Collaborative on Health and the Environment, CHE: (http://www.cheforhealth.org/)
The science website for the Collaborative on Health and the Environment, CHE:(http://www.protectingourhealth.org/)
Environmental Health Links from CHE
- For more information on hormone-disrupting chemicals and suggestions
of how you can avoid them go to:
www.bcaction.org/Pages/SearchablePages/1995Newsletters/Newsletter033G.html
- Birth Defect Registry for Children, Inc. This site has a wealth
of information on birth defects, resources for parents, fact sheets
and a national birth defect registry. www.birthdefects.org
- The Breast Cancer Fund (TBCF) is a non-profit organization advocating
for the elimination of environmental and other preventable causes
of the disease. Information available on the TCBF website includes
facts, opinions and current press releases about breast cancer,
legislation and hot topics. In addition, a booklist and list of
other resources including other breast cancer organizations are
linked on the website. www.breastcancerfund.org
- The Center for Environmental Health protects the public from
environmental and consumer health hazards. We are committed to
environmental justice, reducing the use of toxic chemicals, supporting
communities in their quest for a safer environment and corporate
accountability. We change corporate behavior through education,
litigation and advocacy. www.cehca.org
- Before we are even born, synthetic chemicals and heavy metals
of all kinds begin building up in our bodies. For more information
about body burden, visit: www.chemicalbodyburden.org
- The Center for Children?s Health and the Environment
(CCHE) was established in 1998 within the Department of Community
and Preventive Medicine of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
CCHE?s mission is to promote the health of children by conducting
environmental health and policy research.
www.childenvironment.org
- Commonweal is a health and environmental research institute
focused on the well-being of children, health and the environment.
Work is focused in the following areas: 1) people with cancer;
2) health professionals; 3) children and young adults with learning
and social difficulties, and the childcare professionals who work
with them; and 4) the global search for a healthy and sustainable
future. www.commonweal.org
- Developmental Delay Resources (DDR) is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to meeting the needs of those working with children
who have developmental delays in sensory motor, language, social,
and emotional areas. DDR publicizes research, identifies risk
factors, and maintains a research registry. www.devdelay.org
- Environmental Health Network - an advocacy organization: www.ehnca.org
- www.envirohealthaction.org
- For daily updates on enviromental health news, articles and
papers from around the world, visit: www.environmentalhealthnews.org
- For information on children's envornmental health visit:
www.epa.gov/envirohealth/children
- The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a not-for-profit environmental
research organization that uses the power of information to improve
public health and protect the environment by reducing pollution
in air, water and food.
www.ewg.org
- Trust for America's Health website: www.healthyamericans.org
- Healthy Schools Network, Inc. (HSN) is a national non-profit
organization dedicated to protection of children's environmental
health in schools. As a resource to parents and potential campaign
collaborators, HSN's website offers a regional map of "Good
News, Bad News" concerning environmental health successes
and dangers in specific schools across the U.S. HSN recently released
a guide about CCA wood, "Playgrounds and Arsenic Wood."
www.healthyschools.org
- To provide consumers with a reliable source for information
on how to safely use household chemical products, the National
Library of Medicine (NLM) offers the Household Products Database,
located at http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/index.htm
- The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) promotes
resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around
the world through research and education, science and technology,
and advocacy work. www.iatp.org
- The Institute for Children's Environmental Health (ICEH), the
visionary behind the Partnership for Children's Health and the
Environment, as well as its co-founder, is a non-profit educational
organization working to ensure a healthy, just and sustainable
future for children and the planet. ICEH's primary mission is
to foster collaborative initiatives to mitigate environmental
exposures that can undermine the health of current and future
generations. The ICEH website provides an extensive fact sheet
and tools for environmental health education at the high school.
www.iceh.org
- The Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) is a
non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to enhancing the
quality of life for all individuals with learning disabilities
and their families. Effective identification and intervention,
research, and legal protection are pursued through education/awareness
programs, advocacy, empowerment, service and collaborative efforts.
The website provides current congressional news reports as well
as a list of resources including books, tapes, fact sheets and
publications. www.ldaamerica.org
- The American Lung Association's new website provides timely
information to the public about the EPA review of the National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone and particulate
matter. http://www.cleanairstandards.org/
is the "one-stop" source for advocates working to reaffirm
and strengthen the health-based air quality standards.
- Health Care Without Harm is an international coalition of 431
organizations in 52 countries working to transform the health
care industry so it is no longer a source of harm to people and
the environment. To find out more visit: www.noharm.org
- Not Too Pretty. This site outlines the dangers of phthalates
in everyday beauty products. There is a list of phthalates-free
cosmetics and hair products that serves as a very useful resource.
www.nottoopretty.org
- Natural Resources Defense Council. They have a well-documented
site on breast milk and breast feeding that shouldn't be missed.
www.nrdc.org and
www.nrdc.org/breastmilk
- The official website for Our Stolen Future, the book that brought
world-wide attention to scientific discoveries revealing that
common contaminants can interfere with the natural signals controlling
development of the fetus. www.ourstolenfuture.org
- WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural
environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony
with nature http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/toxics/index.cfm
: see WWF publications, including Chemical Trespass: A Toxic Legacy,
July 1999.
- Pesticide Action Network, North America: Advancing alternatives
to pesticides worldwide: www.panna.org
- "Low Fertility and Chemicals: A Possible Connection?"
by Edith T. Eddy at http://www.popco.org/press/articles/2003-1-eddy.html
- Physicians fior Social Responsibility: www.psr.org
- The Coalition for Safe Minds (Sensible Action For Ending Mercury-Induced
Neurological Disorders) is a non-profit corporation working in
the arenas of advocacy, research and education to end the devastation
caused by the needless use of mercury in medicines. The website
provides a legislative history of mercury policy as well as recent
news and research. www.safeminds.org
- The Science and Environmental Health Network (SEHN) advocates
the wise application of science for protecting the environment
and public health. Founded in 1994, SEHN serves as both network
and think tank for the environmental movement, (1) helping environmental
organizations use science in their work, (2) guiding scientists
to public interest research and public service, and (3) informing
public policy with science grounded in ethics and logic. Additional
resources on the website include current environmental health
news articles and links to related organizations. www.sehn.org
- The vision of the Women?s Foundation of California is
to create a world in which all women and girls can thrive. We
work to remove institutional barriers to equity and create opportunities
for women and girls to reach their full potential. www.womensfoundca.org.
- Yes! magazine, a journal of positive futures. www.yesmagazine.org
Remember!
THE ENVIRONMENT IS ALWAYS
(Under Construction)
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