"Understanding the Connections Between Coastal Waters and Ocean Ecosystem Services and Human Health" discusses the connection of ecosystem services and human health. This report looks at the state of the science of the role of oceans in ensuring human health and identifies gaps and opportunities for future research. The report summarizes a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine. Participants discussed coastal waters and ocean ecosystem services in the United States in an effort to understand impacts on human health. "Understanding the Connections Between Coastal Waters and Ocean Ecosystem Services and Human Health" focuses on key linkages by discussing the ecosystem services provided by coastal waterways and oceans that are essential for human health and well-being; examining the major stressors that affect the ability of coastal waterways and ocean systems to provide essential services; and considering key factors that can enhance the resiliency of these systems.

In 1992 world leaders met at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro to reaffirm the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment that was established on June 16, 1972 in Stockholm. The meeting resulted in the adoption of Agenda 21 by the member states which is a framework for the transition to a more sustainable world. In 2012 the members gathered to assess and reaffirm the importance of progress towards the efforts of Agenda 21. In response to this the Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine held a workshop to inform the policies that are discussed at the 2012 Earth Summit. The workshop, held in Woods Hole, Massachusetts on July 25-26, 2011, focused on the issue of sustainability and health as well as the linkages that are currently present between the two. The workshop included presentations and discussions which are summarized in Public Health Linkages with Sustainability: Workshop Summary. The report presents how different areas of public health, such as food and water resources, link to sustainability and opportunities or venues that can be examined. Table of Contents Front Matter 1 INTRODUCTION 2 OVERVIEW OF THE LINKS BETWEEN SUSTAINABILITY AND HUMAN HEALTH 3 LINKS BETWEEN ENERGY, AIR QUALITY, AND HUMAN HEALTH 4 SUSTAINABILITY LINKS TO FOOD AND WATER RESOURCES 5 SUSTAINABILITY LINKS TO OCCUPATIONAL AND CHILDHOOD HEALTH 6 NEW SUSTAINABILITY FRAMING 7 HEALTH MESSAGES AND STRATEGIES FOR DISSEMINATION A--WORKSHOP AGENDA B--SPEAKER BIOSKETCHES

Global Development Goals and Linkages to Health and Sustainability is the summary of a public three-part webinar series hosted by the Global Environmental Health and Sustainable Development Innovation Collaborative between October and December, 2012. Experts within the fields of environmental and global health and members of government, academia, and civil society discussed global development goals that will focus on sustainable development to inform the Rio+20 post-2015 development agenda framework, which will likely be adopted at the September 2015 UN General Assembly. This report focuses on possible health-related measures and metrics that can be utilized for creating new Sustainable Development Goals as the Millennium Development Goals sunset in 2015, using existing measurements that can be adapted to track progress of global sustainable development and human health.

On March 19, 2014, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop on the topic of the sharing of data from environmental health research. Experts in the field of environmental health agree that there are benefits to sharing research data, but questions remain regarding how to effectively make these data available. The sharing of data derived from human subjects-making them both transparent and accessible to others-raises a host of ethical, scientific, and process questions that are not always present in other areas of science, such as physics, geology, or chemistry. The workshop participants explored key concerns, principles, and obstacles to the responsible sharing of data used in support of environmental health research and policy making while focusing on protecting the privacy of human subjects and addressing the concerns of the research community. Principles and Obstacles for Sharing Data from Environmental Health Research summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop. Table of Contents Front Matter 1 Introduction 2 Current Approaches and Weaknesses of Those Approaches 3 The Benefits of Data Sharing 4 Issues and Challenges Associated with Data Sharing 5 Possible Ways Forward Appendix A: Agenda Appendix B: Speaker Biographical Sketches

On November 7-8, 2013, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine held a workshop to discuss approaches related to identifying and reducing potential environmental public health risks to new and existing industrial chemicals present in society. Industrial chemicals include chemicals used in industrial processes or commercial products, not including those found in food, pesticides, or pharmaceuticals. Identifying and Reducing Environmental Health Risks of Chemicals in Our Society is a summary and synthesis of the presentations and discussions that took place during the two days of the workshop. The workshop examined successes and areas for improvement within current regulatory programs for assessing industrial chemical safety, frameworks for chemical prioritization to inform targeted testing and risk management strategies, concepts of sustainability and green chemistry that support the design and use of safer alternatives, and efforts to reduce the risk of chemicals in our society. Table of Contents Front Matter 1 Introduction 2 The Challenge: Chemicals in Today's Society 3 Current Regulatory Approaches to Dealing with Industrial Chemicals 4 Models for Environmental Risk Assessment and Exposure Science 5 Approaches to Prioritizing Chemicals for Risk Assessment and Risk Management 6 Current Efforts to Reduce the Risk of Chemicals in Our Society 7 Reflections on the Workshop and Concluding Remarks Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Agenda Appendix C: Speaker Biosketches