- Born to be big. Obesity, fetuses and toxic chemicals in our food..
- Thursday, August 03, 2006 : Green Chemistry in California : A Framework for Leadership in Chemicals Policy and Innovation
This ground breaking report was recently prepared for a committee of the California Assembly and is required reading for anyone interested in making children's environments healthy and safe.
- Thursday, August 03, 2006 : San Francisco Medical Society - Environmental Health
The Medical Society's bimonthly magazine devoted to full issues to Society's on the impact of environmental toxins on our health. See the Jan/Feb 2006 magazine in the "Article Archives" page, search for "Environmental".
- Thursday, August 03, 2006 : State of the Evidence 2006 (Fourth Edition)
A Breast Cancer Action/Breast Cancer Fund published discussion of the connection between the environment and breast cancer.
- Wednesday, July 19, 2006 : Collaborative on Health and the Environment, The (CHE)
The Collaborative on Health and the Environment [CHE] is a network of concerned people and organizations working together toward the shared goal of improving public and individual health. CHE's website brings you the latest science on health and the environment. For their latest information on environmental health, click onto: http://www.healthandenvironment.org/
- Monday, July 17, 2006 : National Center for Healthy Housing
See also this website for extensive information on healthy housing.
- Wednesday, March 29, 2006 : Children’s Environmental Health Promotion [SF DPH]
The Central mission of Children's Environmental Health Promotion (CEHP) is the prevention of lead poisoning and the control of asthma. Since 1992, the Childhood Lead Prevention Program works in partnership with community and city agencies, landlords, and families to advocate for lead-safe homes. The asthma project reaches children and families most affected by asthma and enables them to maintain a healthy environment.
- Tuesday, March 28, 2006 : Center for Children’s Health and Environment
The Children's Environmental Health Network [CEHN] is a national multi-disciplinary organization whose mission is to protect the fetus and the child from environmental health hazards and promote a healthy environment. The website provides information on children's environmental health issues.
- Monday, March 27, 2006 : Rachel’s Newsletter and Rachel’s Precaution Reporter
Rachel's Environment & Health News has several newsletters on the Precautionary Principle including one entitled, 'Fourteen Reasons for Precaution,' as well as a listing of a number of related articles and resources. Rachel recently started publishing a newsletter dedicated to the implementation of the Precautionary Principle, called Rachel's Precaution Reporter. To start your own free Email subscription to Rachel's Precaution Reporter send a blank Email to one of these addresses: Full HTML edition: join-rpr-html@gselist.org Table of Contents edition: join-rpr-toc@gselist.org In response, you will receive an Email asking you to confirm that you want to subscribe.
- Monday, March 27, 2006 : Environment California
Environment California produced an excellent report on children's exposures to environmental hazards and the links to developmental diseases: "Growing Up Toxic: Chemical Exposures and Increases in Developmental Diseases." See also its new report on dangerous plastic toxins prevalent in newborns at the website.
- Monday, March 27, 2006 : U.S. EPA’s Healthy School Environments
The Environmental Protection Agency's Healthy School Environments web page is intended to serve as a portal to online resources to help parents, teachers, and school administrators address environmental health issues in schools.
- Monday, March 27, 2006 : The Children’s Health Environmental Coalition
Children's Health Environmental Coalition [CHEC] is a national non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public, specifically parents and caregivers, about environmental toxins that affect children's health. It contains several useful features including a link to an extensive database about home and personal care products containing toxic chemicals and alternatives that can be used.
- Monday, March 27, 2006 : Environmental Working Group
The Environmental Working Group [EWG] recently published a report on the toxins found in babies' blood cord samples. It has also issued a report on toxins found in specific adults, and it has an extensive database describing the toxins found in personal care products, health care products sold for use by infants and toddlers.
- Monday, March 27, 2006 : U.S. EPA’s High Performance School Design Guidelines
The EPA has also created a set of high performance school design guidelines specifically for indoor air quality.
- Monday, March 27, 2006 : U.S. EPA’s Indoor Air Quality Design Tools for Schools
The EPA launched the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Design Tools for Schools web site. This web-based resource contains recommendations and tools to help communities and design professionals integrate good indoor air quality practices into the design, construction, renovation, and operation and maintenance of K-12 school facilities. Practical, cost-effective actions ranging from walk-off entry mats to advanced ventilation systems can reduce contaminants in schools and help protect the health of children and staff.
- Monday, March 27, 2006 : Healthy Schools Network, Inc.
Healthy Schools Network, Inc. (HSN) is a national not for profit organization, centered on children's environmental health, and dedicated to assuring every child and school employee an environmentally safe and healthy school.
- Monday, March 27, 2006 : Green Flag Program-CHEJ
Curriculum and activities students can use to make their school environment safe. The Green Flag Program is a new project of the national Child Proofing Our Communities Campaign, coordinated by the Center for Health Environment and Justice. The Green Flag Program helps schools become healthier places for kids, and teaches students about the school's environment. In the program, parents, teachers, and kids work together to investigate environmental issues in your school, identify problems, create solutions, and improve your school environment.
- Monday, March 27, 2006 : Breast Cancer Action
Breast Cancer Action's website has information on safe household alternatives and other hazardous consumer products like cosmetics.
- Monday, March 27, 2006 : Clean Water Fund
The Clean Water Fund's website provides information about hazardous household products and safer alternatives.
- Monday, March 27, 2006 : The U.S. HUD’s Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has an Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control that works to eliminate lead and other environmental hazards in housing.
