Plants Threatens The Health of America’s Children, Clean Air Task Force, 2002 (645 KB)

Choosing Healthcare In South Chicago: Information Strategies and Provider Choices, Ericka Menchen, Andrea Rincon, Perspectives On Civic Activism and City Life, Volume 25, Winter 2004  (378 KB)

Contaminants In Fish and Seafood: A Guide to Safe Consumption, Illinois-Indian Sea Grant, May 2005 (1.25 MB)

Cook County West Nile Virus Prevention and Response Plan, Cook County Department of Public Health, June 2005 (335 KB)

Death, Disease & Dirty Power: Mortality and Health Damage Due to
Air Pollution from Power Plants, Clean Air Task Force, 2000 (928 KB)

Dirty Air, Dirty Power: Mortality and Health Damage Due To Air

Pollution From Power Plants, Clean Air Task Force, June 2004  (833 KB)

Effects Of Air Pollution On Children's Health and Development, World Health Organization (WHO), 2005  (1.68 MB)

Effects of Great Lakes Basin Contaminants on Human Health, USEPA and Environment Canada, August 1995 (1.63 MB)

Environment and Morality: Confronting Environmental Racism In The United States, Robert D. Bullard, United Nations Research Institute For Social Development, October 2004, (854 KB)

Environmental Health Resoruce Book, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), June 2002  (3.82 MB)

Environmental Indicators: Better Coordination Is Needed To Develop Environmental Indicator Sets That Inform Decisions, United States Government Accountability Ofice (GAO), November 2004  (1.95 MB)

Environmental Justice: Human Health and Environmental Inequalities, Robert J. Brulle, David N. Pellow, August 2005  (159 KB)

Estimation and Evaluation of Cancer Risks Attributed to Air Pollution in Southeast Chicago, John Summerhays, USEPA, 1989 (8.90 MB)

Estimation and Evaluation of Cancer Risks Attributed to Air Pollution in Southwest Chicago, ViGYAN Inc. USEPA, April 1993  (18.11 MB)

Expectant Mothers Guide To Eating Illinois Fish: What You Should Know If You Are Pregnant, Planning To Be Pregnant, Or Nursing A Baby, Illinois Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health, April 2000  (128 KB)

Explaining Race and Ethnic Disparities in Birthweight in Chicago Neighborhoods, Narayan Sastry and Jon M. Hussey, 2002 (355 KB)

Fine-Particulate Air Pollution And Life Expectancy In The United States, C. Arden Pope III, Majid Ezzati, Douglas W. Dockery, The New England Journal of Medicine, 2009  (761 KB)

Fish Consumption and Environmental Justice: A Report Developed

From The National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Meeting of December 3-6, 2001, National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC), US EPA, November 2002  (2.57 MB)

Generations At Risk: How Environmental Toxicants May Affect
Reproductive Health In California, Physicians for Social Responsibility, California Public Interest Research Group

Charitable Trust, 1998  (5.68 MB)

Great Lakes Fish Consumption Advisories: The Public Health Benefits and Risks - Discussion Paper, Health Professionals Task Force, International Joint Commission, January 2004  (829 KB)

Health Benefits Of Urban Agriculture, Anne C. Bellows, Katherine
Brown, Jac Smit, Community Food Security Coalition's North American Initiative On Urban Agriculture, 2003  (166 KB)

Help Yourself To A Healthy Home - Protecting Your Children's Health, Healthy Homes Partnerships, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), 2002 (2.19 MB)

HIDDEN DANGER: Environmental Health Threats in the Latino Community, Natural Resources Defense Council, 2004 (791 KB)

Household Pets As Monitors of Lead Exposure to Humans, Hazardous Waste and Resource Information Center, 1994  (2.58 MB)

Illinois Resource Guide For Healthy, High Performing School Buildings, Illinois Capital Development Board, Illinois State Board of Education,
Healthy Schools Campaign, February 2006  (1.01 MB)

Impact of Biodiesel Fuels on Air Quality and Human Health, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), May 2003 (693 KB)

Impact of Population Structure On Health Disparities In Chicago,

City of Chicago Department of Public Health, Office of Epidemiology, January 2006  (186 KB)

Inconclusive By Design: Waste, Fraud, And Abuse In Federal

Environmental Health Research, Environmental Health Network, National Toxics Campaign Fund, May 1992  (2.75 MB)

Lead In Your Home: A Parent's Reference Guide, United States
Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), EPA 747-B-98-002,
June 1998  (2.18 MB)

Leaking Underground Storage Tanks: A Threat to Public Health and Environment, Sierra Club, June 2005 (652 KB)

Mercury and Fatty Acids in Canned Tuna, Salmon, and Mackerel,

Shim, Dorworth, Lasrado, Santerre, Journal of Food Science,

Volume 69, 2004  (152 KB)

Modelling Effects Of Air Pollution On Acute Asthma Outcomes In Chicago, Paul Rathouz, Department of Health Studies and Center For Integrating Statistical and Environmental Sciences (CISES), University of Chicago, March 2004  (285 KB)

Particulate Air Pollution in Chicago: Human Mortality, Pollution Sources and the Case for Tougher Clean Air Standards, Wiles, Savitz, and Cohen, Environmental Working Group, 1997 (526 KB)

Plagued By Pollution: Unsafe Levels of Soot Pollution in 2004, U.S. PIRG Education Fund, January 2006 (1.37 MB)

Poisoned Schools: Invisible Threats, Visible Actions, Child Proofing Our Communities Campaign, Center for Health, Environment and Justice, March 2001 (1.53 MB)

Polluting Our Future: Chemical Pollution In The U.S. That Affects
Child Development and Learning, National Environmental Trust,

September 2000 (160 KB)

Premcor Refinery: Health Consultation, ATSDR, May 2006 (256 KB)

Protect Your Family From Lead In Your Home, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), 2003, English (693 KB)

Proteja a Su Familia en Contra del Plomo en Su Casa, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), 2001, Spanish (651 KB)

Protecting Public Health: Caring for Chicago’s Waters - An Agenda for Action, The Alliance for the Great Lakes, July 2007 (7.58 MB)

Recognition and Management Of Pesticide Poisonings: Fifth Edition,

J. Routt Reigart, M.D., James R. Roberts, M.D., M.P.H., United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), 1999  (880 KB)

Reducing Diabetes Health Disparities Tthrough Community-Based Participatory Action Research: The Chicago Southeast Diabetes Community Action Coalition, Aida L. Giachello, Jose O. Arrom, Margaret Davis, Judith Sayad, Dinah Ramirez, Chandana Nandie,
Catalina Ramos, July 2003  (120 KB)

Stop Blowing Smoke In The Heartland: Protecting Human Health From Smokestack Pollution, Environmental Defense, 2004 (713 KB)

Third National Report On Human Exposure To Environmental Chemicals, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005 (3.09 MB)

Toxic Pollution and Health: An Analysis of Toxic Chemicals Released in Communities Across the United States, US PIRG Education Fund,
March 2007 (1.64 MB)

Women of Color Health Data Book, Third Edition, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2006 (9.40 MB)

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