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Genetics 103
Water Treatment 84
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Environmental Health - Environment, Science 302
Animal Welfare - Issues, Society 947
Food and Drink - Environment, Issues, Society 17
Health - Issues, Society 2,461
Cancer - Conditions and Diseases, Health, Issues, Society 8
Food, Drink and Nutrition - Health, Issues, Society 91
 Burning IssuesBurning Issues
 
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.
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Beyond PesticidesBeyond Pesticides
 National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides provides information on pesticides. Current actions and newsletters including pesticide safety and alternatives.
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Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR)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.
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Canadians Against PesticidesCanadians Against Pesticides
 Informing Canadians of pesticide risks. Actions against pesticides and toxins.
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Civitas - Citizens for Planetary HealthCivitas - 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.
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Conspiracy of SilenceConspiracy of Silence
 Documents a PCB spill and clean up, industries reaction and the eventual ban of the sale of PCBs.
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CQS Health and EnvironmentCQS 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.
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The Healthy Community: One for All, All for OneThe 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.
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Long Islanders Against PesticidesLong 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.
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Natural Resources Defense Council - Toxic Chemicals and HealthNatural 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.
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Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to PesticidesNorthwest 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.
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Pesticide Action Network InternationalPesticide 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 autonomous Regional Centers.
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Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
 Organization working to reduce the use of hazardous pesticides world wide.
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Pesticide Action Network Pesticide DatabasePesticide Action Network Pesticide Database
 Provides pesticide information from many different sources. Includes definitions, references and user manual.
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Pesticide Action Network UKPesticide Action Network UK
 Provides information on health effects of pesticides, news, campaigns and projects.
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Pesticide Education CenterPesticide Education Center
 Provides information on health effects of pesticides. Promote safer alternative pest control methods to the public through videos, books and other materials.
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Pesticide Policy ProjectPesticide Policy Project
 Promote development and testing methodologies for crop protection policy reform. Provide information on alternative crop protection methods like integrated pest management.
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Pesticide WatchPesticide 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.
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Photoperiod EffectPhotoperiod Effect
 Explores new research now linking light exposure to hormone cycles and health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune diseases, and cancer.
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Pollution 'Damages Intelligence'Pollution 'Damages Intelligence'
 Environmental damage is sapping the intelligence of millions of people globally, says a British social scientist. BBC News.
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The Purdey Environmental Home PageThe 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.
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Radioactive PoloniumRadioactive Polonium
 Article, references and background information on Polonium exposure and the attendant health risks.
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The Women's Environmental NetworkThe 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.
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WWF Toxics ProgrammeWWF Toxics Programme
 News, publications, factsheets, and other resources from an initiative to end threats to biodiversity from the use of toxic chemicals.
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Combination of Pesticides Linked to Parkinson's DiseaseCombination of Pesticides Linked to Parkinson's Disease
 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. (January 3, 2001)
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Insecticide Causes Mad Cow DiseaseInsecticide Causes Mad Cow Disease
 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 organophosphate insecticides causing the disease. Optimal Wellness Center News. (December 17, 2000)
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Workplace Toxins Can Kill at HomeWorkplace 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. (October 11, 2000)
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Mainlining Danger: Hospital Patients Exposed to High Levels of Toxic Chemicals in Vinyl I.V. BagsMainlining 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. (February 22, 1999)
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Produce Items May Exceed EPA StandardsProduce Items May Exceed EPA Standards
 Pesticide residue levels on produces exceed EPA standards. Washingtonpost. (February 19, 1999)
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Composted Kitchen Waste May Put Heavy Metals In The SoilComposted 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) (February 10, 1999)
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