National Center for Environmental Health

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Tracking Awareness Week

Learn about the annual Tracking Awareness Week event.

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June 29, 2026

Environmental Health Topics

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Safety Guidelines: Lightning

Take steps to protect yourself and others when there is lightning.

June 16, 2026

Resources

* [About Heat and Your Health](</heat-health/about/index.html>)

Protect yourself and others when it’s hot outside

* [Radiation Emergencies](</radiation-emergencies/index.html>)

Information about how to protect yourself and your family during a radiation emergency.

* [About Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention](</lead-prevention/about/index.html>)

Review information about childhood lead exposure including risk factors and prevention methods.

* [Asthma](</asthma/index.html>)

Main page linking asthma control, surveillance, and program information

* [Radiation and Your Health](</radiation-health/index.html>)

Learn about what radiation is and the many sources of radiation in our lives.

* [Mold](</mold-health/about/index.html>)

Basic facts about mold, health effects, and cleanup

* [About Vessel Sanitation Program](</vessel-sanitation/about/index.html>)

CDC helps the cruise ship industry prevent and control gastrointestinal illnesses on cruise ships.

* [National Biomonitoring Program](</biomonitoring/index.html>)

Provide information about the National Biomonitoring Program.

* [About Environmental Public Health Tracking](</environmental-health-tracking/about/index.html>)

Learn about the history, vision, and mission of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Program.

* [About Air Quality](</air-quality/about/index.html>)

Information on the Air Quality Index and other resources related to air quality

* [About the _National Exposure Report_](</environmental-exposure-report/about/index.html>)

Detailed information about the National Exposure Report and NHANES biomonitoring data

* [Overview of CASPER](</casper/php/overview/index.html>)

CASPER is a type of rapid needs assessment that provides household-level information.

NCEH Divisions

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About Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice

DEHSP prevents exposures to environmental health hazards through applied public health science and p…

Jan 10, 2024

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About The Division of Laboratory Sciences

The Division of Laboratory Sciences develops laboratory methods to diagnose or study disease risk.

Oct 23, 2024

Resources

* [About Us](</nceh/about/index.html>)

Overview of NCEH

* [Strategic Framework](</nceh/priorities/index.html>)

NCEH/ATSDR Strategic Framework

* [Budget and Funding](</nceh/budget-funding/index.html>)

NCEH/ATSDR Budget Overview FY14-FY26

⚠ Caution
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