U.S. Geological Survey Environmental Health Science Strategy

The U.S. Geological Survey Environmental Health Science Strategy is a national sectoral strategy of the United States of America. It states that USGS is a premier source of the environmental health science needed to safeguard the health of the environment, fish and wildlife, domesticated animals, and people. The mission of USGS in environmental health science is to contribute scientific information to environmental, natural resource, agricultural, and public health managers, who use that information to support sound decision making.
USGS will provide science to achieve the following societal goals: identify, prioritise, and detect contaminants and pathogens of emerging environmental concern; reduce the impact of contaminants on the environment, fish and wildlife, domesticated animals, and people; reduce the impact of pathogens on the environment, fish and wildlife, domesticated animals, and people; discover the complex interactions between, and combined effects of, exposure to contaminants and pathogens; and prepare for and respond to the environmental impacts and related health threats of natural and anthropogenic disasters.