Health Research
EPA research is helping communities and policymakers develop and implement policies and practices to improve public health, especially for vulnerable groups such as children, the elderly and the socioeconomically disadvantaged.
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| Children's Centers T(ribal)-FERST National Atlas for Sustainability | Durham Sustainability Pilot C(ommunity)-FERST |
Community Public Health
EPA is studying ways to improve health and promote community sustainability.
Eco-Health Relationship Browser
Community Public Health Fact Sheet (1 pp, 46KB)
Community-Focused Exposure and Risk Screening Tool
Tribal-Focused Environmental Risk and Sustainability Tool
Durham Sustainability Pilot
Asthma Research
Children's Environmental Health
Research is underway to explore how children's environments affect their overall health and well-being.
Children's Centers
Asthma Research
Virtual Embryo Project
Children and their Environment
Endocrine Disruptors Research
Environmental Justice and Health
Researchers are studying issues related to environmental justice and developing the necessary tools to ensure a healthy environment for all.
Environment, Health, and Society
EPA's Plan EJ2014
Community Cumulative Assessment Tool (CCAT)
Tribal-Focused Environmental Risk and Sustainability Tool
Community-Focused Exposure and Risk Screening Tool
Human Health Risk Assessment
EPA is conducting research to determine the risk of environmental hazards to human health and the ecosystem.
Human Health Risk Assessment
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
HERO Database
NextGen Risk Assessment
Other Health Topics
Health effects research is an integral part of many of the research topics.
Health and Air Quality
Health and Climate Change
Health and Chemical Safety
Health and Water
Chemical Exposure & Cumulative Risk
Chemical and Microbial Risk
Hormone Disrupting Chemicals
EPA research improves the understanding of potential risks to human health and wildlife from chemicals that could disrupt the endocrine (hormone) system.
Using rapid, automated technology to assess chemicals for endocrine disruption
Pharmaceuticals products and endocrine disruption
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.
Children's Centers
Tribal Environmental Health Research
Environment, Health and Society Research
Endocrine Disruptors Research
Models, Databases and Tools
EPA is collecting and linking available information and data in a user-friendly application that is available to communities and decision-makers.
Eco-Health Relationship Browser
National Atlas for Sustainability
Community-Focused Exposure and Risk Screening Tool
Tribal-Focused Environmental Risk and Sustainability Tool
Other Research Topics
Top Three Questions/Tasks
What's New
Research Publications
