Links:
 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) - The mission of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is to prevent
exposure and adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life
associated with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned
releases, and other sources of pollution present in the environment.
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Centre for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) - The Centre for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) at
the School of Public Health, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels,
Belgium, has placed a comprehensive database of disaster information
on-line via their Web site. As the creators of this resource state,
"In recent years, natural and man-made disasters have been affecting
increasing numbers of people throughout the world. Budgets for
emergency and humanitarian aid have sky-rocketed. Efforts to establish
better preparedness for and prevention of disasters have been a
priority concern of donor agencies, implementing agencies and affected
countries. For this reason, demand for complete and verified data on
disasters and their human and economic impact, by country and type of
disaster has been growing. Planners, policy makers, field agencies
engaged in preparedness have all expressed need for data for their
work. The CRED/OFDA initiative responds to this need by making
available a specialised, validated database on disasters that
facilitates preparedness, thereby reducing vulnerability to disasters
and improving disaster management." The site includes
background information, a "what's new" update section, the searchable database covering over 10,000 disasters, "disaster profiles" (now including data on epidemics) presented in three sub-sets: "top 10," "chronological table," and "raw data," and grouped according to country, region, world, and disaster type (summary data, maps, bibliographic database, and links to other useful sites.
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