Links

• General
  • The Chemical Scorecard This site is one of my favorite "must visit" sites. It is a chemical information service provided by the Environmental Defense Fund. Here you can get information quickly about the toxic chemicals that manufacturers are releasing into your community and around your home by merely entering your zip code. Scorecard's Environmental Release Reports combine data from the U.S. EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) with information on the health hazards of toxic chemicals. Note that these reports account only for pollution from manufacturing companies that reported to TRI in 1996 (the most recent year available) and include only the 650 chemicals covered by TRI. Also, it does not include facilities that have been closed down previous to 1996.
  • All You Can Eat Another favorite "must visit" site. This site allows you to compute how many pesticides you and your children consume in a given day with Daily Fare and Kids Menu. Or you can play Fruit Salad Roulette where you can mix up your favorite fruit salad and find out what pesticides are in it. Then go shopping at EWG Supermarket wander the aisles and fill up your shopping cart - from pastas to veggies to seafood and find out which pesticides you brought home in your grocery bags, and what the health risks are.

  • Pesticide Spraying in Passenger Occupied Aircraft Great site for travelers. In-depth report on the use of pesticides in domestic and international flights. Includes airline contact names and numbers for pesticide inquiries. Lists countries that spray pesticides directly on boarded passengers. A must know for the chemically sensitive.  Prepared by Becky Riley of the Northwest Coalition for alternatives to Pesticides.

  • What You Should Know About Combustion Appliances  Excellent bulletin prepared by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and The American Lung Association regarding combustion appliances; potential dangers, potential health problems, troubleshooting, and maintenance to maintain equipment in good working order.

• Organizations:
  • American Association Poison Control Centers List A complete list of all the poison control centers in the country.
  • CHEC Children's Health Environmental Coalition
  • The National Inhalant Prevention Coalition

• Chemical Sites:
  • Chemicals (Industrial/Agricultural)
  • RTK - Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets
  • Rachel's Hazardous Waste News (ENVRACH)
  • Material Safety Data Sheets
  • Multiple Toxic Point Source Web Map Demonstration
  • Developmental Toxicity

• Environmental Protection Agency "EPA" Favorites
  • Welcome to the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Homepage
  • What is a Pesticide? Read the Fine Print  Hazardous Product Labeling.  Be sure and check all the links in this one to properly understand the meanings of items on labels.
  • Terms of Environment
  • Chemical Right-to-Know: US EPA, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
  • An Intro to EPA's IAQ Tools for Schools Kit

• Resources
  • MCSurvivors - a fabulous resource site for information about chemical sensitivities with extensive links.