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The Vermiculite Institute - Organized by vermiculite mining companies, processors, & users to promote the many uses of vermiculite & to address concerns about the health & safety of using vermiculite. Go

Human & Environmental Risk Assessment - The HERA project is a European voluntary initiative launched by the suppliers & manufacturers, AISE & CEFIC, of household cleaning products to provide a common risk assessment framework. Provides news, risk assessment results & resources. Go

Protecting Our Health - Consumer-oriented summary of research on environmental toxins, with peer-reviewed summaries & abstracts of published studies. Covers specific disorders such as infertility, asthma, childhood leukemia, & other cancers. Go

TRIFacts.org - Provides information on US EPA toxic release inventory data for dioxin. Links to other resources. Go

Pesticides, Metals, Chemical Contaminants & Natural Toxins - Program area the Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) with links to information about these toxins. Go

Tox Town - Illustrated guide to commonly encountered toxic chemicals, environmental health risks, & the public's health, from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.[Requires Flash] Go

Chemical Industry Archives - Searchable database of internal chemical industry documents dating from the last fifty years. A project of the Environmental Working Group. Has chemical news, articles, background information & contacts. Go

DAIN Metadatabase of Resources for Environmental Chemicals - A database of separate databases. So... Search by type of database, use of chemicals, type of information and/or descriptors. Go

EDF Chemical Scorecard - Toxic Release Inventory data for the US. Sources & amounts of toxic chemicals released to air & water. Also has information on health effects & other topics. Go

National Library of Medicine (NLM) - Information & index on toxicology, environmental health, HIV, & AIDS. Search toxicology & chemical information databases from Specialized Information Services (SIS). Go

International Programme on Chemical Safety INCHEM Database - Provides information on chemicals affecting the environment & human health from internationally peer-reviewed chemical safety-related publications & databases. Go

CDC's Second National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals - Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Second National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals. Ongoing assessment of the exposure of the U.S. population to environmental chemicals using biomonitoring. Go

Ban CCA.org - Online reference for concerned consumers & end users of Copper Chromated Arsenate (CCA) pressure treated wood. Provides health hazard information & links on the health hazards of CCA, arsenic & chromium exposure. Go

Chem-Tox.Com - Index gives links to research about health disorders resulting from exposure to common chemicals & pesticides. Go

PCBs: Farmed Salmon vs. Right. Wild Salmon - Is Farmed Salmon safe to eat? - Discusses various reports on safety & guidelines by various health agencies. Go

Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) - Charged under U.S. CERCLA statute to assess the presence & nature of health hazards at Superfund sites & to help reduce further exposures. Right. Website has toxicity profiles for hazardous chemicals & extensive information on topics such as multiple chemical exposures & PCBs. Go

Global Campaign to Reduce the Use of Toxic Chemicals - Information from the WWF on toxic chemicals in the environment. Focus on endocrine disruptors, persistant organic pesticides (POPs) & agricultural pesticides. Go



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