Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Learn how to protect children from exposures to environmental health hazards.
Learn more about how our programs can help you protect the children in your community.
Learn how ATSDR is protecting children’s environmental health after disasters.
Learn more about the health effects of ethylene oxide and how to help prevent exposures.
Final Tox Profile for Ethylene Oxide is now available.
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ATSDR protects communities from harmful health effects related to exposure to natural and man-made hazardous substances. We do this by responding to environmental health emergencies; investigating emerging environmental health threats; conducting research on the health impacts of hazardous waste sites; and building capabilities of and providing actionable guidance to state and local health partners.
One-stop-shop on the health effects of toxic substances
Evaluations to find out if people are being exposed to hazardous substances
- ATSDR en Español
- ATSDR Communication Toolkit
- Brownfield/Land Reuse Initiative
- Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
- Case Studies in Environmental Medicine
- CDC/ATSDR PFAS Related Activities
- Choose Safe Places for Early Care and Education (CSPECE)
- Interaction Profiles
- Minimal Risk Levels
- Multimedia Tools
- National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Registry
- National Center for Environmental Health
- Social Media
- soilSHOP Toolkit
- Substance Priority List
- ToxFAQs™
Celebrating Children’s Health Month and Encouraging Collaboration!
October is Children’s Health Month. This observance serves as an opportunity to highlight ATSDR’s on-going work to protect children from environmental hazards that affect their health.
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