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Center for Environmental Oncology
Univiversity of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
The Asbestos and Mesothelioma Center
The Asbestos & Mesothelioma Center is committed to providing the latest, up-to-date information to our visitors in hopes of creating awareness about the dangers of asbestos. Our goal is to provide our visitors with information on how to avoid asbestos exposure, the different types of asbestos cancer, and details on the best mesothelioma treatment available, and We are hopeful that through knowledge of the disease and future research, mesothelioma patients can look forward to leading healthier normal lives.
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is a coalition of women’s, public health, labor, environmental health and consumer-rights groups. Their goal is to protect the health of consumers and workers by requiring the health and beauty industry to phase out the use of chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and other health problems, and replace them with safer alternatives.
The Cancer Prevention Coalition
The Cancer Prevention Coalition (CPC) is a unique nationwide coalition of leading independent experts in cancer prevention and public health, together with citizen activists and representatives of organized labor, public interest, environmental, and women's health groups. Their goal is to reduce escalating cancer rates through a comprehensive strategy of outreach, public education, advocacy, and public policy initiatives to establish prevention as the nation's foremost cancer policy. Samuel S Epstein, MD, professor emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at the University of Illinois School of Public Health, founded and chairs the Coalition.
Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
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- CDC's Mission is "to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability."
CDC's Vision for the 21st Century is "Healthy People in a Healthy World—Through Prevention."
Center for Health & Environmental Research
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- CHER is a multidisciplinary research centre located in the University of British Columbia and funded by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. CHER is comprised of a multidisciplinary team of investigators all of whom have a common mission: to research and prevent diseases caused by hazards in outdoor and indoor environments. Hazards under investigation include: air pollution, emerging water and bioaerosols, environmental noise, indoor air pollutants and occupational exposures.
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- The Center for Health, Environment & Justice
Lois Gibbs founded CHEJ after winning the nation’s first community relocation of 900 families due to a leaking toxic waste dump in Love Canal, New York. CHEJ was instrumental in establishing some of the first national policies critical to protecting community health like the Superfund Program, Right-to-Know and others. By pioneering the effort nationwide to protect communities from exposures to dangerous environmental chemicals, in the air, water and soil, CHEJ has become the preeminent national leader among grassroots groups reducing the burden of toxic substances on our environment.
- Their BE SAFE Campaign works with hundreds of groups across the country to build a national precautionary movement through advocacy, educational events, organizing and technical support to groups working on local and state precautionary policies, and distributing cutting-edge resources, publications and model precautionary policies.
- Their Child Proofing Our Communities campaign educates communities on children's special health vulnerabilities and brings together community leaders to collaborate on efforts prevent harm in their communities.
- CHEJ also coordinates a national campaign working to phase out PVC, the most dangerous plastic to our health and environment. The campaign, which features a cute, funny animated detective spoof, Sam Suds and the Case of PVC, the Poison Plastic, has in three years convinced dozens of companies, from Adidas to Volvo, to phase out PVC plastics in their products and packaging.
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- Center for Healthy Environments & Communities
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- CHEC was founded in 2004 under a grant from the Heinz Endowments at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health. Their mission is to improve environmental health in Western Pennsylvania. CHEC takes a community-based approach to social as well as physical aspects of local environmental health. Their aim is to offer access to local environmental health data, opportunities for collaboration and conferencing, and outreach that helps people improve their lives and neighborhoods.
Collaborative on Health & the Environment
The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) is a diverse partnership of individuals and organizations working collectively to advance knowledge and effective action to address growing concerns about the links between human health and environmental factors.
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- CHEC's HealtheHouse
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- Cornell University Program on Breast Cancer & Environmental Risk Factors
The Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors (BCERF) at Cornell University is devoted to lowering the risk and incidence of cancer by promoting methods of sound decision-making at personal and public levels.
Healthy Child, Healthy World
Healthy Child Healthy World is dedicated to protecting the health and well being of children from harmful environmental exposures. We educate parents, support protective policies, and engage communities to make responsible decisions, simple everyday choices, and well-informed lifestyle improvements to create healthy environments where children and families can flourish.
Rachel's Democracy & Health News
Our main goal is to strengthen democracy by helping people find the information they need to fight for environmental justice in their own communities. We believe that grass-roots action is the effective lever for change in our neighborhoods and that informed citizens are the essential backbone of a strong democracy and a healthy environment. To accomplish our goal, we provide information to grass-roots community activists, environmentalists, journalists, librarians, and others. We specialize in information on hazardous substances and hazardous technologies, including landfills, incinerators, pesticides, organochlorine compounds, risk assessments, and their effects on human and environmental health. Much of the information we have to offer can be found in our newsletter, Rachel's Environment & Health News (which is available free by E-mail) and in our other publications.
Silent Spring Institute
SILENT SPRING INSTITUTE is a partnership of scientists, physicians, public health advocates, and community activists united around the common goal of identifying and changing the links between the environment and women's health, especially breast cancer. This collaboration began when activists from the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition recognized the need for a new type of research organization to find preventable causes of breast cancer.
Silent Spring Institute is named in recognition of Silent Spring, Rachel Carson's pioneering book that tied the use of pesticides to adverse effects on wildlife.
Women's Health and the Environment
The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) produced this website using the materials and wisdom of many individuals and organizations. CHE is a diverse partnership of individuals and organizations working collectively to advance knowledge and effective action to address growing concerns about the links between human health and environmental factors.
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janettesherman.com
Janette D. Sherman, M. D. is the author of Life's Delicate Balance: Causes and Prevention of Breast Cancer and Chemical Exposure and Disease. Dr. Sherman is a specialist in internal medicine and toxicology. Now you can purchase the book Life'sDelicate Balance: Causes and Prevention of Breast Cancer. For detail, please see her web site.
thegreenguide.com
- The Green Guide provides information on a wide variety of environmental and health topics and makes them personally relevant. The 100th issue of The Green Guide is absolutely fabulous starting with the coverstory"Our Reproductive Health: What are the Risks" by Lori Bongiorno, and the story's sidebar: 10 Ways to Reduce Health Risks. There's also a wonderful review of 10 pioneering women in the environmental health field and a really down to earth(literally) piece about eco-renovating a basement. This special issue will contain a bar code (hooray), meaning single issues now can be sold through retail stores. For bulk order details on web site, see www.thegreenguide.com/about/bulk.
ewg.org
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a not-for-profit environmental research organization dedicated to improving public health and protecting the environment by reducing pollution in air, water and food.
e.hormone
The premier site for information on endocrine disrupters, including conferences devoted to environmental estrogens.
DefendingScience.org
DefendingScience .org is an initiative of the Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy (SKAPP), coordinated by the Tellus Institute. The Project engages scholars and scientists in the study of scientific evidence and its application in the legal and regulatory arenas in order to enhance the scientific community’s understanding of how science is used in public policy and legal proceedings; to inform decision-makers about the nature of scientific inquiry and opinion; and to advance the public's understanding of the role of scientific evidence in government programs that seek to protect public health and the environment.
Emergency Campaign on Global Warming from Environmental Defense Petition
"Seeing the Light on Pollution: It's just dawned on me that I've paid too little attention to environmental pollution... Two things helped me realize how wrong that is. One was a new book, When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution. The other was a luncheon talk by the book's author, Devra Davis, a world-renowned specialist in epidemic diseases, currently a visiting professor of public policy at Mellon University. "
Emergency Campaign on Global Warming from Environmental Defense Petition
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- "Take a stand for a healthier Earth. We want one million people like you to demand that elected officials in America take action to stop global warming and support the Climate Stewardship Act."
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- Environmental Concepts Made Easy (ECME)
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- Provides an overview and answers questions like "What is a hormone?" and "What is an endocrine disrupter?"
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- Environmental Estrogens and Other Hormones (EEOH)
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- Award-winning site dedicated to the latest findings in endocrine disrupter research.
- The Center for Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane & Xavier Universities
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- Center that leads intensive effort to help protect human health and the environment from the effects of toxic substances and hazardous wastes
Just Garcia Hill (JGH)
The National Web Site for Minorities in Science. JGH is a portal to advance the professional development of minorities underrepresented in science.
Bioneers.org
Collective Heritage Institute (CHI) seeks to cultivate both a material and a spiritual basis for their ongoing conservation through practical and visionary solutions. CHI projects include the Bioneers Conference, Voices of the Bioneers, The Bioneers Fund, and the Restorative Development Initiative.
Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the United Kingdom
HALF A CENTURY after one of the worst manmade environmental disasters in history, the murky truth of London's Great Smog is emerging - and experts warn that we have nothing to be complacent about....
Preventionisthecure.org
We use the Precautionary Principle as our guide when promoting the use of safe, alternative non-toxic products
Breastcancerfund.org
Environmental Links to Breast Cancer and Other Reproductive Health Problems by Devra Lee Davis, Ph.D., MPH The following slide show was developed by Devra Lee Davis, Ph.D., MPH, director of the Health, Environment, and Development Program at the World Resources Institute, Washington, DC. Honored for her work in potential environmental causes of breast cancer, Davis is a leading epidemiologist and researcher. One of WRI's priorities is to examine the impact of environmental factors on human health.
Breast Cancer Options
Today, five women are dying every hour from breast cancer and no one knows why. One woman in eight will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. New York women are at even greater risk and at present there is no explanation.Our ultimate goal is to see the end of this epidemic through legislation, education and public awareness.
LocalMotion
LocalMotion is a grass-roots, solutions-driven, community-based 501 (c) 3 organization dedicated to raising awareness about the connections between environmental toxins and negative health consequences, including cancer. LocalMotion was incorporated in August, 1999.
Environmental Working Group
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a not-for-profit environmental research organization dedicated to improving public health and protecting the environment by reducing pollution in air, water and food. -
Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
The Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life was founded in 1993 to promote environmental education, scholarship, advocacy, and action in the American Jewish community. COEJL is sponsored by a broad coalition of national Jewish organizations and has organized regional affiliates in communities across North America. COEJL is the Jewish member of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment.
Scorecard.org
Scorecard is the ultimate source for free and easily accessible local environmental information.
Not Too Pretty - Poisoned Cosmetics
Through our website, more than 4,250 people have already contacted the FDA and product manufacturers asking for labeling and phase outs of phthalates in cosmetics. We have also been contacted by at least one cosmetic manufacturer who is now considering taking this dangerous chemical out of their products.
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- Climate.org
The Climate Institute has been in a unique position to inform key decision-makers, heighten international awareness of climate change, and identify practical ways of achieving significant emissions reductions.
- PEER White Papers
PEER White Papers are anonymous reports written and reviewed by public employees explaining resource issues or exposing agency malfeasance. Available online are Executive Summaries only.
- Air and Waste Management Association, East Michigan Chapter
It shall be the purpose of the Chapter to promote better understanding of the problems of air pollution control, waste management and related environmental concerns among governmental regulatory personnel, researchers, educators, representatives, of industry and the general public within the geographic area of the Chapter, and to work toward resolution of these problems. It shall also be the purpose of the Chapter to foster improved professional relations among its members and to further the mission and objectives of the Association.
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- World Health Organization (WHO)
The United Nations' designated health agency, has the goal of helping all people attain the highest levels of health.
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
A branch of the WHO, coordinates and conducts research on the causes of cancer worldwide, and publishes a list of substances classified by degree of carcinogenicity.
Women's Healthy Environments Network
Since its inception in 1994, Women's Healthy Environments Network (WHEN) has been educating the general public, media and policy makers to the fact that environmental health is a key determinant of public health.
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