Hazardous Material/Waste
Description
Hazardous wastes are discarded materials with properties that make them potentially harmful to human health or the environment. Hazardous wastes can include things such as chemicals, heavy metals, or substances generated as byproducts during commercial manufacturing processes, as well as discarded household products like paint thinners, cleaning fluids, and old batteries. Hazardous wastes can be in the form of liquids, solids, contained gases, or sludges. Much of this hazardous material is stored in landfills or other containment areas. If these hazardous waste sites are not properly designed or managed, their contents can be released into the surrounding environment, posing a threat to public health. To address this issue, the NIEHS has created a Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (HWWTP) to support the safety and health of workers engaged in activities related to hazardous waste and chemical emergency response.
Health Studies & Clinical Trials
- Notice of Intent to Publish a Request for Applications for Gulf Oil Research Consortia: Impacts on Health of Residents
- NIH to Launch Gulf Oil Spill Health Study
What NIEHS is Doing on Hazardous Material/Waste
- Wing discusses poverty, health, and industrial hog production (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2012/12/science-wing/index.htm)
- 12th Report on Carcinogens (RoC)
- A Human Health Perspective On Climate Change (4MB)
- Applying 21st Century Toxicology to Green Chemical and Material Design - Workshop Presentations from the National Academies Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions
- Applying Superfund Expertise to the Gulf Oil Spill (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2010/september/spotlight-applying.cfm)
- Children Exposed to Cadmium May Be at Higher Risk for Learning Disabilities (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2012/3/science-cadmium/index.htm)
- Columbia University unveils NPL mapper (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2012/5/science-mapper/index.htm)
- Electronic "Nose" Smells Toxins
- Exploratory study first to quantify TCE in breast milk (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2012/10/science-tce/index.htm)
- Fry Maps Arsenic Levels Across NC (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2012/2/science-fry/index.htm)
- Gulf Oil Spill Response Efforts
- Gulf Long-term Follow-up (GuLF) Study
- Hazardous Waste Worker Training Issues
- Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program
- NIEHS to Fund $36 Million in Worker Safety Training
- NIEHS WETP Emergency Preparedness Resource Page
- NIEHS World Trade Center Safety and Health Information
- NIH Launches Largest Oil Spill Health Study
- NIH-funded Research Network to Explore Oil Spill Health Effects
- PCBs Found in Indiana Harbor
- PCBs May Alter in utero Neonatal Brain Development
- Programs and Initiatives: Climate Change and Human Health
- Risk of Salivary Tumors Following Gamma Radiation Exposure
- Safety and Training of Oil Spill Response Workers
- SBRP: Advances Made in Developing Organoclays for Use in Hazardous Waste Remediation
- SBRP: Biomarkers of Exposure to Hazardous Substances
- SBRP: Toxicokinetics of Volatile Organic Compounds (SBRP)
- Solid Waste Facilities in NC: Disproportionately Located in Communities of Color and Low Wealth
- Succimer Found Ineffective for Removing Mercury
- Sustainability Report (6MB)
- Swine Flu Susceptibility Linked to Arsenic Exposure
- UC Grantees’ Lab-on-a-Chip Detects Toxic Heavy Metals in Humans (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2011/september/science-chip/index.cfm)
- Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) (SBRP)
- WETP Support of the National Response Plan (WETP)
General Information
- A Just Transition for Jobs and the Environment (1MB)
- ATSDR ToxFAQs - This site provides answers to Frequently Asked Questions about contaminants found at hazardous waste sites. The FAQs explain what the substance is, methods of exposure to the substance and how it affects the environment and human health.
- Auto Shop Waste: How to Reduce It and What to Do with It! (330KB)
- Entrenamiento de 8 Horas Sobre Salud y Seguridad para Trabajadores de Desperdicios Tóxicos (628KB)
- Environmental Diseases from A to Z (4MB)
- Environmental Health Perspectives, Environews by Topic: Hazardous Waste (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/browsenews.action?catName=Hazardous+Waste&field=)
- Evaluating Chemicals: Is It Safe? Movie (English & Spanish Versions)
- Foodborne Illness (840KB)
- Health and Safety Awareness Training (1MB)
- Household Products Database: Home Maintenance
- Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms: Mutagen
- The Interagency Working Group on Climate Change and Health (1MB)
