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A Nationwide Health Tracking Network Can Help Prevent Disease
The State PIRGs are joining forces to advocate for a nationwide health tracking network to monitor chronic diseases and potentially related environmental exposures. The network would give public health officials, health care providers, and communities the tools to respond to and prevent chronic disease, and to research and avert environmental threats to public health. The Nationwide Health Tracking Network would be coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), building on the current infectious disease tracking network.

NEW REPORT: Health Tracking And Disease Clusters: The Lack Of Data On Chronic Disease Incidence And Its Impact On Cluster Investigations
The Need For Nationwide Health Tracking
Illness on the Rise
While health and longevity continue to improve in the U.S., certain chronic diseases - like cancer, Alzheimer's, and asthma offer cause for concern. More.

Environmental Hazards Contribute to Chronic Disease
Polluters release billions of pounds of toxic substances into our environment every year, many with the ability to cause or aggravate disease. More.

Case Studies
Disease clusters in Libby, Montana and Jackson County, Mississippi show how asbestos and pesticide contamination has caused serious illnesses in regular communities. Tracking chronic disease and environmental exposures may have prevented these tragedies. More.

What Is Nationwide Health Tracking?
Our federal government does not currently monitor chronic diseases nor their potentially related environmental factors. One of the basic building blocks in any effort to protect public health is tracking and monitoring the threat. By doing so, we can provide information crucial to identifying and preventing public health threats. More.

Are Toxic Chemicals in the Environment Affecting Our Long-Term Health?
What do Americans think about the link between toxic chemicals and our health? See the results of a recent survey.

Your Privacy is Important
A Nationwide Health Tracking Network would incorporate strict privacy measures to keep individual health records private while still providing the essential public health information to public health officials, health care providers, and our communities. More.

The Cost of Nationwide Health Tracking
Over $325 billion is spent each year on the treatment of chronic disease. Nationwide Health Tracking would cost only $275 million - less than one dollar for each American. More.

Broad Support for Nationwide Health Tracking
A growing group of public health organizations have signed on in support of our campaign. More.