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This page has articles, books, and other resources for chemicals and toxics, including pesticides; industrial chemicals and toxic waste; endocrine disruptors, hormone disruptors, and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs); chemical regulations and manufacturing; groups that work on problems with chemicals and toxics. The resources include quotes about chemicals, as well as movies and cartoons.

 

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      . . . about Chemicals and Toxics

       
 
  FOOD STORAGE IN PLASTIC CONTAINERS  (UPDATED)   (Article #100) 11-MAY-2008
  chemicals from plastic food storage containers article; thumb of plastic food storage containers “LEFTOVERS AGAIN?” SAID THE REFRIGERATOR
Plastic Food Containers, Health, and Better Food Storage Solutions
 
  FOAM CUPS & CHEMICALS  (UPDATED)   (Chemicals Article #190) 08-APR-2008
  Foam Cups/Food Containers article link; thumb of cups CLOUDS IN YOUR COFFEE?  TRY LESS STYRO, MORE FOAM
Polystyrene Foam Cups & Containers, Styrene Migration, and Your Health
 
  CHEMICALS / SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT (UPDATED)   (Article #88) 6-SEP-2007
  back to school safety article link; thumb of boy in floppy hat HAZARDS AT SCHOOL —
BEYOND SPITBALLS, BULLIES AND CLIQUES

A Good Learning Environment Requires
Health and Safety in Schools
 
  MALARIA AND DDT   (Chemicals Article #167) 16-JAN-2007
  DDT and Malaria article link; thumb of mosquito OLD PESTICIDES NEVER DIE; THEY JUST WON’T EVEN FADE AWAY
DDT and Malaria — Will Propaganda Allow a Killer to Rise from the Dead?
 
  ACRYLAMIDE IN FOOD   (Toxics Article #153) 21-FEB-2006
  thumb of potato chips; link for environmental article, Acrylamide in Food - A Health Risk  Worth Worrying About? KILLER POTATO CHIPS OF DEATH FROM THE DARK SIDE OF DOOM
Acrylamide in Food — A Health Risk Worth Worrying About?
 
  TRICLOSAN / ANTIBACTERIAL SOAP   (Toxics Article #143) 04-OCT-2005
  thumb of soap; link for environmental article, Problems with Triclosan and Antibacterial Products THERE IS NO ANTIBACTERIAL SOAP IN THE RESTROOMS AT THE COOTIE CLUB
Problems with Triclosan and Antibacterial Products
 
  CHEMICALS IN SKIN CARE PRODUCTS   (Chemicals Article #139) 08-AUG-2005
  thumb of lotions; link for environmental article, Safe Skin Care Information, Product Risks, and Alternatives “CHILLED LARD IS NOT THE SAME AS COLD CREAM”
  . . . AND OTHER SKIN-CARE TIPS

Safe Skin Care Information, Product Risks, and Alternatives
 
  AGENT ORANGE AND WEED KILLERS   (Chemicals Article #134) 28-JUN-2005
  thumb of kids and dog on graph; link for environmental article, Agent Orange and Lawn Weed Killers - What's the Connection? DO YOU LOVE THE SMELL OF AGENT ORANGE IN THE MORNING?
Agent Orange and Lawn Weed Killers —
What's the Connection?
 
  ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS   (Chemicals Article #117) 01-MAR-2005
  thumb graphic of ray gun; link for environmental article, Hormone Disruptors - The New-Found Problem with Chemicals “ENGAGE THE GLOBAL TOXIFICATION WEAPON!”
SCREAMED THE KLINGON COMMANDER

Hormone Disruptors — The New-Found Problem with Chemicals
 
  POLLUTION CONTROL   (Chemicals Article #116) 22-FEB-2005
  Air Pollution/Water Pollution article link; thumb of traffic EARTH, AIR, WATER, AND POLLUTION—
THE FOUR BASIC ELEMENTS?

Air Pollution and Water Pollution
Are Zero Emissions Goals Realistic?
 
  CYANIDE AND GOLD MINING   (Chemicals Article #113) 01-FEB-2005
  photo of gold jewelry display; link for health article, Gold Mining and Processing - The High Cost of Gold Jewelry ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD;   IT MAY BE CYANIDE
Gold Mining and Processing – The High Cost of Gold Jewelry
 
  BATTERY RECYCLING   (Chemicals Article #107) 21-DEC-2004
  graphic of battery recycling symbol; link for environmental article, Battery Recycling - Why, Which, How, and Where IF I HAD A NICKEL-METAL-HYDRIDE FOR EVERY TIME I RECYCLED...
Battery Recycling — Why, Which, How, and Where
 
  CHEMICAL DISASTERS   (Chemicals Article #105) 07-DEC-2004
  photo of chemical tanks; link for environmental article, Could the Bhopal Chemical Disaster Happen in the United States? “20 YEARS” IS THE METHYL-ISOCYANATE ANNIVERSARY
Could the Bhopal Chemical Disaster Happen in the
United States?
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Other Sites and Resources
      . . . for Chemicals and Toxics

International network of activists seeking to prevent the globalization of the toxic chemical crisis

Works for environmental justice—the principle that people have the right to a clean and healthy environment regardless of their race or economic standing

Goal is to eliminate children's exposure to man-made toxic substances via air, food, water and commercial products

Promotes Total Chlorine Free policies, programs, and technologies throughout the world

Works on issues related to lead poisoning in children

Mission is to provide understandable scientific information about the influence of toxic substances on human health and the environment

An interactive tool to help you find less toxic approaches to cleaning, maintaining, and living in your home

Global network of public-interest organizations working for elimination of persistent organic pollutants

Database of human health effects re: chemical exposure (from EPA)

Environmental health and justice organization working with communities that neighbor Louisiana's oil refineries and chemical plants

An excellent resource for information on mercury pollution and mercury contamination in fish

Raises awareness about mercury contamination; works to eliminate mercury uses

Provides the phase-out schedule for various chemicals covered by the Montreal Protocol

Good summaries of new research into the effects of chemicals

Multilateral environmental agreement designed to promote shared responsibility and cooperative efforts in the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals

User-friendly front end to government toxics databases; has other resources and info too

Official home page for the Stockholm Convention

Info available by zip code (from EPA)

Portal to environmental health and toxicology resources from the US National Library of Medicine

Searchable database of chemicals and their effects (from CDC)

 

 

BOOKS
      . . . on Chemicals and Toxics

 

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  book cover for Hormonal Chaos, by Sheldon Krimsky

Hormonal Chaos traces the emergence of a hypothesis that casts suspicion on a broad range of chemicals. The assertion is that endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are interfering with the normal functioning of hormones in animals and humans. Sheldon Krimsky describes how this controversial theory was first elaborated and explores the complex factors that have contributed to its increased legitimacy.

 
  book cover for Raising Healthy Children in a Toxic World

Book summary: "Your home is the focal point of your child's life—it's where he learns to crawl, where he eats and sleeps, where he plays. Home represents a safe haven for him ... yet just how safe is it? Even if your home is brand new, it might not be as safe as you think it is." Get 101 suggestions for reducing your child's harmful exposures.

 
  book cover for Our Stolen Future, Mar-1997

The near-extinction of bald eagles, developmental abnormalities in frogs, reproductive deformities in Florida alligators—such stories are rightly disturbing to nature lovers. But the implications for human health should be disturbing to everyone. "Our Stolen Future" documents the widespread chemical contamination we're all experiencing and the effect it's having on our biology. (by Colborn, Dumanoski, Myers)

 

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Jokes and Cartoons
      . . . on Chemicals and Toxics

 
 
Water Cartoon link; thumb of cat burglar IS OUR WATER CLEAN ENOUGH?
Water Cartoon
 
cartoon thumb of gold ring; link for joke-cartoon, FACTS ABOUT THE ELEMENTS FACTS ABOUT THE ELEMENTS
 
cartoon picture of Red Planet water; link for joke-cartoon, A FEW DEDICATED PEOPLE'S STRATEGIES FOR HELPING SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT A FEW DEDICATED PEOPLE’S STRATEGIES FOR HELPING SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT
 

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  MERCURY IN FISH   (Toxics Article #86) 10-AUG-2004
  picture of can of tuna; link for environmental article, Mercury in Fish - Which Fish, and Why? HATE MAIL FROM SOME FLOUNDER
Mercury in Fish – Which Fish, and Why?
 
  HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS AND TOXICS   (Chemicals Article #73) 08-JUN-2004
  graphic of virtual house; link for environmental article, Home Safety Is More than Keeping Toxic Chemicals Out of the Reach of Children OUR HOUSE IS A VERY, VERY, VERY FINE HOUSE ... OF HORRORS
Home Safety Is More than Just Keeping Toxic Chemicals Out of the Reach of Children
 
  ANTIBIOTICS & CANCER   (Chemicals Article #72) 27-MAY-2004
  picture of pills; link for environmental article, A Personal Strategy to Address the Issue of Antibiotic Use and Cancer PUT THE LIME IN THE COCONUT BEFORE YOU SAY “GIVE ME DRUGS, DOCTOR!”
A Personal Strategy to Address the Issue of Antibiotic Use and Cancer
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  FABRIC SOFTENER / DRYER SHEETS / CHEMICALS   (Article #64) 29-APR-2004
  picture of dryer; link for environmental article, Alternatives to the Toxic Components of Fabric Softener and Dryer Sheets AHH... THE AIR IS FILLED WITH THE SMELLS OF THE SEASON...
AND DRYER SHEETS

Alternatives to the Toxic Components of Fabric Softener and Dryer Sheets
 
  CHEMICALS / DETOXIFICATION SYSTEMS   (Chemicals Article #62) 22-APR-2004
  picture of barrel of toxic waste; link for environmental article, Parallel Detoxification Systems for Planet Earth and the Human Body DETOX—NOT JUST FOR HOLLYWOOD NIMRODS
Parallel Detoxification Systems for Planet Earth and the Human Body
 
  ELECTRONIC WASTE   (Toxics Article #55) 30-MAR-2004
  picture of circuit board; link for environmental article, Old Computers and Electronics - A Growing Toxic Waste Problem CAN’T WE JUST ROCKET ALL THE LEAD AND CADMIUM TO MERCURY?
Old Computers and Electronics—A Growing Toxic Waste Problem
 
  TECHNOLOGY / POLLUTION / TOXICS   (Toxics Article #48) 04-MAR-2004
  abstract picture of nanotechnology device; link for environmental article, Nanomaterials and Nanomachines - Tiny Technologies, Big Potential Problems? TERMINATE-US 3: RISE OF THE NANO-MACHINES?
Nanomaterials and Nanomachines—Tiny Technologies,
Big Potential Problems?
 
  DRY CLEANING / CHEMICALS   (Chemicals Article #41) 10-FEB-2004
  thumbnail of man in suit; link for environmental article, New Types of Dry Cleaning That Are Better for the Environment and Safer for You PERC—A STAIN ON THE DRY CLEANING INDUSTRY
New Types of Dry Cleaning That Are Better for the Environment and Safer for You
 
  LEAD / TOXICS   (Toxics Article #34) 15-JAN-2004
  picture of oil refinery; link for environmental article, How Are We Still Exposed to Lead Today? FACTS ABOUT LEAD (NOT INCLUDING LED ZEPPELIN)
How Are We Still Exposed to Lead Today?
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  LEAD / TOXICS   (Toxics Article #35) 20-JAN-2004
  picture of peeling lead paint; link for environmental article, Regulatory and Personal Solutions for Reducing Lead Exposure WHO WILL LEAD ON LEAD POLLUTION?
Regulatory and Personal Solutions for Reducing Lead Exposure
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  PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPs)   (Article #21) 20-NOV-2003
  picture of vietnam; link for environmental article, Persistent Organic Pollutants Are the Baddest of the Bad Actor Chemicals POPs GO THE WEASELS WHO KEEP MAKING THIS STUFF
Persistent Organic Pollutants Are the Baddest of the "Bad Actor" Chemicals
 
  CHEMICAL REGULATIONS vs. DRUG REGULATIONS   (Article #15) 30-OCT-2003
  picture of test tubes; link to environmental article, How Chemical Engineering Got One Up On Prescription Drugs MR. HYDE, YOU CAN THANK SENATOR JEKYLL FOR YOUR PROBLEMS
How Chemical Engineering Got One Up On Prescription Drugs
 
  CHEMICAL TESTING & REGULATIONS   (Chemicals Article #8) 07-OCT-2003
  graphic of human digestive system; link to environmental article, Chemical Safety is Not Being Ensured By the Government SCENE 1: LIVER-MAN AND BOY KIDNEY BEAT UP BAD GUYS
(POW! OOF!)

Chemical Safety is Not Being Ensured By the Government
 
  OZONE-DEPLETING CHEMICALS AND MORE   (Article #22) 25-NOV-2003
  picture of thanksgiving basket; link for environmental article, Five Eco-Things To Be Thankful For, But With Caveats WE WON'T LET OUR BIG BUTS GET IN THE WAY OF EXTRA HELPINGS OF THANKFULNESS
Five Eco-Things To Be Thankful For—But With Caveats
 
  GLOBAL THREATS, INCLUDING CHEMICAL POLLUTION   (#12) 21-OCT-2003
  picture of planet earth from space; link to environmental article, Five Global Threats to the Ecosystem and Life on Planet Earth, part 1 THE FIVE HORSE'S ASSES OF THE APOCALYPSE
Five Global Threats to the Ecosystem and Life on Planet Earth, part 1
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  book cover for The Estrogen Effect, by Deborah Cadbury

Man-made chemicals like DDT, PCBs, and other "hormone disrupters" have become soaked into our environment from their use in countless modern products, from plastics to pesticides. They are now believed responsible for genital abnormalities and cancers across a wide range of species. These hormone-disrupting chemicals may pose a threat not only to our human potential, but to our very survival. (by Deborah Cadbury)

 
  book cover for Fateful Harvest: The True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry, and a Toxic Secret, by Duff Wilson

The True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry, and a Toxic Secret

When the mayor of a small town discovers American industries are dumping toxic waste by labeling it "fertilizer," she blows the whistle on the nationwide problem, only to be nearly run out of town. "Fateful Harvest" tells the true story of this environmental scandal. It's a gripping study of corruption and courage, of recklessness and reckoning.

 
  book cover for Silent Scourge

Children, Pollution, and Why Scientists Disagree

How does pollution impact our daily lives and our children's development? Why do industry and environmental experts disagree about what levels of pollutants are safe? Silent Scourge explains how mercury, noise, pesticides, lead, dioxins, PCBs and technological disasters such as Chernobyl and Love Canal can damage children's development.

 
  book cover for Home Safe Home, Jun-1997

The level of chemical exposure we experience just by using legal household and personal products—the cleaners, laundry soaps, fabric softeners, deodorants, and shampoos that are so ubiquitously displayed on the shelves at supermarkets and drug stores—is astonishing. This book will help you work you way out of the toxic soup. (by Debra Lynn Dadd)

 
  book cover for Environmental and Chemical Toxins and Psychiatric Illness, Mar-2002

Psychiatric illness is, in a basic sense, due to one's central nervous system malfunctioning. Scientists have a long way to go before fully understanding the causes of such malfunctioning, but it is becoming clearer that CNS problems can be caused by agents such as insecticides, lead, polybrominated and polychlorinated compounds, chemical weapons, and radiation. Read all about it here. (by James S. Brown)

 
  book cover for Prey

Michael Crichton has thrilled us with fictional tales of huge, man-munching dinosaurs cloned from ancient, amber-stored dino blood. Now he's gone the other direction on the techno-size scale, and nanomachines are the threat his scrambling protagonists must deal with. If you thought mosquitoes and no-see-ums were tough, just wait! (by Michael Crichton)

 
  book cover for Cat's Cradle

What if a scientist designed a material that solidified water into ice at ordinary temperatures? Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle" has been called the first warning about the possibility of nanostructured materials getting out of control. His fans consider it one of his best works of fiction.
(by Kurt Vonnegut)

 
  book cover for Detoxification and Healing: The Key to Optimal Health, by Sidney MacDonald Baker

Detoxification promotes wellness by ridding the body of poisons that can lead to a host of health problems, ranging from fatigue and depression to cancer and diabetes. In clear language, the author explains body chemistry, how detoxification works, new medications, vitamin and mineral supplements, delayed food allergies, the dangers of mercury and aluminum poisoning, and much more. (by Sidney MacDonald Baker)

 
  book cover for Living Downstream, A Scientist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment

A Scientist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment

Traces the high incidence of cancer in the author's hometown and other communities around the country, documenting the high levels of environmental toxins in the high-cancer areas.
(by Sandra Steingraber, Sep-1998)

 
  book cover for Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, by William McDonough, Michael Braungart

Today's "cradle to grave" manufacturing model dates back to the Industrial Revolution and casts off as much as 90 percent of the materials it uses as waste, much of it toxic. The authors argue that products and processes should be designed so that wastes and worn-out products serve as useful manufacturing inputs, not trash and pollution.
(by William McDonough, Michael Braungart)

 
  book cover for Five Past Midnight in Bhopal, by Dominique Lapierre, Javier Moro

The Epic Story of the World's Deadliest Industrial Disaster

On December 3, 1984, a pesticide manufacturing plant in Bhopal, India leaked a cloud of deadly gas that killed thousands and permanently injured hundreds of thousands of others. Five Past Midnight in Bhopal tells the story of the disaster and how the inadequate government and corporate response has added to the tragedy. (by Dominique Lapierre, Javier Moro)

 
  book cover for When Smoke Ran Like Water, by Devra Davis

Devra Davis studies how people's illnesses relate to the environments in which they live. To some extent, this mission has a personal genesis: She grew up in Donora, a town in Pennsylvania that in 1948 suffered an "industrial toxic smog" that killed 18 and sickened many more. In this book, Davis documents the high toll toxic chemicals are taking on us all.

 
  book cover for Dying from Dioxin, by Lois Marie Gibbs

A Citizen's Guide to Reclaiming Our Health

Lois Gibbs—the mother-turned-activist from the Love Canal disaster of the 1970s—has prepared a layman's guide on the what, where, how—and why-we-should-care—of dioxins. Unless you've been living in a plastic bubble, dioxins are around you and probably in you. Somehow, that seems worth knowing a little more about. (by Lois Marie Gibbs)

 

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