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Toxics Information Resources

This page presents links to various resources for researching various areas of pollution, and toxic materials. This is a collection of World Wide Web links from the RMEHA newsletters and many other resources.

Select a section from the following table to go to the section.

EMF Information Resources	Hazardous Materials Information Resources	Pesticide Information Resources
Pesticide Registry Database	Pollution Information Resources	Miscellaneous Links of Interest	Search Engines

Please keep in mind that web links in this listing are supplied for information and research purposes. They do not represent an endorsement by RMEHA.

Pollution Information Links

The presence of pollution - man-made materials in our environment that harm us - seem to be an inevitable part of society's use of toxic materiels. The following links lead to information about the prevalence of this problem and some of the measures to avoid and/or control it.

• Air pollution costs, http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2001/109p1215-1226levy/abstract.html
• Air Pollution Website (EPA); http://www.epa.gov/air/data/
• City Pollution Ratings; http://www.organicstyle.com/thisissue/healthycities.html
• City Data; http://www.city-data.com
• Environmental Information (drinking water, Superfund, pollution sources) (EPA); http://www.epa.gov/enviro/
• Hazardwaste Waste Database (EPA)://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/cerclis/cerclis_overview.html
• Most Polluted Factories (EPA); http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/ca/eis/verfd.pdf
• Ninth Report on Human Carcinogens, Environmental Tobacco Smoke; http://ehis.niehs.nih.gov/roc/ninth/known/ets.pdf
• Pollen data, http://www.aaaai.org/nab/pollen.stm
• Pollen data, http://pollen.com/
• Pollution levels in each county (Environmental Defense Fund), ; http://www.scorecard.org/
• S.A.F.E., Smokefree Air for Everyone; http://www.pacificnet.net/~safe/
• Smokefree Apartment Registry; http://www.smokefreeapartments.org/
• Smoking linked with children's cavities; http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/289/10/1258
• Tox Town; http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/

Hazardous Materials Information Links

Toxic materials are part of of our "modern" world. And for people with MCS/EI, for whom any exposure is often a severe problem, avoidance and/or controlling them is very important. The following links lead to much more information about this area.

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; http://www.atdsr.cdc.gov/
• American Water Works Association; http://www.awwa.org/
• Chemical Safety Information from Intergovernmental Organizations; http://www.inchem.org/
• Compost Tea (for less-toxic landscape maintenance); http://www.intlctc.org
• Cumulative risk assessment (EPA); http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/raf/
• Defense Environmental Restoration Program, Contaminated Sites (DOD), http://156.80.6.200/derparc_fy2000/derp/index.htm
• Eco IQ Magazine; http://www.ecoiq.com/toxics/magazine/
• Flame Retardant Toxicity, Greenpeace, ; http://www.greenpeace.org/~toxics/hfr.html
• Hazardous Materials Magazine; http://www.hazmatmag.com/
• Hazardous Materials Safety, (DOT); http://hazmat.dot.gov/
• Indoor Air Quality (EPA); http://www.epa.gov/iaq/
• Lawn Care, Less-toxic, Grassroots Environmental Education; http://www.grassrootsinfo.org/
• Lawn care, less-toxic; http://www.safe2use.com/ipm/lawn.htm
• National Scale Toxics Assessment, Ambient toxics concentrations (EPA); http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/nata/
• National Toxicology Program Searcheable Database; http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/
• Nuclear Power Plant Locations, http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?Print=true&DocID=&CatNum=2&CatID=93
• PCB contamination case, http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/business/worldnewstonight/osunsami_anniston_020311.html
• Power Plants around the country (DOE); http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/ipp/ipp99_sum.html
• Regional Air Quality; http://nadp.sws.uiuc.edu/isopleths
• Regional Air Quality; http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/improve/
• State of the Air; http://www.stateoftheair.org/
• SuperFund Sites (EPA); http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/index.htm
• Superfund Sites (EPA); http://www.epa.gov/enviro/
• Supplemental to Air Toxics Assessment (EPA); http://www.epa.gov/air/data/index.html
• Toxic Materials Release Survey (PIRG); http://www.uspirg.org/
• Toxic Release Inventory Maps; http://www.mapcruzin.com/
• Toxics Release Inventory (EPA), http://www.epa.gov/tri/
• Toxics Release Inventory (Right to Know Network); http://d1.rtknet.org/tri/
• Toxics, Risk Assessment of Selected Toxics (EPA); http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/nata/
• Trade Secrets of the Chemical Industry; http://www.pbs.org/tradesecrets/
• Vermont Safety Information Resources Institute; http://siri.org/
• Western Family (source of less-toxic Transparent Tape); http://www.westernfamily.com/consumer/stores.html
• American Chemistry Council??

Miscellaneous Links of Interest

There is much information available about many of the above areas. The following are links that have not been examined in detail but are presented for their possible interest.

• Agricultural activities (USDA); http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census97/volume1/vol1pubs.htm
• American Conference of Industrial Hygenists; http://www.acgih.org/
• Association for Comprehensive NeuroTherapy; http://www.latitudes.org/
• Bone Cement, FDA warning; http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/safety/bonecement.html
• Chemical Weapons Working Group; Disposal Locations of Chemical Weapons; http://www.cwwg.org/
• Cleanup Operations (EPA); http://www.epa.gov/correctiveaction/facility.htm
• Coal ash in products; http://www.undeerc.org/carrc/BuyersGuide/default.asp
• Code of Federal Regulations (GPO); http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
• Code of Federal Regulations, Cornell Repository; http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cfr/
• Common Ground, Washington; http://www.commongroundwa.org/
• Eco Regions (Nature Conservancy); http://gis.tnc.org/data/MapbookWebsite/map_page.php?map_id=27
• Genetically Modified Organisms; http://www.connectotel.com/gmfood/dm170702.txt
• New Jersey Right to Know Program; http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/rtkhsfs.htm
• News Source; http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/
• Office of Environmental Affairs; http://www.environmentalaffairs.com/
• Organic Consumers; http://www.organicconsumers.org/
• Population Information (Census Bureau); http://www.census.gov/
• Review of Models (KSU); http://www.engg.ksu.edu/HSRC/00Proceed/kurz.pdf
• Society of Environmental Journalists; http://www.sej.org/
• Teflon warning; http://www.enn.com/news/2003-05-16/s_4477.asp
• Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, http://www.tldp.com/
• UK agency criticizes chemical regulation; http://www.rcep.org.uk/chreport.html

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