Resources

These resources are compiled by HAZMAT Kentucky and are provided to our participants for their continued education in the HAZMAT field.

 

Health & Safety

NIEHS 

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/

Environmental Health Perspectives Magazine

http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/

Environmental Health Topics

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/index.cfm

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index.html

OSHA

OSHA Quick Takes, a bi-weekly electronic newsletter

https://www.osha.gov/as/opa/quicktakes/index.html

NIOSH

“What's New on the NIOSH Website”

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/whatsnew/

Addiction Center

Providing resources and information for emergency responders regarding addiction.

www.AddictionCenter.com/Addiction/Emergency-Responders


Hazardous Waste Site Workers

EPA’s Contaminated Site Clean-up Information website

Main Topics areas: Technologies, Contaminants, Issues, Strategies and Initiatives, Vendors and Developers, Training and Events, and Additional Resources i.e. new downloadable publications.

The National Academies Press

Browse the following topics:

Agriculture, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Biography and Autobiography, Biology and Life Sciences, Computers and Information Technology, Conflict and Security Issues, Earth Sciences Education, Energy and Energy Conservation, Engineering and Technology, Environment and Environmental Studies, Explore Science, Food and Nutrition,Health and Medicine, Industry and Labor, Math, Chemistry and Physics and Policy for Science and Technology.

By subscribing to NAP, you will be emailed any announcements of new publications in topic areas you have pre-selected. Publications can be purchased or downloaded free, if you are a subscriber.


 

Emergency Response

HWSW: Environmental Justice

http://www2.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program/tri-resources-communities-0

Green Remediation

http://www.clu-in.org/greenremediation/

Climate Changes and Remediation Sites

http://epa.gov/climatechange/Downloads/impacts-adaptation/office-of-solid-waste-and-emergency-response-plan.pdf from the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Climate Change Adaptation Implementation Plan

OSHA and Sarbanes-Oxley Act and others

OSHA enforces the whistleblower provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley and 21 other statutes protecting employees who report violations of various airline, commercial motor carrier, consumer product, environmental, financial reform, food safety, health-care reform, nuclear, pipeline, worker safety, public transportation agency, maritime and securities laws.

Environmental and Nuclear Safety Laws

Transportation Industry Laws

Consumer and Investor Protection Laws

ERR

Specialized Federal On-line Courses

https://www.firstrespondertraining.gov/content.do from FEMA

New NTP Report on Carcinogens

http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/pubhealth/roc/index.html

WISER updates for PC, iOS and Android platforms

http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/pubhealth/roc/index.html