- Sunday, October 30, 2005 : Center for Disease Control’s National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
The Center for Disease Control's National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals provides an ongoing assessment of the U.S. population's exposure to environmental chemicals using biomonitoring. Biomonitoring is the assessment of human exposure to chemicals by measuring the chemicals or their metabolites in human specimens such as blood or urine.
- Sunday, October 30, 2005 : Rachel’s Environment & Health News
Rachel's Environment & Health News is an electronic newsletter that provides timely information on toxic substances and other environmental hazards. The newsletter covers many technical issues, such as the toxicity of dioxin, incinerator emissions, rising cancer rates, and the intricacies of risk assessment, but it is written in plain language that anyone can understand. Much of the information covered in Rachel's News never appears in the mainstream media and can only be found in medical and scientific journals that most people never see. Furthermore, Rachel's News tries to put environmental problems into a political context of money and power, so that people can see how all our problems - and all our local fights - are connected. Rachel's 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.
- Sunday, October 30, 2005 : California Air Resources Board
The California Air Resources Board features a website dedicated to asthma and air pollution and its prevalence in California's populations, especially young children.
- Sunday, October 30, 2005 : California Division of State Architect
The California Division of State Architect's website features a section on sustainable schools. This website provides a diverse collection of sustainable building resources, including the numerous benefits from using them, as well as guidelines, programs, case studies, relevant publications, funding options/incentives, and more. The site is geared toward those interested and involved in designing, developing, and constructing high performance schools, such as school administrators and board officials, developers, architects, planners, researchers, teachers, parents, and others.
- Sunday, October 30, 2005 : Our Stolen Future
Our Stolen Future is a scientific detective story that explores the emerging science of endocrine disruption: how some synthetic chemicals interfere with the ways that hormones work in humans and wildlife. The authors of Our Stolen Future provide regular updates about the cutting edge of science related to endocrine disruption on their web site. They will also post information about ongoing policy debates, as well as new suggestions about what consumers and citizens can do to minimize risks related to hormonally-disruptive contaminants.
- Sunday, October 30, 2005 : California State Office of Health Hazard Assessment
California State Office of Health Hazard Assessment's overall mission is to protect and enhance public health and the environment by scientific evaluation of risks posed by hazardous substances
- Sunday, October 30, 2005 : EnviroHealthAction
EnviroHealthAction is an education and action center that provides an online community for health professionals and others interested in environmental health. It is designed to provide busy professionals with the opportunity to access important resources and deliver valuable input to policymakers. The website is powered by the Physicians for Social Responsibility.
- Sunday, October 30, 2005 : Collaborative Health on the Environment
The Collaborative Health on the Environment's [CHE] website also features an article on the history, elements, and implementation of the Precautionary Principle.
- Sunday, October 30, 2005 : Breast Cancer Fund
The Breast Cancer Fund has a summary of the Bay Area Precautionary Principle efforts.
- Sunday, October 30, 2005 : Science and Environmental Health Network
The Science and Environmental Health Network's website features a section devoted to the Precautionary Principle including background papers and publications.
- Sunday, October 30, 2005 : Breast Cancer Fund (TBCF)
The Breast Cancer Fund (TBCF) identifies and advocates for elimination of environmental and other preventable causes of the disease.
- Sunday, October 30, 2005 : Bay Area Working Group on the Precautionary Principle
The Bay Area Working Group on the Precautionary Principle is a diverse collaborative of organizations and individuals that promotes and implements precautionary action to protect health and the environment. The website is dedicated to the Precautionary Principle and features ways to take action.
- Sunday, October 30, 2005 : Industrial Pollution Begins in the Womb
The Environmental Work Group recently published this study about the toxins found in blood cord samples. It has also published studies regarding adults' body burdens of toxic chemicals, and it maintains a data base of toxic personal care products manufactured for use by adults and babies.
- Sunday, October 30, 2005 : UCSF’s Report on Asthma and the Environment
UCSF's Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit published a report on Asthma and the Environment. The report includes information on the relationship between asthma and infections, the indoor environment, outdoor air pollution and chemicals in the workplace and home.
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- Making all city agencies protect children’s health—Preventing childhood lead poisoning. HCOP believes that everyone serving families and their children are responsible for protecting children from environmental hazards. With that principle in mind, HCOP engages in several efforts to encourage city agencies to help prevent children's exposures to toxic chemicals in facilities controlled by city agencies and in the homes of children they serve.
- Promoting the Precautionary Principle. San Francisco is at the forefront of the countrywide movement to adopt the Precautionary Principle to help reduce exposures to environmental toxins. The basic premise of the precautionary principle is that when an activity raises credible threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken to prevent harm even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically.
- Protecting low-income children in SF’s public schools from exposures to environmental hazards. HCOP is working to improve indoor air quality and prevent children's exposure to toxins in San Francisco public schools. Most schools in San Francisco are old, and many are poorly maintained. The District has 113 separate school sites. It is a very large real estate operation. Many of the schools are deteriorating, contain poor indoor air quality and need substantial renovation. These schools are full of environmental toxins, including lead, asbestos, solvents, cleansers, and toxic building materials and more.
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