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NLM - TOXMAP
Highlights
   

Provides access to EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data

   

Featured at American Public Health Assoc. annual mtgs, the Urban and Regional IS Assoc. conference, the Medical Library Assoc., and several ESRI Conferences

2004 Team Citation

Letter


NLM – TOXMAP
 THE OBJECTIVE

To create a Web-based tool for the National Library of Medicine (NLM) that uses geographic information systems for constituents to explore Environmental Health data such as the amount and location of toxic chemicals released into the environment.

 THE SOLUTION

Aquilent worked with NLM to develop TOXMAP to geographically show the distribution of chemical releases and to illustrate how releases change over time. The toll uses chemical and geographic terms to search bibliographic files and links chemical data to the authoritative sources of information.

The system provides:

  • Access to data derived from the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Superfund programs, which provide information on the releases of toxic chemicals into the environment, as reported annually by industrial facilities across the United States
  • Links to the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) and the Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET) toxicology and environmental health databases
 THE PAYOFF
A focus group method of usability testing and user feedback has been a key element in TOXMAP's design and success. It has been featured at American Public Health Association annual meetings, the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association conference, the Medical Library Association, and several ESRI Conferences.