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Projects
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- Abex/Remco Hydraulics Corporation, Willits - Public Health Activities
-- The Abex/Remco Hydraulics Corporation operated as an industrial machine shop, which included chromium plating in Willits, Mendocino County, from the 1950s to 1995....
- Aerojet-General Corporation Superfund Site, Rancho Cordova - Public Health Activities
-- The Aerojet-General Corporation (Aerojet) is located in Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County....
- Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease in the California Teachers Cohort
-- Hundreds of studies implicate exposure to short-term ambient air pollution as a risk factor for exacerbation of pre-existing illness and for mortality in susceptible individuals....
- Alark Hard Chrome, Riverside - Public Health Activities
-- The Alark Hard Chrome site located in Riverside was a metal-plating facility between 1971 and 1985....
- Amco Chemical Site, West Oakland - Public Health Activities
-- The AMCO Chemical site is located at 1414 Third Street in West Oakland and operated as a chemical transfer facility from the 1960s to 1989....
- Autism in relation to Hazardous Air Pollutants
-- In this project, existing data bases are linked to examine possible environmental factors related to autism....
- Border Asthma and Allergies Study (BASTA), Imperial County
-- The California Department of Health Services is conducting a school-based respiratory health survey in 13- and 14-year old children in Imperial County....
- Border GIS
-- The objectives of this project were to (1) conduct an inventory and assessment of health, hazard, and exposure databases unique to the California/Baja California region which could be used in a border...
- Border GIS & LANDSAT Project
-- In the last decade, the U.S./Mexico border region has undergone tremendous growth, with population increasing most rapidly in the urban areas....
- Breast Cancer Among Teachers Exposed to Electro-Magnetic Fields
-- Breast cancer, the leading cancer in women, is a disease for which the established risk factors still explain only a small fraction of the population attributable risk....
- Breast Cancer in California Flight Attendants
-- Health problems faced by flight personnel have been a concern of workforce members for some time, but have been little studied by the scientific community....
- CADDRE Supplemental
- California - China Environmental Health Training Program
-- The California - China Environmental Health Training Program represents a partnership between the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control & Prevention (SCDC), the Chinese Academy of Preventive...
- The California Autism Twin Study (CATS)
-- The California Autism Twin Study (CATS) seeks to study the behavior and learning styles of children with autism and their twins....
- California Breathing: Addressing Asthma from a Public Health Perspective
-- California Breathing is a broad-based initiative to implement the state's strategic plan for asthma....
- California Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Research and Epidemiology (CADDRE)
-- The California Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Research and Epidemiology (CADDRE) is working in partnership with the Department of Developmental Services (DDS), Regional Centers, Northern...
- California Environmental Health Tracking Program (CEHTP)
-- The goal of the CEHTP is to develop a comprehensive plan for a standards-based, coordinated, and integrated system, at the state level, that enables public health actions through linkage, monitoring, reporting,...
- Casmalia Resources Landfill, Casmalia - Public Health Activities
-- Casmalia Resources is a former Class I hazardous waste landfill located in northern Santa Barbara County....
- Cenco Tank Farm, Huntington Beach - Public Health Activities
-- The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) was petitioned by a citizen to consult on health issues relative to lead at the Cenco Refining Company (CENCO) in Huntington Beach, California....
- Childhood Asthma Coalition in Mendocino County
-- California Breathing, in partnership with the Regional Asthma Management and Prevention Initiative (RAMP) and the Mendocino...
- Childhood Asthma Initiative
-- NEW! Study Released Asthma-Related Environmental Practices and Asthma Awareness in California Child Care Centers The Childhood Asthma Initiative (CAI) funded by the California Children and Families...
- Childhood Cancer - Etiologic Clues Using Geographic Information Systems
-- Little is known about the causes of childhood cancers, but there has been increasing public concern that environmental toxicants may contribute to the risk of developing this heterogeneous group of...
- Childhood lead clustering in Alameda County
-- Questions persist about whether most cases of elevated blood lead levels in children (EBLLs, >=10 ìg/dL) come from a few small localized geographic areas or are more widely spread....
- Chrome Crankshaft and J&S Chrome Plating, Bell Gardens - Public Health Activities
-- The Chrome Crankshaft and J&S Chrome Plating sites operated as electroplating facilities between the late 1950s through the 1990s....
- Cooper Drum Site, South Gate - Public Health Activities
-- The California Department of Health Services (CDHS) prepared a public health assessment for the Cooper Drum Site under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry...
- Del Amo Superfund Site - Public Health Activities
-- The Del Amo site is located in western Los Angeles County, between the cities of Torrance and Carson....
- Delta Watershed Fish Project
-- The purpose of this project is to characterize populations that consume fish from the Delta watershed and conduct outreach, education and training activities to reduce their exposure to mercury....
- Delta Watershed Fish Project
-- Mercury, a potent neurotoxin, bioaccumulates in fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed at levels that may pose...
- Dioxins in California
-- Since 1987, the California Department of Health Services has been investigating dioxin contamination in California....
- Early Markers for Autism Study (EMA)
-- The goal of the study is to look for early biologic markers (also called biomarkers) for autism....
- Environmental and Genetic Determinants of Puberty
-- This project is part of the larger Bay Area Breast Cancer & the Environment Research Center (BCERC) at UCSF, which includes animal and epidemiological studies....
- Environmental Health Indicator Report
-- An environmental health indicator is a measure of health, environmental quality, or sociodemographics which is important for monitoring the overall health of the population of California....
- Environmental Health Leadership Summit at the Border
-- We will use participatory methodology to engage a core team of four to six community members who will organize and lead an Environmental Health Leadership Summit....
- Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposures in California Teachers Study Cohort
-- There is strong evidence that environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) poses a hazard to human health....
- EPA Aging Initiative - indoor air quality evaluation in West Oakland
-- This is a pilot study of a pre-intervention/post-intervention indoor air quality assessment in 10-20 homes of senior citizens residing in a heavy-traffic impacted area of West Oakland, California....
- Exposure Insights Using GIS in a Case-Control Study
-- Little is known about the causes of childhood leukemia, but there is considerable public concern about the potential contribution of environmental toxicants....
- Georgia Pacific Gypsum (formerly Domtar Gypsum), Antioch - Public Health Activities
-- The California Department of Health Services (CDHS), Environmental Health Investigations Branch, has prepared a health consultation under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and...
- Halaco, Oxnard - Public Health Activities
-- The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is conducting an investigation of the risk of exposure to contamination from the former Halaco Company site....
- Historic Maps for Traffic Studies
-- The goal of this study is to develop a series of historic maps of traffic exhaust exposure in San Diego County which could be used in cancer epidemiology studies....
- Hookston Station, Pleasant Hill - Public Health Activities
-- The Hookston Station site is located in Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa County....
- Indoor Air Quality in Saugus Schools
-- EHIB and EHLB IAQ staff provided technical asssitance and risk communication consultation to the Saugus Unified School District in Los Angeles County regarding classroom indoor air quality concerns....
- Klau/Buena Vista Mines, San Luis Obispo County - Public Health Activities
-- The Klau and Buena Vista Mines are located in San Luis Obispo County and have contributed significant levels of mercury to downstream waters....
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Public Health Activities
-- The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a multi-program facility with a primary focus on research and development of nuclear weapons....
- Laytonville Landfill - Public Health Activities
-- The California Department of Health Services (CDHS), Environmental Health Investigations Branch (EHIB), has released a public health assessment (PHA) about the Laytonville Landfill in Laytonville,...
- Leviathan Mine, Alpine County - Public Health Activities
-- The Leviathan Mine Site was originally mined for copper sulfate in 1863....
- Mercury in Fish
-- If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, might become pregnant, or you have young children, see the brochures below for information on mercury in fish....
- Methods for Tracking Exposures to Contaminants in Drinking Water
-- As a one year supplementary project to the larger California Environmental Health Tracking project, we worked with several states (NM, NJ, WA, WI) that are facing similar, specific technical problems with...
- Molycorp Mine - Public Health Activities
-- Molycorp Inc....
- Monitoring Early Childhood Autism (MECA)
-- The CA-MECA project is being conducted with community partners in Santa Clara County to implement an autism screening and surveillance system for young children less than 4 years of age....
- Montrose Chemical - Public Health Activities
-- Montrose Chemical Corporation site is a former DDT manufacturing and formulation facility located in the City of <>....
- National Gypsum Facility, Long Beach - Public Health Activities
-- The California Department of Health Services (CDHS), Environmental Health Investigations Branch, has prepared a health consultation under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and...
- Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Epidemiology & Surveillence
-- Activities related to CDC grant, as well as planning, developing, and participating in drills and exercises involving nuclear-, biological-, or chemical-related release scenarios in which EHIB staff provide...
- Nursery Products - Public Health Activities
-- The Site Assessment Section (SAS) of the Environmental Health Investigations Branch (EHIB) received a request from the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to assist in...
- Occupation, Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Lung Cancer in Nonsmoking Women
-- Lung cancer, the leading cancer cause of death in the United States, is known to be primarily caused by smoking tobacco products....
- Omega Chemical Corporation, Whittier - Public Health Activities
-- The Omega Chemical facility is located in the City of Whittier, Los Angeles County....
- Organochlorine Body Burden in Women With and Without Breast Cancer
-- Recently considerable concern has focused on the relationship between environmental contaminants and the incidence of breast cancer....
- Pacific Steel Casting Company - Public Health Activities
-- The Pacific Steel Casting Company (PSC) is located in the City of Berkeley, Alameda County....
- Palos Verdes Shelf Fish Contamination Project
-- EHIB maintains a cooperative agreement with the U.S....
- Pemaco Maywood - Public Health Activities
-- The Pemaco Maywood site is a former chemical blending facility that operated from the late 1940s until 1991....
- Perchlorate in Drinking Water and Newborn Thyroid Function - Public Health Activities
-- Historic waste disposal practices at the Aerojet-General Corporation facility in Rancho Cordova contaminated some of that city's underground drinking water supply with perchlorate, starting in the late...
- Perinatal Hormones and Autism
-- To explore a hormone etiology for autism, we will link several existing CDHS data bases....
- Pesticide Risk and Evaluation Committee
-- EHIB staff is a formal member of DPR's Pesticide Risk and Evaluation Committee....
- Prenatal Smoking and Daughter’s Age at Menarche
-- This project examines whether maternal smoking during pregnancy is related to offspring reproductive maturation (e.g....
- Regional Variations in Breast Cancer Rates in California
-- Geographic location is among the greatest predictors of breast cancer incidence, with more than a ten-fold difference among regions of the world....
- Salinas: Pesticides and Children
-- The Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS) is a partnership that includes members of the Salinas Valley community and academic, state, and federal science agencies....
- San Francisco Bay Seafood Consumption Study
-- For many years, studies have shown that fish commonly caught in San Francisco Bay contain chemicals like mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)....
- Santa Cruz Harbor, Santa Cruz - Public Health Activities
-- The Environmental Health Investigations Branch, of the California Department of Health Services (CDHS), conducted an evaluation of possible exposure to hydrogen sulfide that is emitted into the air as...
- Sex Ratio Among California Births, 1960-1996
-- The male sex ratio at birth (or the proportion of births in a population that is male) has been suggested as a sentinel environmental health indicator....
- Survey and Educational Activity in the Lower Sacramento River Watershed
-- The goal of this project is to characterize fish consumption patterns and implement an educational activity to reduce exposure to mercury in a high-risk population....
- Testicular Cancer: Etiologic Factors
-- Although testicular cancer is the most common cancer in young males in the United States, and its incidence is increasing worldwide, not much is known about the etiology of this illness....
- U.S. Gypsum (formerly the Flintkote Facility), Fremont - Public Health Activities
-- The California Department of Health Services (CDHS), Environmental Health Investigations Branch, is preparing a health consultation under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and...
- UC Richmond Field Station - Public Health Activities
-- University of California at Berkeley (UC) Richmond Field Station (RFS) (formerly California Cap Company) is located between the San Francisco Bay and state highway 580, and between Point Isabelle on the...
- Urinary Pesticide Metabolites with CDC
-- In October 2001, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with EHIB, collected 100 urine samples from women of reproductive age....
- Vermiculite Health Statistics Review - Public Health Activities
-- Vermiculite is a mineral used in construction and consumer materials, and agricultural, horticultural, and industrial products (more information)....
- WREN Conference Planning
-- WREN is made up of Western state and local health department staff on the "front lines" of environmental health and epidemiology....
- Wyle Laboratories, Norco - Public Health Activities
-- Wyle Labs, located in Norco, is a 429-acre former defense and aerospace testing facility that operated from the late 1950s until 2004....
- Zeneca, Richmond - Public Health Activities
-- In mid-May 2005, the Contra Costa County Health Officer requested the assistance of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), formerly California Department of Health...