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 - Research and data on wood smoke pollution and combustion particulates. Research shows that 60,000 people in the US die each year from smoke pollution. Site chosen by the BBC Education Directory for excellence in the information presented.
- Provides pesticide information from many different sources. Includes definitions, references and user manual.
- Pesticide residue levels on produces exceed EPA standards. Washingtonpost.
- Provides information on health effects of pesticides. Promote safer alternative pest control methods to the public through videos, books and other materials.
- Article, references and background information on Polonium exposure and the attendant health risks.
- Promotes environmental and human health by exposing harmful practices and policies such as relying upon unscientific animal experiments to justify poisoning the environment and to predict the effects of toxins and medicines on humans.
- Informing Canadians of pesticide risks. Actions against pesticides and toxins.
- Information about the effects of mercury, toxic metals, endocrine disrupting chemicals, air pollution on kids health.
- Mark Purdey's research into how organophosphate pesticides and other pollutants may be causing diseases such as BSE, CJD, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Alzheimer's.
- Health alert and toxic alert information about health, fitness, and the environment and their intimate connection. Activist group's site. Some alternative views on HIV and AIDS.
- A combination of two widely used agricultural pesticides - but neither one alone - creates in mice the exact pattern of brain damage that doctors see in patients with Parkinson's disease.
- Action group highlighting the possible link between emf and leukaemia. Background information, personal stories, contact information and links.
- Promote development and testing methodologies for crop protection policy reform. Provide information on alternative crop protection methods like integrated pest management.
- Documents a PCB spill and clean up, industries reaction and the eventual ban of the sale of PCB's.
- NCAP works to protect people and the environment by advancing healthy solutions to pest problems. Provide news and information on pesticide issues.
- Pennsylvania arborist obtained list of ten tons of herbicides used at Penn State to maintain lawn and other appearances. This documents his correspondence on subject.
- Environmental damage is sapping the intelligence of millions of people globally, says a British social scientist. BBC News.
- Provides information on health effects of pesticides, news, campaigns and projects.
- News, publications, factsheets, and other resources from an initiative to end threats to biodiversity from the use of toxic chemicals.
- Provides information to assess the risks posed by pesticide use and alternatives to pesticides,.
- Chapter from the free online book, How to Get the Best Medical Care - A Guide for the Intelligent Patient. Discusses the environments effect on human health.
- Organization working to reduce the use of hazardous pesticides world wide.
- WEN campaigns on issues that link women, health and the environment. Campaigns promote positive alternatives to polluting practices and consumer items. Provides information on environmental health, food and genetic engineering.
- Information about pesticides and the problems associated with pesticide use. Provide California communities with the tools they need to protect themselves and the environment from the hazards of pesticides.
- Dedicated to highlighting the inherent risk lawn chemicals pose to human and ecological well-being. Offers non-toxic alternatives and downloadable placards.
- Offers scientific articles and reasons to ban the pesticide, Lindane.
- Provides information on environmental problems and certain rising cancer incidence data.
- Some systems of ecological arable farming in developed countries, which use only organic fertilisers contaminate the soil with levels of cadmium, copper and lead which are twice as high as when a combination of both animal manure and artificial fertiliser
- Petition against the toxic and carcinogenic ingredients found in cosmetic, personal care, and household products.
- Investigation by Dick van Steenis into asthma, cancer and other diseases in areas near power stations and cement works in Britain.
- Interactive guide of chemicals in kitchen products that cause harmful pollution in the environment and are toxic to humans. Names those cleaning products that do not contain these long-lasting, toxic chemicals.
- Perspective by Stephen J. Gislason on how the environment is getting sicker and making people sicker.
- Network of over 600 participating nongovernmental organizations, institutions and individuals in over 60 countries working to replace the use of hazardous pesticides with ecologically sound alternatives. Projects and campaigns are coordinated by five auto
- Investigation found that employees in more than 35 states have unwittingly transported toxins away from work sites exposing family members. USA Today.
- Resource designed to aid in understanding the chronic and acute health impacts of pesticides. Provide review of studies linking pesticides with chronic and acute diseases.
- National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides provides information on pesticides. Current actions and newsletters including pesticide safety and alternatives.
- LIAP is a non-profit community education organization providing information on the use of pesticides in the New York and Long Island communities.
- NRDC provides information, reports, fact sheets and studies on everyday health threats posed by toxic chemicals and pesticides.
- Research that shows insecticide used in the UK government warble-fly campaigns triggered the UK surge of 'Mad Cow' disease. Latest experiments by Cambridge University prion specialist David R. Brown shows that prions in the bovine spine can be damaged by
- "The global fertility rate has dropped by nearly half since 1955! The cumulative effects of radiation-caused infertility raise the possibility of gradual human extinction." Article from "The Golem" (no date given).
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