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Manage Your Asthma During Disasters
*Note: This vignette is a fictional account showing the risks people with asthma might face during an emergency. Carla* has asthma. To help her manage her asthma, she worked with her doctor to develop...
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National Preparedness Month – Planning for Environmentally Safe Disaster...
Diverse group of elementary aged children running onto a school bus. September is National Preparedness Month. Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, can happen at any time, and preparing for them can...
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Emergency Preparedness
Make a plan. Build a kit. Be prepared. Prepare an emergency supply kit. September is National Preparedness Month. Each year, natural disasters are becoming more frequent and intense because of climate...
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Celebrating Children’s Health Month and Encouraging Collaboration!
October is Children’s Health Month. This observance serves as an opportunity to highlight ATSDR’s on-going work to protect children from environmental hazards that affect their health. Protecting...
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Working to Address Children’s Environmental Health
Diverse group of young children laying down in a circle with their heads togethers all smiling at the camera. Today, across the nation, we celebrate Children’s Environmental Health Day. This is an...
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Introducing CDC/ATSDR’s PFAS Blood Level Estimation Tool
The PFAS Blood Level Estimation Tool (“the tool”) was created to help individuals who have consumed PFAS-contaminated drinking water and who have information about the levels of PFAS in their water...
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CDC’s Tracking Network in Action
CDC’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Network empowers people to use data and tools to take public health action and improve community health. CDC’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Network...
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Stories of Collaboration: ATSDR 2021 Annual Report
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) serves as a science-based public health agency working to address community concerns about hazardous substances. For more than four...
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Stay Safe in Winter Weather
Note: The below vignette is a fictional account showing possible health risks from exposure to cold weather. Matthew is outside on a cold, winter day shoveling snow out of his driveway. He starts to...
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Can be Deadly
View larger image and text description It was the middle of winter, and a major snowstorm swept across several cities in the United States.* In Judy’s town, the power went out. Judy was relieved that...
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