| Associations & Societies: Health Risks |
| To add a listing to this page, contact Mary Bryant, e-mail bryant@tec-com.com. |
| American Association of Occupational Health Nurses |
| Founded in 1942, promotes excellence in occupational and environmental health nursing by providing life-long learning opportunities, public policy advocacy, and professional resources for its more than 13,000 members worldwide. Occupational and environmental health nurses--the largest group of healthcare providers serving the worksite--plan, implement, and manage comprehensive programs to promote and protect the health and safety of workers, work environments, and communities. A searchable index of the association's scientific, peer-reviewed, monthly AAOHN Journal, which has published papers that address risk issues, is available on line. |
| http://www.aaohn.org/ |
| American Chemical Society |
| The society is the world's largest scientific society with 150,000 members. The society fosters scientific education and research and promotes public understanding of science. The society's Division of Chemical Health and Safety includes members from several disciplines, such as chemistry, physics, industrial hygiene, engineering, and medicine, who are involved in chemical health and safety. The society's Division of Chemical Toxicology is one of the newest ACS divisions. |
| http://www.acs.org/ |
| American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine |
| The nation's largest medical specialty society has a mission of enhancing the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine. |
| http://www.acponline.org/ |
| American Council on Science and Health |
| Founded in 1978 by scientists who were concerned that many important public policies related to health and the environment did not have a sound scientific basis, ACHS has become a consumer education consortium concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health. The council's publications include peer-reviewed special reports on health and environmental topics and the on-line magazine HealthFactsandFears.com. (Posted June 2002.) |
| http://www.acsh.org/ |
| National Environmental Health Association |
| The association advances environmental health and protection professionals for the purpose of providing a healthful environment. The association offers four credentials (a fifth is under development), conducts an annual conference and several technical workshops, and publishes the Journal of Environmental Health. |
| http://www.neha.org/index.html |
| Radiation, Science, and Health, Inc. |
| This international non-profit organization was organized by independent individuals who are knowledgeable in the radiation health effects science and in associated radiation protection and medical applications public policies. Knowing the scientific literature, the misrepresentation of data, and the waste of public funds that provide no public health benefit, RSH is committed to change public policy in the public interest, to provide examples of the extensive scientific data supporting their position, and to advocate for appropriate research. (Posted October 1999, updated November 2006.) |
| http://www.radscihealth.org/rsh/ |
| Society of Toxicology |
| Founded in 1961, this professional and scholarly organization of scientists who practice toxicology aims to promote the acquisition and utilization of knowledge in toxicology, to aid in the protection of public health, facilitates disciplines, and to have a strong commitment to education in toxicology and to the recruitment of students and new members into the profession. SOT deals with risk assessment issues through several of its specialty sections and through an appointed committee named Task Force to Improve the Scientific Basis of Risk Assessment. |
| http://www.toxicology.org/ |
| http://www.ofa.net/ |
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