National Center for Environmental Health

**About National Center for Environmental Health** CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health plans, directs, and coordinates a program to protect the American people from environmental hazards. We promote a healthy environment and prevent premature death, avoidable illness and disability caused by non-infectious, non-occupational environmental and related factors. **Our mission** To protect people’s health from environmental hazards that can be present in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the world that sustains us by investigating relationships between environmental factors and health, developing guidance, and building partnerships. **Values** We are especially committed to protecting the health of vulnerable populations — children, older adults, and people with disabilities – from certain environmental hazards. **Focus** No matter where and how we work, we are committed to protecting the health of all people, not only in the U.S. **Goals** - Conduct research in the laboratory and in the field - Investigate the effects of the environment on health - Track and evaluate environment-related health problems through surveillance systems - Help US and international agencies and organizations prepare for and respond to: natural, technologic, humanitarian, and terrorism-related environmental emergencies