Web Directory

» Beyond Pesticides
   National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides provides information on pesticides. Current actions and newsletters including pesticide safety and alternatives.
   http://www.beyondpesticides.org/

» CQS Health and Environment
   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.
   http://www.cqs.com/

» Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR)
   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.
   http://www.pesticidereform.org/

» Canadians Against Pesticides
   Informing Canadians of pesticide risks. Actions against pesticides and toxins.
   http://www.caps.20m.com/

» Civitas - 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.
   http://web.linkny.com/~civitas/

» 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
   http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/19990109225423data_trunc_sys.shtml

» Conspiracy of Silence
   Documents a PCB spill and clean up, industries reaction and the eventual ban of the sale of PCBs.
   http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200103/conspiracy.asp

» Long Islanders Against Pesticides
   LIAP is a non-profit community education organization providing information on the use of pesticides in the New York and Long Island communities.
   http://www.angelfire.com/folk/liap/

» Mainlining Danger: Hospital Patients Exposed to High Levels of Toxic Chemicals in Vinyl I.V. Bags
   Greenpeace data shows that vinyl (PVC) medical devices contain high levels of toxic additives which can leach out through surrounding fluids, exposing hospital patients to a probable human carcinogen.
   http://www.commondreams.org/pressreleases/feb99/022299a.htm

» Natural Resources Defense Council - Toxic Chemicals and Health
   NRDC provides information, reports, fact sheets and studies on everyday health threats posed by toxic chemicals and pesticides.
   http://www.nrdc.org/health/

» Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
   NCAP works to protect people and the environment by advancing healthy solutions to pest problems. Provide news and information on pesticide issues.
   http://www.pesticide.org/

» Pesticide Action Network International
   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
   http://www.pan-international.org/

» Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
   Organization working to reduce the use of hazardous pesticides world wide.
   http://www.panna.org/

» Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Database
   Provides pesticide information from many different sources. Includes definitions, references and user manual.
   http://www.pesticideinfo.org/

» Pesticide Action Network UK
   Provides information on health effects of pesticides, news, campaigns and projects.
   http://www.pan-uk.org/

» Pesticide Education Center
   Provides information on health effects of pesticides. Promote safer alternative pest control methods to the public through videos, books and other materials.
   http://www.pesticides.org/

» Pesticide Watch
   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.
   http://www.pesticidewatch.org/

» Photoperiod Effect
   Explores new research now linking light exposure to hormone cycles and health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune diseases, and cancer.
   http://photoperiodeffect.com

» Pollution 'Damages Intelligence'
   Environmental damage is sapping the intelligence of millions of people globally, says a British social scientist. BBC News.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/722907.stm

» Produce Items May Exceed EPA Standards
   Pesticide residue levels on produces exceed EPA standards. Washingtonpost.
   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/pesticides.htm

» Radioactive Polonium
   Article, references and background information on Polonium exposure and the attendant health risks.
   http://www.webspawner.com/users/radioactivethreat/index.html

» The Healthy Community: One for All, All for One
   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.
   http://www.thebestmedicalcare.com/book/ch12_1.htm

» The Purdey Environmental Home Page
   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.
   http://www.purdeyenvironment.com/

» The Women's Environmental Network
   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.
   http://www.wen.org.uk/

» Workplace Toxins Can Kill at Home
   Investigation found that employees in more than 35 states have unwittingly transported toxins away from work sites exposing family members. USA Today.
   http://usatoday.com/money/bighits/toxin1.htm