Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) 2
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) 2 : The DHHS is the U.S. government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services through over 300 different programs. Operating divisions with DHHS include the following: (a) National Institutes of Health (NIH), a world class medical research organization, supporting some 35,000 research projects nationwide in diseases like cancer. (b) The CDC is the lead Federal agency responsible for protecting the health of the American public through monitoring of disease trends, investigation of outbreaks, health and injury risks, foster a safe and healthful environments, and implementation of illness and injury control and prevention interventions. (c) The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) which seeks to prevent exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites by conducting public health assessments, health studies, surveillance activities, and health education training in communities around waste sites on the USEPA's National Priorities List. ATSDR also has developed toxicological profiles of hazardous chemicals found at these sites. http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
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