NUR431 : Community Health Nursing: Environment & Biophysical

Enter a ZIP code and then search any of the following databases:

MyEnvironment: A wide variety of environmental information by location and maps.
Envirofacts: Pollution, hazardous waste sites, and other regulatory information.
Air Emissions: Air pollution emission types and levels.
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI): Information about toxic chemical releases in your neighborhood.
Cleanups in my Community: Find Superfund, Brownfields, or RCRA corrective action sites, properties, or federal facilities where pollution is being or has been cleaned up.
Facility Registry System: Search for facilities, sites or places subject to environmental regulations.
Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO): Find facility inspections and any enforcement actions.

Look here for links to relevant government reports, interactive maps, or to look up how many houses in a particular area are foreclosures.

Need to know how many (fill in the blank) are in a particular area? Use Google Maps to search for any service or institution within a particular ZIP code, for example, "hospitals in 21223"

From the National Center for Health Statistics. "...tables with national health statistics for infants, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults."

Data provided by the U.S. Government Administration for Community Living

From the National Center for Health Statistics.

Find population, housing, economic, and geographic data. Search for demographics by specific place or ZIP code.