[3] NIEHS researchers and grantees have shown links between lung cancer and asbestos exposure, the developmental impairment of children exposed to lead and the health effects of urban pollution.

[4] The 1994 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in medicine, Dr. Martin Rodbell, served as Scientific Director of the NIEHS from 1985 to 1989.

[6] The Institute funds centers for environmental health studies at universities across the United States.

Surgeon General William H. Stewart helped to create a Division of Environmental Health Sciences within the NIH.

[1] NIEHS is located on 375 acres (1.52 km2) in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina.