Sites concerning the issues of environmental health. Environmental Health - Definition. Environmental health comprises those aspects of human health, including quality of life, that are determined by interactions with physical, chemical, biological and social factors in the environment. It also refers to the theory and practice of assessing, correcting, controlling and preventing those factors in the environment that may adversely affect the health of present and future generations. (From the Pew Environmental Health Commission)
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  • Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
    Organization working to reduce the use of hazardous pesticides world wide.
  • 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.
  • 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 is used. (Studied samples using kitchen waste)
  • Burning 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.
  • 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.
  • Canadians Against Pesticides
    Informing Canadians of pesticide risks. Actions against pesticides and toxins.
  • Produce Items May Exceed EPA Standards
    Pesticide residue levels on produces exceed EPA standards. Washingtonpost.
  • 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 autonomous Regional Centers.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Beyond Pesticides
    National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides provides information on pesticides. Current actions and newsletters including pesticide safety and alternatives.
  • Insecticide 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Database
    Provides pesticide information from many different sources. Includes definitions, references and user manual.
  • 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.
  • Pesticide Policy Project
    Promote development and testing methodologies for crop protection policy reform. Provide information on alternative crop protection methods like integrated pest management.
  • Radioactive Polonium
    Article, references and background information on Polonium exposure and the attendant health risks.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Pesticide Action Network UK
    Provides information on health effects of pesticides, news, campaigns and projects.
  • Pollution 'Damages Intelligence'
    Environmental damage is sapping the intelligence of millions of people globally, says a British social scientist. BBC News.
  • WWF Toxics Programme
    News, publications, factsheets, and other resources from an initiative to end threats to biodiversity from the use of toxic chemicals.
  • Combination 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Photoperiod Effect
    Explores new research now linking light exposure to hormone cycles and health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune diseases, and cancer.
  • Conspiracy of Silence
    Documents a PCB spill and clean up, industries reaction and the eventual ban of the sale of PCBs.

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  • Environmental health - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    URL : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_health
    Environmental health as used by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, includes ... Environmental health practitioners may be known as sanitarians, public ...[2008/11/23]
  • Collaborative on Health and the Environment :: Bottom - Show on homepage
    URL : www.healthandenvironment.org
    CHE Café - Informal conversations on environmental health ... 11/7/08: New LDDI fact sheet - Mental Health and the Environment ...[2008/11/16]
  • Health & Environment - TruGreen.com
    URL : trugreen.com/tg/resourcecenter/healthEnvironment/healthEnvironment.dsp
    Describes how TruGreen ChemLawn products interact with the natural environment around your home and in the world.[2008/11/15]
  • Health & Safety in the Home, Workplace and Outdoors - New York State ...
    URL : www.health.state.ny.us/environmental
    Information about environmental and occupational health ... Environmental Justice - Guidance for Health Outcome Data Review and Analysis ...[2008/11/27]
  • Environmental Health
    URL : www.ehjournal.net
    A framework for integrated environmental health impact assessment of systemic risks ... Environmental Health 2008, 7:60 (25 November 2008) ...[2008/11/30]
  • Health & Environment
    URL : www.who.int/heli/publications/helirevbrochure.pdf
    WHO-UNEP Health and Environment Linkages Initiative. ... World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Environment Programme ...[2005/04/15]
  • CDC - Environmental Health
    URL : www.cdc.gov/Environmental
    Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners ... Environmental Public Health Indicators. Hazardous Substances Emergency Events ...[2008/11/16]
  • Hawai i State Department of Health
    URL : www.hawaii.gov/health/environmental
    The mission of the Hawai i State Department of Health is to protect and improve the health and environment for all people in Hawai i. Health, that optimal state of ...[2008/10/31]
  • Health & Environment
    URL : www.nidi.org
    Nickel and the Environment - Stainless Steel Welding Fumes - Nickel ... Health & Environment News. Essentiality of Nickel. Occupational Health. Health Guide ...[2008/12/02]
  • Tennessee Department of Health: Environmental Epidemiology
    URL : health.state.tn.us/environmental/index.htm
    The mission of the Environmental Epidemiology Program is to promote, protect, and improve the environmental health of people living in, working in, or visiting the ...[2008/11/25]
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