Environmental health and Environmental Medicine are the keywords of this homepage. This page is meant as an information source and link for those who are interested in Environmental Medicine or Environmental Health. The Dutch Association for Environmental Medicine is the Dutch Scientific organization that deals with the promotion of environmental medicine. This homepage will give you information on the association itself, the International associations linked to us and to (international) institutes that have interesting information on health and the environment
International
Conference on Children's Health and Environment
International
Network on Children's Health, Environment and Safety
Information on NVMM (Dutch Association of
Environmental Medicine)
Information
on ISDE (International Society of Doctors for the Environment)
Information
on Environmental Health Institutes or Associations
Environmental
Health Resources
The Dutch Association for Environmental Medicine has been founded in 1988 in Lekkerkerk, Netherlands. The core of members of the association existed of environmental health physicians. In due time other disciplines became part of the association. September 1998 the NVMM had approx. 150 members. The association organizes scientific meetings, develops educationals material and brings forward problems in environmental medicine.
DUTCH: De Nederlandse Vereniging voor Medische Milieukunde is opgericht in 1988 in Lekkerkerk. De kern van de vereniging bestond in eerste instantie uit medisch milieukundigen. Langzamerhand hebben ook andere disciplines zich tot de NVMM gewend. Per september 1998 had de NVMM ruim 150 leden. De vereniging houdt zich bezig met de ontwikkeling van het vak medische milieukunde. Daartoe worden wetenschappelijke vergaderingen gehouden, nascholings activiteiten georganiseerd en af en toe een symposium. Daarnaast speelt de NVMM een rol bij de ontwikkeling van de opleiding tot medisch milieukundige. Ook voor andere disciplines wordt gewerkt aan het leveren van een bijdrage aan het onderwijs.
Introducing Environmental MedicineHome Page as a brand new Internet-based online service designed for those working in the field of environmental medicine. The Dutch Association of Environmental Medicine does not have the financial nor human resources to act as a clearinghouse in environmental medicine. This page will however try to be a link to those organisations that can answer most of the relevant issues in environmental medicine.
There are many information sources available on the topic of health in relation to the environment. But there are also a lot of missing links in our knowledge on the relation between an environmental factor and a disease or a health complaint. About most chemical compounds we have hardly any knowledge on their working mechanism. The Dutch Association of Environmental Medicine will work on facilitating the availability of the knowledge that is somewhere. In the WWW there are many browsers to be used to look for information on certain topics. But there is a lot of knowledge hidden in the "grey literature". This paragraph will give some links to useful information on certain topics. But remember this part will be under construction for a long time. The main areas are: , NVMM, ISDE, associations and institutes, other health and environment topics. As this homepage is dealing with environmental medicine it will only supply links to sources that have information within that framework.
The International Society of Doctors for
the Environment is the international organization that links all
societies of doctors that are concerned about the health of the
world population in relation to the environment. The main purpose
of ISDE is to help to protect the environment locally and
globally, to prevent numerous diseases, to ensure the conditions
for health, and to improve the quality of life. In order to
safeguard the health of our own generation and of future ones we
must care about the environment! ISDE is established as a
tool for educating and updating physicians and the public and
will have a function of stimulation towards public and private
bodies, in particular governmental agencies.
As unique organisation of its kind, ISDE is recognised by the UN,
by WHO, has 36,000 members, and is constantly growing. In 90
countries of the five continents there are doctors who share its
purposes and motives. More than 40 national organisations are
part of the society. It fosters contacts and co-operation efforts
with international organisations such as UN, EU, WHO, UNEP,
UNICEF and many other NGO's as well,. It supports projects of
international relevance, and links together national groups
working on local projects.
ISDE is organised in a federate system. Regional groups are linked locally in national Associations. National Associations co-ordinate and support local groups and are federated to ISDE. An Executive Director is carrying out the daily activities of ISDE.
The Executive Office is in Corcelles-sur-Chavornay, Switzerland (tel. +41 24 441 5650/ fax +41 24 441 5651). The Scientific Center is in Arezzo, Italy. The Scientific Center collects data and all useful information, links with experts, publishes a Bulletin and prepares and overviews the Courses of the "Environment and Health" School.
More information on ISDE can be found on their homepage.
The International Society of Doctors for the Environment is
the international organization that links all societies of
doctors that are concerned about the health of the world
population in relation to the environment. The main purpose of
ISDE is to help to protect the environment locally and globally,
to prevent numerous diseases, to ensure the conditions for
health, and to improve the quality of life. In order to
safeguard the health of our own generation and of future ones we
must care about the environment! ISDE is established as a
tool for educating and updating physicians and the public and
will have a function of stimulation towards public and private
bodies, in particular governmental agencies.
As unique organisation of its kind, ISDE is recognised by the UN,
has 36,000 members, and is constantly growing. In 90 countries of
the five continents there are doctors who share its purposes and
motives. It fosters contacts and co-operation efforts with
international organisations such as UN, EU, WHO, UNEP, UNICEF and
many other NGO's as well,. It supports projects of international
relevance, and links together national groups working on local
projects.
ISDE is organised in a federate system. Regional groups are
linked locally in national Associations. National Associations
co-ordinate and support local groups and are federated to ISDE.
The E
Office is in Gravesano, Switzerland. The Scientific
Center is in Arezzo, Italy. The Scientific Center
collects data and all useful information, links with experts,
publishes a Bulletin, manages a network
(ISDENET), and prepares and overviews the Courses of the "Environment
and Health" School.
More information on ISDE can be found on their homepage.
In 1996 ISDE organized a blockade of the Brenner Pass between
Austria and Italy. This action was to bring attention to the
health and ecological effects in the valley caused by the
traffic.
Information on Environmental Health
related Institutes and Organizations
There are many Institutes and organizations that carry
information on health and the environment. This page will try to
give the most important and interesting links.
Many important
data on issues related to the environment and health. The Air
quality guidelines are very useful.
The World Health Organization
Regional Office for Europe has launched its own home page. It
offers items about technical programmes, communications and
public affairs, European policy for Health for All and country
information. There is also information (also on specific site) on
the Ministerial Conference in London '99.
The Environmental Protection Agency
offers a lot of information on many items. Specialist information
on different topics.
The Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry has a lot of information on
different chemical compounds.
The National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has a lot to offer.
One of the most important features is the access to their
Enviro-Health Clearinghouse. You can ask any question on the
topic of health and the environment and you will get an answer or
a direction for further sources of information. 
The United
Nations Environmental Program offers a lot of information on
worldwide environmental issues
Information on
many items related to Child Health & Rights issues.
There are several sites with relevant information on cancer.
A step-by-step
guide to the most case-specific cancer resources on the Internet
Contains, e.g.,
answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about cancer
Maintained by the
New York State Education and Research Network
A wealth of
well-organized links to, e.g., agriculture, endangered species
and human rights.
The Medical
University of South Carolina lists local resources and government
agencies that deal with risk assessment -- as well as resources
such as the National Library of Medicine's Environmental Health
and Toxicology web page.
The Deparment of
EH, S & RM at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee provides
an extensive set of links to, e.g., Regulatory and Standard
Setting Agencies, Materials Safety Data, Biosafety and Public
Health, Hazardous Materials Management, and Risk Management and
Safety.
The University of Alberta provides the full text of its ERM newsletter, ERM working papers and several related sites.
The Association in Argentina (AAMA) is one of our sister-organizations. They consist of a small group of very active members. One of their projects of protest is the Parana-river project. This project will have disastrous effects on human health and ecology.
Other projects are related to children's environmental health and pesticides.
The GGD Nederland is the Dutch Association of Municipal or Regional Public Health Services. The Dutch Environmental Health Physicians are working at these Health Services. Information on the Dutch system of Social Medicine.
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The objective of the International Society of Exposure Analysis is to foster and advance the science of exposure analysis related to environmental contaminants, to human populations and activities, and to ecosystems. The membership promotes communication among all disciplines involved in exposure analysis, recommends exposure analysis approaches to address substantive or methodological concerns, and attempts to strengthen the impact of exposure assessment on environmental policy.
The "Meldpuntennetwerk" has some interesting links to other NGO sites, related to different topics.
The purpose of this home page is to provide quick and easy access for the public to general information about environmental health. The resources are organized in a general to specific format. In many cases it will be possible to access specific information and/or databases through the links that are offered to allow searchers to go straight to the database or newsgroup of their choice.
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
Hazardous Substances Research Centers
Environmental Safety and Health Department
"Centerpoint", Newsletter of the Hazardous Substance Research Centers
Rachel's Environment & Health
Weekly
Rachel's is a donation-supported email newsletter published by
the Environmental Research Foundation, Annapolis, MD. To
subscribe, email Rachel-weekly-request@world.std.comwith
the single word Subscribe in the message
ISEA newsletter. The Society also has a Newsletter. Parts can be found on www.iit.edu/~butler/isea/newsletters.html) which will contain all those items of interest to members that do not require peer review: information on Council actions, activity reports for the Society committees, calls for papers in meetings the Society sponsors or co-sponsors, news about individuals or organizations, and news of interest to those involved in exposure assessment.
Environmental Health Perspectives (journal)
This homepage has been made by Peter van den Hazel. Last update February 2001. If you have any comments or additions please send me an email: pvdhazel@inter.nl.net
