371 Community Resources: Occupational Health and Safety Agencies B Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 1600 Clifton Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30333 www.cdc.gov Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ATSDR-Chamblee 1600 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30333 www.atsdr.cdc.gov Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 www.epa.gov National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Health Service U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Bethesda, MD 20205 www.nci.nih.gov National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) National Institutes of Health Public Health Service U.S. Department of Health and Human Services P.O. Box 12233 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 www.niehs.nih.gov National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Robert A. Taft Laboratories 4676 Columbia Parkway Federal agency charged with protecting the public health of the population and responding to public health emergencies. It administers national programs for the prevention and control of communicable diseases and collects, analyzes, and disseminates national data on health status and health services. A U.S. Public Health Service agency charged with im- plementing the health-related section of the “Superfund” Act and its amendments and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). It is involved in emergency response, health effects research, toxicological profiles, and health professional training, and maintains a list of toxic waste sites closed to the public. Agency mandated by the 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act to establish water standards and ensure their enforce- ment. The EPA is responsible for assessment and control of air and water pollution, solid waste management, pesticides, radiation, noise, toxic substances, and other environmental problems. Governmental agency that publishes and distributes the annotated bibliography Cancer Information in the Work- place and free educational materials. It supports re- search related to occupational cancer hazards and applied prevention programs to minimize potential haz- ards for workers. The NIEHS is the principal federal agency responsible for research on the effects of chemical, physical, and bi- ological environmental agents on human health and well-being. Continued on next page