Surf these sites: American Environmental Health Foundation -- AEHF is a nonprofit organization founded to provide research and education into Chemical Sensitivity. Sponors educational and research information, as well as carrying over 1,500 environmentally safe products. Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics -- Committed to improving the practice of occupational and environmental health through information sharing and collaborative research. Asthma and air pollution (in Britain) -- Investigation by Dick van Steenis into asthma, cancer and other diseases in areas near power stations and cement works. Book: Environmental Nutrition: Understanding the Link between Environment, Food Quality, and Disease -- Brings together research from indexed journals in environmental medicine, clinical ecology, toxicology, molecular biology, and genetics to provide a new framework for understanding nourishment. Intended as a sourcebook as well as a teaching tool. Burning Issues/Clean Air Revival, Inc. -- 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. This site is chosen by the BBC Education Directory for excellence in the information presented. CQS Health and Environment -- HealthAlert & ToxicAlert: Information about health, fitness, and the environment and their intimate connection. Activist group''s site. Note: Some of the views expressed on this site (for example, that HIV does not really cause AIDS) could be hazardous to your health! Candles and Indoor Air Quality -- The effect burning candles has on the indoor air quality of a home; potential property damage & health risks from BSD (Black Soot Deposition) associated with burning candles. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Health and Environment -- Mission -- This organization undertakes studies and takes up activities that lie in the interface of changing lifestyles, degrading environment and public health. Civitas - incorporating Citizens for Planetary Health -- 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. Composted kitchen waste may put Heavy Metals In The Soil -- 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 is used. (Studied samples using kitchen waste) Environmental Toxins in Air, Food, & Water -- It is estimated that 60 to 80 percent of all cancers are a direct result of chemicals in our air, water and food. Known neurotoxins that we are most commonly exposed to are lead, mercury, cadmium and pesticides. What can we do? (InnerSelf Magazine) Euratom - Death in small doses? -- If you read about the Euratom Treaty in a cheap horror novel you''d think it was far-fetched rubbish. But this horror story is real. The deadliest substances on Earth are coming your way, and you won''t know a thing about it... (From Green World, Winter 1997/8. How Risk Assessment Poisoned Our Children [Rachel''s] -- Somewhere between 2 and 4 million American children have sufficient lead in their blood to diminish their IQ, reduce their physical stature, damage their hearing, decrease their hand-eye coordination and impair their ability to pay attention in school. In 1920, to prevent the poisoning of its children, Australia passed a law curbing lead in paint. The U.S. delayed 50 years before taking similar action in 1970. Article is relevant to today in showing why "risk assessment" can be unscientific, if the risks are not calculable. Industrial enzymes are top triggers of allergies and asthma -- In a study, 90% reported disappeared or reduced symptoms after eliminating industrial enzymes from their diet and laundry detergents. Infertility -- "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). Rachel''s Environment & Health Weekly -- A free weekly email newsletter - here you can subscribe or easily search the entire archive of over 600 issues...
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