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Canary Database: Animals as Sentinels of Human Environmental Health Hazards

  • Institution & Unit: Yale University School of Medicine >> Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • Resource Category: Websites of Interest
  • Resource Location: International

The Canary Database is a compilation of curated peer-reviewed research articles related to the use of animals as sentinels of human health hazards. This database contains information added by trained curators in addition to bibliographic records from MEDLINE and other well-known databases. The database includes studies of wildlife, companion, and livestock animals, where either the exposure or the health effect could be considered potentially relevant to human health.

Carolina Environmental Program Research Networks

  • Institution: University of North Carolina
  • Resource Location: International

Center for Environmental Health Sciences

  • Institution: University of California, Davis
  • Resource Location: International

Centre for Applied Environmental Public Health

Centre for International Earth Science Information Network

  • Institution: Columbia University
  • Resource Location: International

Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health

  • Institution: University of Manchester
  • Resource Location: International

Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute

  • Institution: Rutgers University of New Jersey
  • Resource Location: International

Environmental Health News

Environmental Health News aggregates links to articles in the world press about environmental health, with daily updates. Topics carried include a broad array of issues in environmental health, including: chemical contamination, water quantity and quality, air pollution, sewage, Mad Cow disease, and genetic engineering, etc. as well as climate change and biodiversity stories with a health dimension.

Environmental Stewardship

Visit AFN’s Environmental Stewardship page to keep up to date on initiatives.

Healthy Work Environments: Best Practice Guidelines

RNAO’s Healthy Work Environment Best Practice Guideline program has released its first guideline, Developing and Sustaining Nursing Leadership. This is one of a series of six Best Practice Guidelines on Healthy Work Environments developed by the nursing community to date. The aim of these guidelines is to provide the best available evidence to support the creation of healthy and thriving work environments.

Institute of Work, Health & Organizations

  • Institution: University of Nottingham
  • Resource Location: International

NASA Occupational Health

National Centre for Health Statistics, GIS and Public Health

  • Institution: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Resource Location: International

National Environmental Health Association Online University

The NEHA Online University is your trusted source of environmental health and related training and educational information. The university is currently featuring Avian and Pandemic Flu awareness and preventive measures training.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  • Institution: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Resource Location: International

Network in Genes and Environment in Development

  • Institution: University of Adelaide
  • Resource Location: International

Proceedings of the First American Conference on Human Vibration

Research for Man and Environment

  • Institution: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
  • Resource Location: International

Research Unit for Research Utilization

The 30-30 lightning rule

Environment Canada has been actively promoting the 30-30 lightning rule for the past number of years. If there is 30 seconds or less between the flash of lightning and the rumble of thunder, you should seek the best shelter available. The second, and equally important, part of this rule is that you should remain in that shelter for a full 30 minutes after the last flash of lightning or rumble of thunder since lightning can travel from the back end of the storm for a number of kilometres. Remember, even though skies may begin to clear in the wake of a thunderstorm, lightning is still a threat for a full 30 minutes after that last flash or rumble. If no solidly constructed building is available for shelter, a metal-topped car or truck will provide lightning protection provided you are not touching anything metal inside the vehicle. If caught outside away from buildings or vehicles, you should avoid tall objects such as trees or light standards and things like metal fences. You should seek a low-lying area and crouch down on the balls of your feet to minimize contact with the ground.

The Interprovincial Directory of Researchers

A new Canadian online research resource has been launched, thanks to a joint effort between research support agencies in Quebec and British Columbia. The Interprovincial Directory of Researchers has been created by Québec’s three research funding agencies – le Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec, le Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies, le Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture – and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR), British Columbia’s support agency for health research.

ToxSeek: Metasearch and clustering engine for environmental health and toxicology

ToxSeek is a meta-search and clustering engine that enables simultaneous searching of many different toxicology and environmental health information resources. ToxSeek uses natural language processing and artificial intelligence to retrieve, integrate, rank, and present search results as coherent and dynamic sets. ToxSeek’s “results clustering” feature helps users to more easily identify particular concepts. These clusters are created from what is retrieved in the original query, and can be useful in uncovering a specific concept or focus for more in-depth searching.

Last updated October 20, 2008