Hurricane Katrina Safety and Health Links

Below are some useful Web links to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and AFL-CIO.

CDC Hurricane Response/worker safety:
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/workers.asp

Immunization Guidance from CDC:
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/responderimmun.asp

Hurricane Katrina Resources from the NIEHS National Clearinghouse for Worker Training:
http://www.wetp.org/wetp/index.cfm?Current=391

OSHA's Guidance on Worker Safety during hurricane cleanup:
 http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/hurricaneRecovery.html

NIOSH Storm and Flood Hazards:
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/flood/

EPA on Katrina Response:
http://www.epa.gov/katrina/index.html

AFL-CIO Clearinghouse for union hurricane response efforts
www.aflcio.org/hurricane

OSHA is interested in finding out about significant safety and health issues and needs.  Contact Ruth McCully at OSHA directly at Mccully.ruth@dol.gov (202-693-2533) or John Miles in region VI (regarding issues on the ground) Miles.John@dol.gov (214-767-4735).

Health and safety hazards post-Katrina:
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/hurricane.html

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