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Health and Environmental Research Online (HERO) database

Metadata Updated: February 10, 2026

HERO contains the key studies EPA uses to develop environmental risk assessments for the public. EPA uses risk assessments to characterize the nature and magnitude of health risks to humans and the ecosystem from pollutants and chemicals in the environment.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

Downloads & Resources

References

https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7B8E982CE9-B802-4A3B-A4FB-7BD7785A9813%7D
https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/rest/document?id=%7B8E982CE9-B802-4A3B-A4FB-7BD7785A9813%7D

Dates

Metadata Created Date January 30, 2026
Metadata Updated Date February 10, 2026
Data Update Frequency irregular

Metadata Source

Harvested from EPA Non Geo Repository

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 30, 2026
Metadata Updated Date February 10, 2026
Publisher U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)
Maintainer
Identifier 8E982CE9-B802-4A3B-A4FB-7BD7785A9813
Data First Published 2014-01-01
Data Last Modified 2014-01-01
Public Access Level public
Data Update Frequency irregular
Bureau Code 020:00
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://edg.epa.gov/data/nongeo_data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Harvest Object Id 1e378807-3a83-447d-b7d6-4d9cf3f6be4c
Harvest Source Id 9c1c2b5b-7925-4ca2-a663-ca2131653db1
Harvest Source Title EPA Non Geo Repository
Homepage URL https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7B8E982CE9-B802-4A3B-A4FB-7BD7785A9813%7D
License https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html
Old Spatial -180.0,18.0,-66.0,72.0
Program Code 020:072
Related Documents https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7B8E982CE9-B802-4A3B-A4FB-7BD7785A9813%7D, https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/rest/document?id=%7B8E982CE9-B802-4A3B-A4FB-7BD7785A9813%7D
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 9d758e33acb94a21c34af4fb681be378f42d81cbff41cd38bc0ac5eeea864479
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -180.0, 18.0, -180.0, 72.0, -66.0, 72.0, -66.0, 18.0, -180.0, 18.0}

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