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Other Related USGS Information
Other Federal Agencies (top of page)
International Agencies and Research Centers (top of page)
- Global
Earth Sciences Organizations
- The Contaminated Land Rehabilitation
Network for Environmental Technologies in Europe (CLARINET)
- Australian Geological Survey Organization
- CRC for Waste Management and
Pollution Control Limited (Australia)
- Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies (CRES), Conducts interdisciplinary research on environmental and resource issues (Australia)
- Environment Canada
- Danish Hydraulic Institute
- NEDO Global Environmental
Technology Development (Japan)
- Laboratory for Environmental Biotechnology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Information on bioremediation, biodegradation, and phytoremediation (Switzerland)
- Contaminated Land: Applications
in Real Environments (CLAIRE) (United Kingdom)
- www.ContaminatedLand.co.uk, Information on contaminated land in the UK, for all working in the field, whether involved in buying, selling, assessing, advising, or remediating (United Kingdom)
- Environmental Water Management Research Centre, Cardiff School of Engineering, Cardiff University (United Kingdom)
- Hydrogeology Research Group, University of Birmingham, Conducts research on numerical modeling, geochemistry, ground-water contamination, and remediation (United Kingdom)
- The National Center for Environmental
Toxicology (NCET) (United Kingdom)
Environmental Research Centers (top of page)
- Center for Biomedical and Toxicological Research, Florida State University
- Center for Bioremediation, Weber State University
- Center For Ecological Risk Assessment and Management, Colorado State University
- Center for Environmental Biotechnology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Center for Environmental Chemistry and Geochemistry, Pennsylvania State University ( Penn State )
- Center for Expertise for Superfund Site Recycling, University of Virginia
- Center for Groundwater Research
at the Oregon Graduate Institute coordinates a range of projects
relating to the transport and fate of contaminants in soils and groundwater
- Center for Water Research, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Center for Water Research and Policy, School of the Environment, University of South Carolina
- Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology,
CIIT is a not-for-profit toxicology research institute dedicated to
providing an improved scientific basis for understanding and assessing
the potential adverse effects of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and consumer
products on human health.
- Environmental Research Group, University of New Hampshire , Conducts research on ground water processes and bioremediation
- Geohydrology and Geochemistry Section, Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, Southwest Research Institute, Research on hydrologic flow and transport of environmental contaminants in diverse geological systems
- Groundwater Geochemistry and Remediation, University of Waterloo , Summaries of research on the fate, transport, and remediation of metals and nutrients in ground water
- Hazardous Substance Research Centers
(HSRC)
- Hydrogeology Research Group, University of Tennessee , Knoxville , Conducts research on contaminant transport in ground water
- Institute for International Cooperative Environmental Research, Florida State University
- Institute of Chemical Toxicology,
Wayne State University conducts research on the short- and long-term
effects of chemicals on human, animal, and plant life.
- MIT Center for Environmental Health Sciences
- North
Carolina State University Water Quality Group, A multidisciplinary
group that studies nonpoint source (NPS) pollution policy, assessment,
and control technologies
- Phytoremediation Research Lab, University of California , Berkeley
- Superfund Basic Research
Program, University of California, Berkeley
- SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
- Utah Water Resource
Laboratory - In-Situ Bioremediation
- University Consortium Solvents-in-Groundwater Research Program, A university-based research program on the behavior, fate, and remediation of chlorinated solvents in the subsurface
- University of Arizona Contaminant Transport Group, Investigations of fate and transport of contaminants in the subsurface
- University of Idaho
Center For Hazardous Waste Remediation Research
Environmental Information and Databases (top of page)
- National Environmental Methods Index
-- A free online clearinghouse of environmental monitoring methods.
- The National Toxicity Program
- Chemical
Health & Safety Data -- Health and Safety information has been
collected on over 2000 chemicals studied by the National Toxicity
Program.
- EXTOXNET
- The EXtension TOXicology NETwork -- The EXTOXNET InfoBase provides
a variety of information about pesticides. EXTOXNET is a cooperative
effort of University of California-Davis, Oregon State University, Michigan
State University, Cornell University, and the University of Idaho.
- The American
Geological Institute Groundwater and Soil Contamination Database
- ToxFAQs Frequently
Asked Questions About Contaminants Found at Hazardous Waste Sites.
- The Groundwater Remediation Technologies
Analysis Center (GWRTAC) compiles, analyzes, and disseminates information
on innovative ground-water remediation technologies.
- Groundwater Pollution Primer; Online information on pollution sources, contaminant types, transport and fate, monitoring, modeling, and remediation; Virginia Tech
- Natural Attenuation Tool Kit—The Web Site, A web site created for professionals and students to promote a better understanding of natural attenuation processes and protocols
- Hazardous Waste Resource Center, sponsored by the Environmental Technology Center (a trade association of environmental firms that recycle, treat, and dispose of industrial and hazardous wastes; and clean up contaminated sites)
- Environmental Chemistry.com, Environmental, Chemistry, and Hazardous Materials Information and Resources, An educational site that makes the subject of chemistry a little less daunting to the average student
- Brownfields Technology Support Center, A cooperative effort to provide technical support to federal, state, and local officials on items related to use of technology for site investigation and cleanup.
- Environmental Fate
Data Base (EFDB) -- the ERDB gives rapid access to all available
environmental fate data on a given chemical. The EFDB is comprised of
several interrelated files--DATALOG, CHEMFATE, BIOLOG, and BIODEG. The
data base is sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
- Cleanup Levels for Hazardous
Waste Sites -- A large collection of links to information on regulatory
requirements for cleanup levels at hazardous waste sites. This web site
is maintained by a knowledgeable individual as a service to environmental
professionals of all kinds.
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Toxicological
Profile Information Sheets -- Each sheet contains information on
a substance's toxicity, health effects, and potential exposure.
- Environmental Contaminants
Encyclopedia, General information about 118 elements, compounds,
and products (U.S. National Park Service)
- DAIN Metadatabase
of Resources for Environmental Chemicals, A collection of separate
databases that can be searched by type of database, use of chemicals,
type of information and/or descriptors
- Toxicology and Environmental
Health Information, National Library of Medicine's databases and
other information services related to toxicology, hazardous chemicals
and environmental health.
- Where to Find Material Safety
Data Sheets on the Internet
- MSDS-Search, A comprehensive
listing of free information on Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
Links presented on this page are for informational purposes only and do
not indicate endorsement by the U.S. Geological Survey or the Toxic Substances
Hydrology Program.
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