Environmental Health at CDC strives to promote health and quality of life by preventing or controlling those diseases or deaths that result from interactions between people and their environment.

Air Quality

Everyone is affected by the quality of our air, whether indoors or outdoors. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention works to identify and measure exposure to hazards in air and to prevent health effects related to those hazards.

Drinking Water

Natural Disasters & Severe Weather

Earthquakes
Extreme Heat
Floods
Hurricanes
Landslides & Mudslides
Power Outages
Tornadoes
Tsunamis
Volcanoes
Wildfires
Winter Weather