Science and Technology: Health
The goal of EPA's human health research is to improve our scientific knowledge base and to develop tools and methods to enable the Agency to identify and characterize human health impacts associated with environmental exposures.
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Human Health Science
Science at EPA provides the foundation for credible decision-making to safeguard human health and ecosystems from environmental pollutants.
Research
- Human Health Research
- Community Public Health Research
- Health and Environmental Justice
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Children's Environmental Health
Tools and Technology - Health Models, Databases and Tools
- Chemical Safety Models, Databases and Tools
- Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)
- Benchmark Dose Modeling (BMDS)
- Virtual Embryo Project
- Virtual Liver Project
Health Effects Due to Pollutant
EPA uses the results of scientific research to help identify linkages between exposure to environmental contaminants and certain diseases, conditions, or other health outcomes.
Air and Radiation
- Health and Air Quality
- Secondhand Smoke
- Health Effects Notebook for Hazardous Air Pollutants
- Climate Change: Human Health Impacts and Adaptation
- Radon Health Risks
Water
- Health and Water
- Chemical and Microbial Risk
- Water Quality: Human Health Criteria
- Drinking Water Science and Regulatory Support
- Fish Advisories: Technical Information
Pesticides, Chemicals and Toxins
Exposure
EPA's exposure science leads to improved methods, measurements and models to assess and predict exposures of humans and ecosystems to harmful environmental stressors.
Research
- Exposure Research
- Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences
- Exposure Factors Program
- Children's Health Protection
Tools and Technology
Risk Assessment
EPA considers risk to be the chance of harmful effects to human health or to ecological systems resulting from exposure to an environmental stressor.
Risk Assessment
- Risk Assessment Portal
- Human Health Risk Tools
- Human Health Risk Assessment
- Pollutant Fate and Transport, Human Exposure, Toxicology and Risk Assessment
Risk, by Program or Substance
- Superfund Human Health Risks
- Criteria Pollutants: Fate, Exposure & Risk Analysis
- Radioactivity Risk Assessment
- Assessing Pesticide Cumulative Risk
- Microbial Risk Assessment Guide: Pathogenic Microorganisms with Focus on Food and Water
Top Questions: Health
Related Topics
Featured Resource
Data Sources Available for Modeling Environmental Exposures in Older Adults - This report discusses the information currently available for studying and modeling the unique factors that shape seniors’ exposure, including their day-to-day habits, activity levels, and the environments older adults typically live and work in.
GEMS: Great Environmental Moments in Science
Funding Opportunities
Grants and Funding for Health Research
EPA is providing grants and funding to the nation's leading researchers to improve the scientific basis for decisions on health and environmental issues.