Energy and Minerals, and Environmental Health
The Energy and Minerals, and Environmental Health Activity conducts research and
assessments on the location, quantity, and quality of mineral and energy resources, including the
economic and environmental effects of resource extraction and use; and conducts research on the
environmental impacts of human activities that introduce chemical and pathogenic contaminants into the environment
and threaten human, animal (fish and wildlife), and ecological health.
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Energy and Minerals, and Environmental Health Programs
The mission of the USGS Energy Resources Program is to understand the processes critical to the formation,
accumulation, occurrence, and alteration of geologically based energy resources; to conduct
scientifically robust assessments of those resources; and to study the impact of energy resource
occurrence and/or production and use on both environmental and human health.
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The USGS Mineral Resources Program (MRP) provides scientific information for objective resource
assessments and unbiased research results on mineral potential, production, consumption, and
environmental effects. The MRP is the sole Federal source for this information.
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The USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program provides objective scientific information on environmental
contamination to improve characterization and management of contaminated sites, to protect human and
environmental health, and to reduce potential future contamination problems.
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The USGS Contaminant Biology Program investigates the effects and exposure of environmental contaminants
to the Nation's living resources, particularly those under the stewardship of the Department of the
Interior.
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USGS Science and Decisions Center
The Science and Decisions Center is a multidisciplinary and open architecture focal point for advancing science-based resource
management decisions through the use of USGS scientific information and tools such as ecosystem services, adaptive management, and
resilience.
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National Laboratories
The USGS maintains a variety of high quality, state-of-the-art scientific facilities that provide analytical capabilities, scientific support functions, experimental and modeling expertise, and field capabilities. Two of these facilities along with scientific staff are housed in Denver, Colorado at the Federal Center and at Stanford University near the Menlo Park USGS campus. Detailed information on these facilities is available at:
SHRIMP-RG (sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe with reverse geometry): http://shrimprg.stanford.edu
TRIGA (reactor facility): http://geology.cr.usgs.gov/facilities/gstr/
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