01/31/2017 03:34 PM EST
Source: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Related MedlinePlus Page: Water Pollution
Related MedlinePlus Page: Water Pollution
Water pollution is any contamination of water with chemicals or other foreign substances that are detrimental to human, plant, or animal health. These pollutants include fertilizers and pesticides from agricultural runoff; sewage and food processing waste; lead, mercury, and other heavy metals; chemical wastes from industrial discharges; and chemical contamination from hazardous waste sites. Worldwide, nearly 2 billion people drink contaminated water that could be harmful to their health.
Climate change is affecting the health of Americans. As the climate continues to change, the risks to human health will grow, exacerbating existing health threats and creating new public health challenges. This assessment significantly advances what we know about the impacts of climate change on public health, and the confidence with which we know it. While all Americans will be affected by climate change, the report recognizes populations of concern, such as children, the elderly, outdoor workers, and those living in disadvantaged communities, who are disproportionately vulnerable.
Health Studies & Clinical Trials
What NIEHS is Doing on Water Pollution
- 14th Report on Carcinogens
- A Human Health Perspective on Climate Change (Full Report)(4MB)
- Applying 21st Century Toxicology to Green Chemical and Material Design - Workshop Presentations from the National Academies Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions
- Arsenic in well water may diminish intelligence in children
- Gulf Oil Spill Response Efforts
- In Small Doses: Arsenic
- NTP completes chemical spill studies, finds water advisory level protective
- NTP completes chemical spill studies, finds water advisory level protective
- Programs and Initiatives: Climate Change and Human Health
- Safety and Training of Oil Spill Response Workers
- Scientists document arsenic spread to previously unpolluted aquifer in Vietnam
- Wastewater Treatment Offers a View Into Environmental Chemicals’ Risks
- Well Water Should Be Tested Annually to Reduce Health Risks to Children
- Workshop Addresses Contaminant of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water
- Zebrafish developmental assays test the safety of new chemicals
General Information
- Don't Be Bullied by Bacteria! Join the Fight for Clean Water!(515KB)
- Drinking Water and Health
- Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Water (English)(269KB)
- Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Water (Spanish)(249KB)
- Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Indoor Water (Arabic)(639KB)
- The Interagency Working Group on Climate Change and Health(1MB)
For Educators
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: Arsenic: An Element of Suffering(121KB)
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: Caring for Children Amidst Chaos(196KB)
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: Cleaner Air and Water on the Fly(141KB)
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: Consider the Source(1MB)
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: Great Lakes - Make the Human Health Connection(970KB)
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: Lettuce Explore Perchlorate in Food(90KB)
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: Rescuing Water from the Roof(177KB)
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: RoboLobsters(509KB)
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: Streamside Schematic(939KB)
- EHP Student Edition Lesson: Water Alchemy(233KB)
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