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Environmental and occupational health Web Links
- "Don't Trash Our Bodies! Researching Breastmilk Toxins"
well-researched, in-depth article examining toxins in breastmilk
- "Healthy Milk, Healthy Baby: Chemical Pollution and Mother's Milk"
how environmental and food pollutants can affect breast milk
- "Mothers for Organic"
an environmentalist and mother writes about why she has chosen to support the organic foods indusry and the benefits of raising children on organic foods
- A Community Guide to Environmental Health
great information on health, safety, and environmental health risks from the Hesperian Foundation (.pdf)
- A factory worker's guide to organizing for safe jobs and healthy communities
great resource from the Hesperian Foundation (.pdf)
- Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow
organization committed to creating proactive policies to prevent harm from toxic hazards
- Alternatives for Community and Environment
Massachusetts organization for environmental protection of communities of color
- Asian Immigrant Women Advocates Health and Safety Programs
works to empower low-income, limited English-speaking Asian immigrant women workers to stimulate positive health and safety changes in their workplaces, communities and broader society
- Association of Occupational & Environmental Clinics
network of environmental and reproductive health clinics
- Basel Action Network
network advocating against trade in toxic wastes
- BE SAFE: Center for Health, Environment & Justice
info about various initiatives to promote environmental safety and justice
- Bhopal Action
network and advocacy on behalf of the 1984 victims of the Union Carbide plant explosion
- Biomonitoring: What Communities Must Know
the benefits and limitations of measuring chemical burdens in humans
- Birth Defect Registry for Children
online registry of birth defects; information for parents about birth defects and the environment
- Body Burden: The Pollution in Newborns
report from the Environmental Working Group on the industrial chemicals, pollutants, and pesticides that can be found in umbilical cord blood
- Breast Cancer Fund
focuses on the environmental connections to breast cancer
- Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
national coalition working to educate consumers about the health risks and lack of regulation of beauty and cleaning products
- Can Eating Fish Be Dangerous? The Facts About Methylmercury
information about the health risk of consuming mercury-contaminated fish during pregnancy
- Canadian Center for Occupational Safety & Health
Information, links, and Canadian public policy
- Center for Children’s Health and the Environment
information for parents, fact sheets and conferences on and about environmental health threats to children
- Center for Health, Environment & Justice
info and resources on environmental justice
- Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Environmental Health
Information on air pollution, lead, chemical emergencies
- Chemical Body Burden: Coming Clean Campaign
information about "body burden" and tools to organize and moniter the environmental safety of your community
- Chemical Injury Information Network
support and advocacy organization for people with multiple chemical sensitivities
- Children’s Environmental Health Network
list of organizations active in children's environmenta health, information from conferences, and ways to get involved
- Collaborative on Health and the Environment
regional discussion groups on various environmental health issues, and resources for organizing
- Coming Clean
campaign to get the chemical industry to change its practices
- EnviroLink
links to online environmental resources
- Environmental and Occupational Causes of Cancer: A Review of Recent Scientific Literature, 2007 Edition
documents the mounting evidence linking unintentional exposures to toxins in our workplaces and general environment to cancer
- Environmental Health Information from the World Health Organization
fact sheets, related sites and web links
- Environmental Health News
published daily by Environmental Health Sciences, with latest research and information
- Environmental Pollutants and Breast Cancer
science reviews from the Silent Spring Institute
- Environmental Working Group
information on toxins in our environment and in our food and water supply
- FDA Cosmetics Safety Page
FDA information about cosmetic labels and testing
- Greenpeace
international organization for environmental action
- Haz-Map: Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents
database of potential health risks of workplace materials and job risks
- Hazards Magazine on Worker's Health and Safety
information and resources on health and safety for union workers
- Health and Safety Information on Household Products
health and safety information on household products
- Health Care Without Harm
promoting ecologically sound health care
- Healthy Child, Healthy World
avoiding toxic exposures that can harm children
- Healthy Schools Network
information on making schools safer, including pesticides, indoor air quality and playgrounds & arsenic wood
- Indigenous Environmental Network
working to sustain health, environmental and treaty rights of indigenous communities+E565
- Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world
- Institute for Children’s Environmental Health
works to reduce and ultimately eliminate environmental exposures that can undermine children's health
- International POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants) Elimination Network
Campaign to phase-outs and bans persistent organic pollutants
- John Snow, Inc.
works to develop and support community-based environmental health projects
- Just Transition Alliance
coalition working for environmental justice
- Loka Institute
institute focusing on the social and political repercussions of science, technology and development
- Looking Deep, Deep Into Your Genes
excellent article examining the interplay between our DNA and exposure to environmental toxins
- Lowell Center for Sustainable Production
information about how different countries manage industrial chemicals
- Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition
breast cancer advocacy organization focusing on the links between environmental toxins and the rise in breast cancer incidence
- MOMS: Making Our Milk Safe
information on the threat of toxic chemicals in human breast milk
- Motherisk Online
evidence-based information about the safety or risk of drugs, chemicals and disease during pregnancy and lactation
- National COSH Network
information from the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health; resources on worker's health and safety
- National Pesticide Information Center
information about health and environmental risks of pesticides
- National Toxics Network, Australia
community based network working to protect environmental health and justice; has materials on toxic issues
- Natural Resources Defense Council
information about protecting the environment
- New York Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
health and safety rights, and where to get help and information on worker's compensation
- Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
information about pesticides and their alternatives
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
U.S. regulatory agency an worker and workplace safety
- OSH.Net
links to information about occupational health
- Our Stolen Future
news coverage and resources regarding Endocrine Disrupters
- Pesticide Action Network
working for alternatives to pesticides
- Pharmaceuticals in Our Water: A New Threat to Public Health?
examines the effects of pharmaceutical drugs in our public water
- Rachel’s Environment & Health News, Environmental Research Foundation
news and resources for environmental justice
- Right to Know Network
databases, community information on federal right-to-know statutes
- Science and Environmental Health Network
information on the Precautionary Principle and other environmental health issues
- Scorecard
information about pollution problems and toxic chemicals
- Silent Spring Institute
aims to identify the links between the environment and women's health, especially breast cancer
- Skin Deep
news about the safety of popular health and beauty products from the Environmental Working Group
- State Public Interest Research Groups
taking action on environmental issues
- Study: Pesticides Linked to 70% Increased Risks for Parkinson's Disease
- The Aging Initiative: Environmental Health and Aging
information on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to protect the environmental health of older people
- The Center for Informed Decision Making
help with making informed decisions about environmental and health issues
- The Falling Age of Puberty in U.S. Girls: What We Know, What We Need To Know
excellent report examining the connections between fetal and childhood exposures to chemical contaminants, early puberty and later life breast cancer
- Tox Town
introduction to toxic chemicals and environmental health risks from the National Library of Medicine
- Toxic Action Center
group consultation, and organizing and training for effective campaign waging
- Toxic Discovery
a consumer advocacy organization that focuses on medical device failures, chemical injury and pharmaceutical recalls
- TOXNET
toxicology database to search for health effects of toxins
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. government agency in charge of protecting the environment
- U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Science
fact sheets, news, and listings of environmental health topics
- Vallombrosa Consensus Statement on Environmental contaminants and human fertility compromise
examine the scientific evidence on environmental contaminants and infertility
- Washington Toxics Coalition
environmental advocacy organization
- Water On Tap: What You Need To Know
information from the Environmental Protection Agency on the safety of tap water
- West Harlem Environmental Action Coalition
environmental justice organization
- Women’s Health and the Environment
resources from the Canadian Women's Health Network
- Working Group on Community Right-to-Know
accessing RTK data internationally and the politics/policy of RTK
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