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Introduction
Government Documents and Agencies can be a great place for information. Information can change and their availability is more likely to shift depending on the administrations in charge but government documents are considered primary research and can have some great information/data.
Government Document and Organizations
- CDC: National Center for Environmental HealthThis Web site provides a reference list of nationally funded data systems that have a relationship to environmental public health. This list is not meant to be a comprehensive inventory. Rather, it highlights the major data systems with a national scope where public health and environmental data can be directly downloaded from the Internet.
- EPA in LouisianaFind out what the EPA is currently doing in Louisiana.
- FDA: Food and Drug AdministrationThe Food and Drug Administration is responsible for protecting the public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices; and by ensuring the safety of our nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.
- National Environmental Public Health Tracking NetworkCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
"The National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (Tracking Network) [...] has data and information on environments and hazards, health effects, and population health." Data by State, County. - EPA: Environmental Protection AgencyLearn what you can do to protect the environment in your home, workplace, and community.
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationUp to date information about climate, ocean and environmental issues.
- Science.govSearches "over 2000 selected websites from 14 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information." Broad topical coverage. http://www.science.gov
- U.S. Geological SurveyThe USGS is a science organization that provides impartial information on the health of our ecosystems and environment, the natural hazards that threaten us, the natural resources we rely on, the impacts of climate and land-use change, and the core science systems that help us provide timely, relevant, and usable information.
- National Service Center for Environmental PublicationsYou can search, retrieve, download, print, and order EPA technical, scientific, and educational materials from this site – all free of charge!
- Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Office of Coastal ManagementThe Office of Coastal Management regulates development activities and manages the resources of the Coastal Zone, especially those which have a direct and significant impact on coastal waters. The office is comprised of two closely related divisions: the Permits/Mitigation Division and the Interagency Affairs & Field Services Division. It is the function of Office of Coastal Management, through its staff, to maintain, protect, develop, and restore or enhance the invaluable coastal region of the state of Louisiana.
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)- provides America's farmers and ranchers with financial and technical assistance to voluntarily put conservation on the ground, not only helping the environment but agricultural operations, too.
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