Environmental Health Publications
Updated October 2008

State Mosquito Control Policies: Preventing Emerging Diseases

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Childhood Cancer: Looking for the Environmental Link

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Linking the Environment to Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

 State Policies Regarding Student Rights to Possess & Self-Administer Prescribed Medications for Asthma & Anaphylaxis, NCSL postcard, 2003

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Is There a Connection Between Sprawl and Health?- State Health Notes, 2002

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The Environment and Disease: Tracking the Health Connection - State Health Notes, 2001

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Environmental Health: Hidden Hazards - State Health Notes, 1999

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The Politics of Peanut Butter: Searching for Sound Science - State Legislatures, 2001

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Science and Politics: A Balancing Act for Environmental Health Policy - State Health Notes, 2000

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Smart Growth and Healthy Cities Environmental Health Series 2000

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Genetics: Linking Health and the Environment Environmental Health Series 2000

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Pesticides and Human Health Environmental Health Series 1999

The Environmental Health Series provides policymakers and other interested parties with objective and up-to-date information on today's most important environmental health issues, including asthma, pesticides, and children's environmental health. All issues in the series have been reviewed for scientific accuracy by experts from the National Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

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Asthma: A Growing Epidemic

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Biological and Chemical Terrorism

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Biomonitoring

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Children's Environmental Health

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Connecting Health and the Environment

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Genetics: Linking Health and the Environment

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Indoor Air Quality

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Pesticides and Human Health

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Revitalizing Environmental Health Services

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Smart Growth and Healthy Cities

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Asbestos

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State Responses to Asbestos: An Update, LegisBrief (Vol. 21, No. 11), December 1996, by Cathy Atkins

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Revised Model Accreditation Plan for Asbestos, State Legislative Report, (Vol. 19, No. 12), August 1994, by Sean McDermott.

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Strategies for State Reciprocity in Asbestos Accreditation, State Legislative Report, (Vol. 17, No. 15), July 1992, by Doug Farquhar

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State Asbestos Programs 1992 (executive summary).

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Asbestos Training Course Subject/Topic Evaluation Survey

Asbestos Update Newsletter (HTML)

September 1996  April 1996  Winter 1995  Fall 1995  Summer 1995  Spring 1995  Fall 1994

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Children's Health and the Environment

Healthy Environment, Healthy Kids

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Children's Environmental Health State Health Lawmaker's Digest, 2001

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Finding the Causes of Childhood Diseases State Legislature's Magazine, 2001

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Asthma, A growing Epidemic Environmental Health Series, 2000

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Children's Health and the Environment Environmental Health Series, 1999

 Environmental Health Series

Science and Policy Summaries of Today's Most Pressing Health and Environment Topics

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 Lead Hazards Project

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Lead Poisoning Prevention: A Guide for Legislators, A comprehensive overview of the issues and policies surrounding lead poisoning prevention and lead hazard reduction

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Lead Screening for Children Enrolled in Medicaid: State Approaches, Promising Practices Issue Brief by Carrie Farmer

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Lead Poisoning Prevention: A Directory of State Contacts (online database).

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The Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Evaluation and Control Act: Model Legislative Language, August 1996

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Lead Poisoning Prevention: A Guide for Legislators, May 1994

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Lead Hazards Reduction Policies, LegisBrief, (Vol. 1, No. 18), May 1993, by Doug Farquhar.
Lead Poisoning Prevention: A Directory of State Contacts, 1992 through 1998

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 The State and Tribal Role in Reducing Lead Exposure, Nos. 1 - 4

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State Legislature and Tribal Lawmaker Role, No. 1, January 1997

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State and Tribal Regulator Role, No. 2, January 1997

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Disclosure of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Real Estate Transactions, No.3, July 1997

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Financing State and Tribal Lead Programs, No. 4, July 1997

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 Indoor Air Quality

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Indoor Air Quality Enviromental Health Series 2002

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Indoor Air Quality State Statutes (January 1996).

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 Legislation and Statutes

State Lead Poisoning Prevention Statutes 2008

Select School Indoor Air Quality Statutes 2008

State Statutes Surveys Mercury Emissions 2007

State Laws Addressing Mold Inspection and Remediation  2007

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2001 State Lead Poisoning Prevention Statutes 

MODEL LEGISLATION: Radon Hazard Reduction and Consumer Protection Act, 1996, by Susan Johnson.

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Radon and Real Estate, State Legislative Report, (Vol. 21, No. 4), March 1996, by Barbara Foster..

"Radon: An Ounce of Prevention", State Legislative Report, (Vol. 19, No. 5), April 1994, by Barbara Foster.

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Radon: An Invisible Threat, State Legislative Report, (Vol. 18, No. 8), July 1993, by Barbara Foster.