Healthy Santa Cruz County - environment

Local Links

• Local Help & Information: Environmental Action - Volunteer Opportunities
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer information about environment-related volunteer opportunities. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: ecology, environment, local information, volunteer, water pollution
• Local Help & Information: Environmental Issues
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer programs or further information about local environmental issues. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: ecology, environment, local information, water pollution
• Local Help & Information: Water Pollution
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer programs, help, support or further information about water pollution control. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: ecology, environment, local information, water pollution

Library Resources

• Find Books: Environment / Ecology
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books about both general and specific environmental issues. Use this link to search the library catalog.
  Browse related subjects: books, books / videos, ecology, environment

Recommended Websites

• Haz-Map: Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents
  Searchable by industry, causing agent, specific job or symptoms. Extensive links for further research related to exposure to chemical hazards. From: National Library of Medicine.
  Browse related subjects: environment, hazardous waste, household safety, poisons, recommended website, toxins
• High School Environmental Center
  Information for teens about ecology and environmental issues from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
  Browse related subjects: ecology, environment, recommended website, teens
• Household Products Database
  Special features: Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for more than 6000 household products; find out about ingredients, health effects and handling tips; searchable by product name or ingredients. From: NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: ecology, environment, household safety, product safety, recommended website, research, toxins
• TOXMAP
  Special features: Allows users to create nationwide or local area maps showing where TRI chemicals are released on-site into the air, water, and ground; identification of releasing facilities, release amounts for a single year; locations of Superfund sites on the National Priority List; online instructional tour for users. From: NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: ecology, environment, recommended website, toxins
• ToxTown
  An interactive introduction to "toxic chemicals and environmental health risks you might encounter in everyday life, in everyday places." Classroom activities and reproducible materials for teachers and parents. From: National Library of Medicine.
  Browse related subjects: ecology, environment, food safety, hazardous waste, healthy lifestyle, hotline, poisons, recommended website, toll-free numbers, toxins

Databases

• Health and Wellness Resource Center
  Provides health-related information from more than 700 health/medical journals and hundreds of pamphlets (many with full text), 2,200 magazines, and various reference sources.
• Rosen Teen Health and Wellness
  This database provides middle school and high school students with nonjudgmental, straightforward support. Topics include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, green living, financial literacy, and more.