Additional Links and Information

• The University of Iowa College of Public Health
  http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/
  
  The College of Public Health is one of eleven colleges that make up The University of Iowa. The college is organized into five departments — biostatistics, community and behavioral health, epidemiology, health management and policy, and occupational and environmental health — and is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.

• Iowa Army Ammunition Plant
  
  The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP) is a 19,000-acre operational load, assembly and pack munitions facility located in Middletown, Iowa. The facility has produced conventional missile warheads and a variety of large caliber tank ammunitions, mines, mortars, artillery, demolition charges, and weapons’ component parts.

• U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
  http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/
  
  The U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine’s mission is to provide worldwide technical support for implementing preventive medicine, public health, and health promotion/wellness services into all aspects of America's Army and the Army Community.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  http://www.cdc.gov/
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) leads public health efforts to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities, and environmental health threats.

• The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html
  
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. NIOSH is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• IAAAP Restoration Advisory Board
  
  A Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) provides an opportunity for community involvement in cleanup activities at the IAAAP site, which in 1990 was listed on the Superfund National Priority List. Interested persons should contact the IAAAP or the Environmental Protection Agency if they would like to participate on the RAB. A description of IAAAP site cleanup activities is available:
  http://www.epa.gov/region7/cleanup/npl_files/ia7213820445.pdf

• Iowa Department of Public Health
  http://www.idph.state.ia.us/
  
  The Iowa Department of Public Health exercises general supervision of Iowa’s public health; promotes public hygiene and sanitation; does health promotion activities, prepares for and responds to bioemergency situations; and, unless otherwise provided, enforces laws on public health.

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7
  http://www.epa.gov/region07/
  
  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. The agency’s mission is to protect human health and the environment. Each EPA Regional Office is responsible within its states for the execution of agency programs. Iowa is part of EPA Region 7.