Tox Town Fact Sheet
Tox Town is designed to give you information on everyday locations where you might find toxic chemicals; non-technical descriptions of chemicals; links to selected, authoritative chemical information on the Internet; how the environment can impact human health and Internet resources on environmental health topics.
Tox Town uses color, graphics, sounds and animation to add interest to learning about connections between chemicals, the environment, and the public’s health. Tox Town’s target audience is students above elementary-school level, educators, and the general public. It is a companion to the extensive information in the TOXNET collection of databases that are typically used by toxicologists and health professionals.
Editor’s Note: 17 Aug 2023. Toxnet has moved. As part of a broader NLM reorganization, most of NLM’s toxicology information services have been integrated into other NLM products and services.
As of Sept 2019 you can no longer explore Tox Town by selecting Neighborhoods, Location links or Chemical links.
In 2011 I went to this page, For Teachers – Classroom Activities and Discussion Questions [at the High School and College level], and browsed Archived(2002) Haz-Map by Processes and Adverse Effects for Mining and found 65 results linking to articles ranging from Hydrogen Sulfide to Diesel Exhaust and Cyanides.
Top Three Questions about Children’s Health and the Environment close to home
Archived: Where can I learn the facts about children’s environmental health?
Archived: What can I do to protect children from environmental health risks?
Archived: Where can I find publications about children’s environmental health?
Dr. Alisa Larraine Rich presented this dedication to her doctoral dissertation in 2011:
Alisa Larraine Rich. Hydrogen Sulfide, Oil and Gas, and People’s Health. Doctoral dissertation. University of Texas at Arlington. 2011.
DEDICATION
I dedicate this study to the children of the Energy Revolution and to those who have
come have come before me and those who will come after me.The Prophecy of the Seventh Generation is on the horizon and the Ten Indian
Commandments will be your guide.Always remember, “We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.” —Native American Proverb
See also: North Carolina Oil and Gas Study (2011). Section 4 – Potential environmental and health impacts.
See also: Archived: Household Products Database
See also: Archived: EPA | Office of Children’s Health Protection
See also: Archived: Crude Oil Is Added to the Chemical Page
See also: Fracking The Eagle Ford Shale: Big Oil And Bad Air On The Texas Prairie. 20 Feb 2014. YouTube.
Deep in the heart of South Texas, new oil and gas wells are appearing seemingly everywhere. The region is called the Eagle Ford Shale and it’s the location of the largest energy booms in the world.
But it may be a bust for local residents who fear for their health.
In this original documentary, reporter Jim Morris of the Center for Public Integrity visits the people most affected by the boom and explains the science of why they may be in danger.
This investigation was a collaboration among InsideClimate News, The Weather Channel, and the Center for Public Integrity.
Fracking The Eagle Ford Shale: Big Oil And Bad Air On The Texas Prairie. 20 Feb 2014. YouTube.
Read more about Eagle Ford here: Inside Climate News, Center for Public Integrity and The Weather Channel. Fracking the Eagle Ford Shale: Big Oil & Bad Air on the Texas Prairie – Video. 18 Feb 2014. Inside Climate News.
See: What is the National Children’s Study?
See: Poisoned profits : the toxic assault on our children
See: Health Issues Follow Natural Gas Drilling In Texas
See: Fracking: Implications for Human and Environmental Health
See: The Case for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Toxic Hazards
See: Living Downstream: An Ecologist’s Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment
