Favorite Websites

	Favorite Websites

The following are a collection of links to related websites that are of interest. Please check back periodically, as additions will be made as new sites come to my attention.

Organizations

Alliance To End Childhood Lead Poisoning - 227 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002; [202] 543-1147; http://www.aeclp.org The Alliance is raising awareness and working to change perceptions about childhood lead poisoning and to develop and implement effective national prevention programs.
Arts, Crafts, and Theater Safety (ACTS) - 181 Thompson Street #23, New York, NY 10012-2586; [212] 777-0062; http://www.caseweb.com/ACTS This group publishes a monthly newsletter called ACTS FACTS about the health risks associated with arts and crafts materials.
Bio-Integral Resource Center (BIRC) - P.O.B. 7474, Berkeley, CA 94707; [510] 524-2567; http://www.birc.org BIRC publishes two journals: The IPM Practitioner and Common Sense Pesticide Control Quarterly. It also publishes the Annual Directory of Least-Toxic Pest Control Products and IPM in Schools: A How-to-Manual. BIRC provides IPM consultation and training.
California’s Coalition for Adequate School Housing (CASH) - c/o Murdoch, Waalrath & Holmes, 1130 K Street, Suite 210, Sacramento, CA 95814; http://www.chej.org Provides assistance to communities across the country who are faced with environmental threats. They are currently gearing up for a national campaign focused on Child Proofing our Communities.
Center for Safer Pest Management (formerly the Safer Pest Control Project) - 25 East Washington Street, Suite 1515, Chicago, IL 60602; [312] 641-5575; http://www.spcpweb.org This group works to reduce pesticide use through Integrated Pest Management methods and to stimulate and help implement widespread adoption of safer alternatives to routine pesticide use in Illinois.
Center for Safety in the Arts http://artswire.org:70/0h/csa/csainfo.html This site contains over 80 documents on hazards in the arts including children and school art hazards.
Chem Safe Consulting, Inc. - P.O.B. 332, Mapleton, ME 04757; http://www.cheminfonet.org Publishes “Parents Guide to Curricular-Based Chemicals in Schools,” which deals with the safe storage of science class supplies.
Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) 5900 Hollis Street, Suite R3, Emeryville, CA 94608; [510] 597-1394; 110 Maryland Avenue NE, Suite 511, Washington, DC 20002; [202] 543-4033; http://www.cehn.org CEHN works to promote a healthy environment to protect the fetus and the child from environmental hazards. The Network concentrates its work in three areas: education, research and policy.
Children’s Health Environmental Coalition (CHEC) - P.O.B. 846, Malibu, CA 90265; [310] 573-9608; P.O.B. 1540, Princeton, NJ 08542; [609] 252-1915; http://www.checnet.org CHEC is working with a coalition of organizations and researchers to encourage research on children’s environmental disease, educate others about the links between childhood diseases and the environment and to push for strong policies toward prevention. They are very involved in researching the causes of childhood cancers and their relation to hazards in the environment. CHEC’s Advisory Board includes founders Nancy and Jim Chuda, environmental health experts and advocates from around the nation and spokesperson Olivia Newton-John.
Environmental Health Coalition - 1717 Kattner Boulevard, Suite 100, San Diego, CA; [619] 235-0281 http://www.environmentalhealth.org Publishes Toxinformer and fact sheets and sponsors a project called School Pesticide Use Reduction (SPUR).
Environmental Working Group (EWG) - 1718 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20009; [202] 667-6982; http://www.ewg.org EWG has developed collaborative relationships with over 400 public interest organizations in the United States providing information and policy analysis to the general public, environmental organizations and other public interest groups, journalists and policy makers. Areas of special emphasis at EWG have been the threat posed to the fetus, infants and children by pesticides and other toxic chemicals in our food, water and air. Resources include: Reading, Writing and Risk: Air Pollution Inside California’s Portable Classrooms, and Food News, a user-friendly on-line tool that determines which pesticides are in foods your children commonly eat, including processed baby foods, and whether your child’s diet exceeds government safety standards for pesticides that harm the nervous system.
Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility (GBPSR) - 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; [617] 497-7440; http://www.igc.org/psr GBPSR is an affiliate of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), a national organization of over 15,000 physicians, health care professionals and supporters. GBPSR provides education to the medical community on the linkages between environmental exposures and health, activates the medical community to protect the environment and public health, assists community groups with technical issues relating to human health and environmental exposure and participates in public policy debates on public health and environment issues. In addition to In Harm’s Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development, current projects include Generations at Risk: Reproductive Health and the Environment, the Boston Sustainable Hospitals Project of Health Care Without Harm, an organization that is working internationally to prevent pollution and the use of toxic products in the health care industry; and No Room to Breathe, focusing on the health effects of air pollution.
Healthy Schools Network, Inc. - 96 South Swan Street, Albany, NY 12210; [518] 462-0632; http://www.hsnet.org The Healthy Schools Network has developed models for interfacing with school administrators, defining alternatives to toxics in the school environment and engaging parents in related advocacy issues. Some of their publications include Parent’s Guide to School Indoor Air Quality; Healthier Cleaning & Maintenance: Practices and Products for Schools and Children; Learning and Poisons Don’t Mix: Kick the Pesticide Habit.
Institute for Children’s Environmental Health - P.O.B. 757, Langley, WA 98260; [360] 221-7995; http://www.iceh.org The Institute is coordinating a national partnership for children’s health and the environment, a loosely held group of government, academic and grassroots organizations committed to working on children’s environmental health issues.
Learning Disabilities Association - 4156 Liberty Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15234; [412] 341-1515; http://ldanatl.org This is a volunteer organization made up of individuals with learning disabilities, their families, and professionals who are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for all individuals with learning disabilities and their families, to alleviating the effects of learning disabilities, and to supporting efforts to determine the cause of learning disabilities. One project is focused on developmental effects on children exposed to environmental chemicals.
Mothers and Others For A Livable Planet - 40 West 20th St., New York, NY 10011; [212] 242-0010; http://www.mothers.org. Mothers and Others is working to build public support to change the food production system in this country by reducing reliance on pesticides and to ensure a safer food supply. Mothers and Others was the organization which launched the successful campaign about Alar in apples. They publish a monthly newsletter, The Green Guide.
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (NCEF) - National Institute of Building Sciences - 1090 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005; [202] 289-7800 or [888] 502-0624; http://www.edfacilities.org NCEF provides extensive resources for people who plan, design, build and maintain K-12 schools. NCEF is part of the U.S. Department of Education’s Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). Resources address school siting, design, construction, renovation, maintenance and operation, financing and planning. Focus includes environmental health issues such as indoor air quality, pest management and sanitation.
National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides (NCAMP)- 701 E Street, SE, Washington, D.C. 20003; [202] 543-5450; http://www.ncamp.org NCAMP is working to prevent pesticide poisoning of our environment, homes, workplaces, schools, food and water through a practical information clearinghouse on toxic hazards and non-chemical pest control. They have a division called Beyond Pesticides (http://www.beyondpesticides.org), working for the adoption of Integrated Pest Management strategies. They publish Pesticides and You, a monthly Technical Report, and The Schooling of State Pesticide Laws.
National Education Association (NEA) / Health Information Network (HIN) - 1201 16th Street NW, Suite 521, Washington, DC 20036; [800] 718-8387; http://ww.neahin.org This organization disseminates information on indoor air quality as well as other health issues. HIN has a packet, IAQ and You, with information on various indoor air contaminants and pollutants including pesticides. NEA also has a report titled Modernizing Our Schools: What Will It Cost? Detailing the current condition of schools and the need for school construction, renovation and repair.
National Parent Teacher Association - 330 N. Wabash Avenue, Suite 2100, Chicago, IL 60611-3690; [312] 670-6782 http://www/pta.org The PTA supports and speaks on behalf of children and youth in the school, in the community, and before government bodies and other organizations. They have adopted a number of position statements and resolutions that reflect PTA members’ concerns about environmental issues that impact the health and welfare of children. In 1992, National PTA announced support for IPM to lower children’s exposure to pesticides in schools. In October 1999, it reaffirmed support for reducing school pesticide use by endorsing the School Environmental Protection Act of 1999.
National Pediculosis Association - P.O.B. 610189, Newton, MA 02461; [718] 449-6487; http://www.headlice.org The Association is dedicated to protecting children from the misuse and abuse of potentially harmful head lice and scabies treatments. The group produces various publications as well as the LiceMeister (a tool for the removal of nits) website.
Natural Resources Defense Council - Children’s Environmental Health Initiative - 7 Stevenson Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; [415] 777-0202; http://www.nrdc.org NRDC has several great publications on children’s environmental health threats and steps that people can take to protect children
New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NYCAP) - 353 Hamilton Street, Albany, NY 12210-1709; [518] 426-8246; http://www.crisny.org/not-for-profit/nycap/nycap.htm NYCAP is dedicated to eliminating the use of hazardous chemicals by promoting the use of safer alternatives to pesticides, cleaning supplies and other chemicals. They publish SOLUTIONS
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP) - P.O.B. 1393, Eugene, OR 97440; [541] 344-5044; http://www.ncap.org NCAP strives to reduce or eliminate the use of pesticides as a preferred method of pest control in the Northwest and elsewhere. NCAP’s interests include the use of Integrated Pest Management in schools and the hazards of inert ingredients in pesticides. They publish the Journal of Pesticide Reform. They recently released an important report entitled Unthinkable Risk: How Children Are Exposed and Harmed When Pesticides are Used at School, profiling nearly 100 pesticide-poisoning incidents.
Protect All Children’s Environment (PACE) - 2261 Buck Creek Road, Marion, NC 28752; [704] 724-4221; http://main.nc.us/pace/ Director Elizabeth O’Nan is a powerful parent advocate committed to creating safe environments for all our children.
Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) - 49 Powell Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94102; [415] 981-1771; http://www.panna.org/panna PANNA publishes the quarterly journal Global Pesticide Campaigner; and PANUPS, a weekly online news service highlighting pesticides and sustainable agriculture. It’s website offers over 100 links to other useful sites as well as up-to-date information on PANNA’s campaigns and information resources.
Pesticide Watch Education Fund -450 Geary Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94102; [415] 292-1488; http://www.pesticdewatch.org This group works with individuals and community groups to assist in local efforts to reduce pesticide use and promote safer methods of pest management. It provides educational materials, organizing skills training, strategy consultation, technical referrals and networking opportunities so that groups do not have to “reinvent the wheel.” Its several organizing kits include Parks Are for People Not for Poisons, Reducing Pesticide Use in Schools, and A Pesticide Drift Kit.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Office of Children’s Health Protection - 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460; [888] 372-8255; http://www.epa.gov/children

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