Health
Also see EHN's section, Bills of Rights
http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/b.htm#Bills

and EHN's Take Heart! / Hospitals
http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/takheart.htm#Hospitals

• aHealthyMe
  In the News (health facts)
  http://www.ahealthyme.com/article/bellhowell/101142648
  • Artists Face Unique Health and Safety Risks
    http://www.ahealthyme.com/article/reuters/101214150

• California Citizens for Health
  Frank Cuny
  http://www.citizens.org/
  
  
  • American College of Domiciliary Midwives
    "... I am a Mennonite midwife practicing lawfully under the religious exemptions clause
    but none-the-less was the object of a 5-month MBC covert operation in 1991. ..."
    http://www.goodnewsnet.org/billgage.htm
    
    
  • California SB 2100 Passes Assembly Health Committee
    "July 2000 - California Senate Bill 2100 has passed the California Assembly Health Committee, a
    major step that hopefully will lead to final passage of the bill. Previous medical freedom legislation
    has not passed this stage. ..."
    http://www.citizens.org/AlternativeMedicine/CAsb2100.html
    
    
  • Fluoridation -- Call for national hearings!
    http://www.citizens.org/Food_water_safety/Fluoridation/fluoride.htm
    
    
• Case Management Resource Guide:
  Search for health care services, pharmaceuticals, rehab, long term & elder care ...
  http://www.cmrg.com/cmrg_cfmfiles/sm.cfm
  
  Children's Environmental Health Coalition
  Check out their HealtheHouse and First Steps. Prevention is the name of the game! -- barb
  http://www.checknet.org

• Citizens For Health

  "We expand your health care choices because you have a right to:

  Choose your physicians, including naturopaths, homeopaths, chiropractors,
  acupuncturists and others providing alternative therapies.

  Choose treatments, including vitamin supplements, herbs, homeopathy and
  other nonconventional modalities.

  Purchase vitamins, herbs and other supplements easily and in the dosages you
  require.

  Obtain water that is free of toxins and harmful chemicals.

  Eat natural foods grown and prepared without pesticides, hormones or antibiotics
  Be fully informed if foods for purchase have been irradiated or genetically
  engineered.

  Be fully informed on issues affecting your freedom of choice."

  http://www.citizens.org/about.htm
  
  
  
• Colorado Health Site aka Colorado HealthNet
  
  HTTP://www.coloradohealthnet.org/
  
  
• Health and Habitat
  "Health & Habitat's purpose is to promote a holistic approach to life, health, and the
  environment, and to help achieve a healthy state of equilibrium through education,
  research, conservation of natural resources, and public charity. Health & Habitat has
  raised and distributed over one million dollars in support of its projects. ..."
  http://www.butterflylodge.org/index.html
  • Rainforest Preservation in Amazonian Ecuador
    http://www.butterflylodge.org/pages/project.html

  • Butterfly Lodge
    http://www.igc.org/healthhab/p07.htm

• Health Care Harm to staff and to patients
  
  All doctor's offices, hospitals and other health care facilities that do not have fragrance-free and
  pesticide-free faciities are practicing health care WITH harm.

  The already chemically injured do not have REAL access to facilities that use standard scented
  and pesticide products, which includes disinfectants. Safer alternatives are available. They should
  be used, as hospitals treat people with with adverse health events which include the upper and
  lower respiratory system, heart and blood pressure problems, neurological problems, digestive
  problems, cancers, and MCS . . . just to name a few diseases adversely affected by perfumes.

  Perhaps we should take a closer look at the rising rates of chronic diseases . . . and also look at rising
  rates of iatrogenesis -- doctor-caused disease and premature death. Isn't it about time that all
  doctor's offices and other healthcare faciliities invoke the PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE?

  People, regardless of health issue, have a right to health care that will NOT make them sicker.
  We ALL are stakeholders when it comes to brathing. -- barb

• THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
  "Scent-Sensitive Nurse Sues LDS"
  BY MICHAEL VIGH; Tuesday, October 15, 2002
  "LDS Hospital nurse Susan Bell says she suffered for more than a year from daily
  headaches, eye irritation, swelling of her face and lips and other symptoms because
  her co-workers doused themselves in perfume or cologne.
  
  "Bell, 57, says she became the office laughingstock for supervisors and colleagues,
  some of whom continued to bathe in their perfumes even after she told them it made
  her sick. She worked at the hospital for more than a decade before she took a disability
  leave in March 2001.
  
  "Last week, the Eagle Mountain woman filed a lawsuit against the hospital in U.S. District
  Court, claiming supervisors failed to adequately accommodate her and enforce their
  own policy prohibiting the wearing of heavy perfumes.
  
  "I have allergic and severe reactions to fragrances and paints," Bell said in a statement to
  the Utah Labor Commission's anti-discrimination division. "I complained to my
  supervisors . . . and they promised to fix the problem, yet no action was taken and every
  day I was sick at work.' ...

  " ... Annette Green, [former] executive director of the Fragrance Foundation in New York,
  has said the restrictions are much ado about nothing, arguing perfume does not
  pollute the air and does not contain carcinogens, as cigarettes do."
  [Emphasis added as I wonder, who is kidding whom? Analyses prove Green WRONG! -- barb]
  http://www.sltrib.com/2002/oct/10152002/utah/7273.htm
  
  
  

• Health Care Industry http://uvmce.uvm.edu:443/hlthcare/waste.html
  
  
• Health Care Without Harm (HCWH)
  NOTE: Several people had been working together as members of the Health Affected
  Workers (HAW) group. Our energies were directed toward the issues of lessening pesticide
  and fragrance pollution in hospitals and healthcare facilities. To support our efforts, which
  includes conference calls, and plans for report publishing, please donate by sending
  your checks marked, HAW: Pesticides, Fragrances & Cleaners to:
     Health Care Without Harm
     1755 "S" St., NW, Suite 6B
     Washington, DC 20009
  Just remember: Every little bit helps. Thank you! -- barb
  http://www.noharm.org
  
  Now, visit: Pesticides, Fragrances & Cleaners (April 6, 2003)
  Share this work with your healthcare providers. -- barb
  http://www.noharm.org/pesticidesCleaners/issue

• Healthy Communications - Health, Awareness and Harmony
  Shelley Kramer
  Public Health and Cancer Prevention Educator
  Los Angeles Director of the Cancer Prevention Coalition
  888 377 8877
  310 457 5176
  Fax 310 883 2082
  email: helthcom@aol.com
  http://www.healthy-communications.com/
  • Cancer Treatments, Preventions and Causes
    http://www.healthy-communications.com/pagecancer.html

  • Cancer Shock in Cosmetics -- This News article appeared in the
    UTUSAN - Konsumer - newspaper article, published December 1998
    Healthy Communications.com.
    http://www.healthy-communications.com/konsumer1.html

  • Dr. Epstein's releases and quotes
    http://www.healthy-communications.com/epstein'spage.html

  • THE FACTS... AND WHAT YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT!
    What's Really In Your Personal Hygiene and Beauty Products?
    http://www.healthy-communications.com/yourrghttoknowtoo.html

• Healthy Hospitals - Controling Pests Without Harmful Pesticides
  Written by Kagan Owens, Beyond Pesticides
  A Report by Beyond Pesticides and Health Care Without Harm
  HTML: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:XyGqMbed3cEJ:www.noharm.org/details.cfm%3FID%3D864%26type%3Ddocument+ATSDR,+Interagency+MCS+Paper&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

  PDF: http://www.noharm.org/details.cfm?ID=864&type=document

  • The national office at the Health Care Without Harm
    http://www.noharm.org/

  • Who We Are
    http://www.igc.org/psr/who.htm
    
    
  • Aggregate Exposures to Phthalates in Humans -10-Jul-02
    A 50-someodd page report as a PDF file, which includes reference to perfume, etc.. -- barb
    http://www.noharm.org/details.cfm?type=document&id=662

  • CHILDREN, PREGNANT WOMEN NEED IMMEDIATE PROTECTION FROM
    DEHP, SAYS SWEEPING NEW EUROPEAN UNION PROPOSAL
    Industry accuses agency of trying to „destroy market¾ for toxic phthalate that is
    widely used in everyday products
    http://www.noharm.org/details.cfm?type=document&id=708

  • An Environmental Rx for the Health Care Industry
    "[A]n international coalition of nurses,physicians, public health experts, environmental
    justice organizations, labor unions, hospitals, universities, breast cancer and
    endometriosis activists, religious leaders and food safety advocates working to
    reform the environmental and public health practices of the health care industry.
    http://www.igc.org/psr/hcrisk.html
    
    
  • Health Care Without Harm, The Campaign For
    Environmentally Responsible Health Care writes about Steven Milloy ...
    "... Milloy is the man who disparaged the memories of Senator John Chaffee and
    Dr. David Rall after their deaths and castigated the European Commission for Health
    and Consumer Protection for its efforts to use precaution and protect children from
    toxic chemicals. Thus, we should not be too surprised that our efforts to protect hospital
    patients should be a subject of Milloy's sneering vitriol. But the issue of PVC medical
    products is not something to be mocked. ..."
    http://www.noharm.org/hcwh/library/admin/uploadedfiles/Chemical_remains_a_threat_to_health.htm
    
    Books --
  • Generations at Risk: Reproductive Health and the Environment
    http://www.igc.org/psr/gar-proj.htm

  • In Harm's Way - Toxic Threats to Child Development
    http://www.igc.org/psr/ihw.htm

  • No room to breathe!
    http://www.igc.org/psr/nrtb.htm

  • Highlights of Recent Projects 2002
    http://psr.igc.org/hcwh-highlights-recent-projs_2002.htm

• Health Canada
  
  • Cosmetics Programs
    http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ehp/ehd/psb/cosmetics/kit.htm#policies
    • Food and Drug Act - Cosmetics
      http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/F-27/52692.html#rid-52743

    • General Information on the Sale of Cosmetics in Canada
      http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ehp/ehd/psb/cosmetics/sale.htm

• The Health Connection
  http://www.thehealthconnection.com
  • Multiple Chemical Sensitvities
    The Health Connection; Contributed by Cyndi Norman, M.A.
    http://209.64.11.10/Disease%20Center/diseases/MCS.asp

• Health and Environment Resource Center
  http://www.herc.org/
  
  
  • The Clarion, Edited by Sharon Wachsler
    http://www.herc.org/together/Clarion.htm
    
    
  • MSDS - Make the Connection: Health & Environment
    http://www.herc.org/maketheconnection/
  
  
  
• Health Effects of ISOCYANATES,
  From: Preventing Asthma and Death from Diisocyanate Exposure
  (Irritation, Sensitization and Asthma, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Cancer)
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/asthma.html
  
  
• Health Effects Notebook for Hazardous Air Pollutants
  Provides a lengthy list of chemicals and their CAS numbers -- a few are given below. -- barb
  http://www.epa.gov/ttn/uatw/hapindex.html
  • BENZENECAS# 71-43-2
    http://www.epa.gov/ttn/uatw/hlthef/benzene.html

  • PHENOLCAS# 108-95-2
    http://www.epa.gov/ttn/uatw/hlthef/phenol.html

  • XYLENES(1) CAS# 1330-20-7
    http://www.epa.gov/ttn/uatw/hlthef/xylenes.html
• Health Hazards
  
  • AVOID THESE POTENTIALLY HARMFUL INGREDIENTS IN THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS!
    http://www.indneways.com/creativenv/avoid.htm
    
    
  • „Where are Environmental Hazards?¾
    by Holly S. Anthony
    http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1997/7/97.07.01.x.html
    
    
• Health in Hospitals ...
  • Jewish Hospital, Louisville accommodates MCS
    http://unix.adept.net/~mcsinfo/support.htm
    
    
• Health House
  490 Concordia Avenue, St. Paul, MN, 55103-2441
  (877) 521-1791, (800) 642-5864 within MN, Fax (651) 281-0242
  info@healthhouse.org
  
  • Mold
    http://www.healthhouse.org/new/mold.htm

• Health Medicine Forum
  Len Saputo, M.D. - Director HMF, 1776 Ygnacio Valley Rd, Suite 105
  Walnut Creek, CA 94598
  Phone (925) 934-7311 - Fax (925) 937-9552
  E-mail -- hmf@healthmedicine.org
  http://www.healthmedicine.org
  
  
  • Attend monthly meetings in Jack London Square!
    http://www.healthmedicine.org/documents/agenda.html
    
    
• Health links through Yahoo
  
  http://www.yahoo.com/Health/
  
  
  
• HEATH Resource Center
  American Council on Education
  One Dupont Circle NW, Washington, DC 20036
  phone: (800) 544-3284 (V/TTY) … e-mail: heath@ace.nche.edu
  http://www.acenet.edu/programs/heath/home.cfm
  • Students with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity/Environmental Illness:
    An Accommodation Challenge
    "... The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) defines a person with a
    disability as anyone with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits
    one or more major life activities. If a student's functional ability is severely limited by
    the symptoms of MCS/EI, he or she would be considered a person with a disability
    under the ADA, and campus support staff must provide reasonable
    accommodations so that there will be access to the program. ..."
    http://www.acenet.edu/programs/heath/MCS.cfm

• Health Track
  Sections for Your Health, Your Community and Your Right To Know -- please take a
  minute to inform Health Track that fragrances do cause and trigger asthma.
  Trust for America's Health
  1707 H Street, NW
  7th Floor
  Washington, DC 20006
  
  p (202) 223-9870
  f (202) 223-9871
  http://healthyamericans.org/
  • Priorities in Prevention - a PDF file Responding to the Asthma Epidemic … September 2000
      Not ONE mention of the words fragrance, perfume, air 'freshener.' They should start looking
    under their noses! At least, they are starting to get it when it comes to pesticides: "... A
    related, but unproven,17 theory is that high household pesticide levels could be partially linked to
    asthma. ..." But that's not the end of my criticism: They use OLD data! They wrote: " ... Overall,
    the disease affects about 14.5 million Americans, including roughly 5% of U.S. adults.4, 5 Inhalant
    Allergens. ..." In the mid 1990s, it was 14.5, now it's more like 17.3 million and soaring. See
    EHN's section on Statistics at http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/s.htm#Statistics -- barb
    http://www.prevent.org/Winword/PinP_0900_Asthma1.pdf

• Health Watch, Immune Support
  
  http://www.immunesupport.com/
  
  
  • Low-Level Chemical Exposures:A Challenge for Science and Policy
    http://www.immunesupport.com/hwnews00059.htm
  
  
  
• Healthier Hospitals Book by Toni Temple, available from EHN
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/books/bookordr.htm
  
  
  • Healthier Hospitals -- Toni Temple's Available through ONFCI and also through EHN
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/books/bookordr.htm
    
    
  • See ONFCI's press release:
    HEALTHIER HOSPITALS" ENABLES HEALTH CARE CENTERS
    TO MEET NEEDS OF THE CHEMICALLY DISABLED
    http://1freespace.com/onfci/re000601.html
    
    
  • Healthier Hospitals manual is credited as a resource in Mercy Hospitals (California) protocol for MCS
    http://www.lassentech.com/eimcspro.html

• HealthSurfing's story on Lynn Lawson
  
  • Aerosol Hazards: Untested chemicals make some sick by NBC5DFW
    A special treat: Lynn Lawson is interviewed. However, NBC5DFW's report is not quite
    accurate. Lynn IS safe in her home, which is not more toxic than outdoors, and she doesn't
    "prefer spending her days outdoors" (winter in Illinois is pretty cold). Lynn tells us: "What
    I am spraying in our kitchen is a bottle filled with vinegar and water, not an aerosol." Also, she
    provided the producer a lot of info on fragrances, which wound up on the cutting room floor because
    the producer needed to stick to her topic: aerosols and air fresheners.-- barb)
    http://web.archive.org/web/20010531173350/nbc5dfw.healthsurfing.com/health/1999/12/06/
  
  
  HealthWorld Online
• 
  http://www.healthy.net/index.asp
  
  
  • Healthy Travel
    http://www.healthytravel.net/
    
    
    • Traveling with the Family- Hints from an Herbalist Mom
      http://www.healthytravel.net/TravelLibrary/HerbalMom.htm
  • Melissa Kaplan's Chronic Neuroimmune Diseases
    Surgery, Anesthesia and CFS/FM/MCS
    http://www.anapsid.org/cnd/drugs/anesthesia.html

  • Personal Health Zone
    http://www.personalhealthzone.com/
    • Side Effects, Interactions and Warnings About Herbs
      Check this out! Talk the herbal info over with your health care practioner. -- barb
      http://www.personalhealthzone.com/herbsafety.html
      This is just one link of a long list of links to info about herbs used in treatment. . .
      
      • Lemongrass Side Effects, Interactions and Warnings
        http://www.personalhealthzone.com/herbal_medicine/side_effects/lemongrass_side_effects.html

      
      
  • Your Own Health & Fitness
    Layna Berman
    Tapes to order. -- barb
    http://www.yourownhealthandfitness.com/tapes.html

  Healthy
  
  
• "A Healthy Tomorrow Begins Today"
  Nevada State Health Division
  http://www.state.nv.us/health/

• Achieving Healthy Indoor Air
  "In 1988, the American Thoracic Society and the American Lung Association convened
  an interdisciplinary workshop on improving indoor air quality (IAQ) and health. The
  workshop was prompted by the emerging literature on the health effects of air pollution,
  and by the need for a critical review of the evidence on control strategies directed at
  the adverse health consequences of indoor air pollution. The focus of the 1988
  workshop was primarily on specific pollutants; also addressed were source control and
  building-related problems. A workshop report was published in 1990 in the American
  Review of Respiratory Disease (1). The target audience for the workshop included the
  many health professionals providing clinical care to patients with respiratory diseases,
  the American Lung Association and its constituents, and the wide range of other
  professionals concerned with indoor air quality. . . .

  ..."Control of pollution sources is incomplete if the odors from the occupants are not
  minimized. Perfumes are among the most difficult to control since they are perceived by
  their users as pleasurable. Personal rights and preferences for perfumed products
  must be evaluated against the discomfort that scents cause for some people. The
  odoriferous materials are highly volatile synthetic chemicals; in effect, they contribute
  to the total VOCs. Scented personal products are not limited to perfumes; they include
  residual scents on clothing from detergents and fabric softeners, soaps, shampoos,
  deodorants, skin lotions, and cosmetics. The only successful method of control is to
  eliminate these odors, either by avoiding their use, as with perfumes, or by using
  unscented products. ..."

  "...The particular agents to which persons with MCS allege hypersensitivity vary from
  person to person, with the agents to which any patient claims susceptibility frequently
  varying over time, and possibly including substances such as fine fragrances that others
  may find desirable and pleasurable. The natural history of MCS has not been
  described. Anecdotal reports indicate that over long periods of removal from exposure
  to offending chemicals, persons with MCS may gradually return to normal. The role
  of avoidance in the condition has not been well-characterized.

  "The mechanisms leading to MCS remain uncertain, and exposure reduction may be the
  only relief from symptoms for many MCS sufferers. Control measures to improve
  indoor air quality for the population generally would also apply to this group of people.
  Specific approaches for home environments of persons with MCS would be person-
  specific and require individual guidance. Persons with MCS have formed their own
  support networks for exchange of information on managing symptoms by physical
  control of the environment. Typically, the home environments of many patients with
  MCS are sparsely furnished, and rigid dust control is maintained; as well, there is an
  absence of chemical products and of fleecy materials. Because of the ambiguous nature
  of MCS and the changing spectrum of substances to which the patient with MCS
  exhibits symptoms, there is little to make in the way of specific recommendations for
  exposures to particular agents. Systematic research using sound methods has been
  recommended to define and manage this poorly understood condition. "
  http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/156/3/S33

• Establishing a Healthy Home
  by Bruce M. Small, P.Eng.
  http://www.lovepsychics.com/Global_Life_Symposium/bruce_small.htm#healthy

• Healthy Building Network
  http://www.healthybuilding.net/
  • Healthy Building Network
    CCA (Info Page of Links)
    http://www.healthybuilding.net/arsenic_wood.html

• Healthy Buildings 2000
  Aug 6 -10, 2000; Finland
  http://www.hb2000.org/

• Healthy Cabinets
  CKD Pioneers Hypoallergenic Kitchen Design
  http://www.healthycabinets.com
  
  
• Healthy Child OnLine
  (This site has an extensive search feature ... you'll enjoy using it. -- barb)
  http://www.healthychild.com/default.htm
  
  
  • Do Vaccines Disable The Immune System?
    by Randall Neustaedter, O.M.D., L.Ac.
    http://www.healthychild.com/database/do_vaccines_disable_the_immune_system_.htm
    
    
  • Vaccinations - What You Don't Know Could Hurt Your Children
    http://www.healthychild.com/database/vaccinations_what_you_don_t_know_could_hurt_your_children.htm
    
    
• Healthy Communications
  Shelley Kramer
  http://www.healthy-communications.com
  Your Right To Know
  http://www.healthy-communications.com/rightoknowsidebar.html

• Healthy Days Online
  "Your source for quality vitamins, minerals,nutitional supplements at discount prices. "
  http://healthydaysonline.com/

• Healthy Flying With Diana Fairechild
  http://www.flyana.com/
  
  

• Healthy Home
  Also see EHN's "Building"
  http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/b.htm#Building
  • Healthy home brochure by Environmental Health Coalition of Western Mass.
    Creating a Healthy Home
    10 = $2.25
    25 = $5.50
    50 = $8.50
    100 = 13.50
    
    Checks payable to EHCWM/ISIS
    Mail to:
    Environmental Health Coalition of Western Massachusetts
    P.O. Box 614
    Leverett, MA 01054
    

  • Healthy Home Services - Canada
    Safer products for every room in the house and your garden too. -- barb
    http://www.healthyhomeservices.ca/default.cfm

  • Healthy Homes - Vermont and Hawaii
    http://www.healthy-homes.com/index.html
    • Healing MCS
      http://www.healthy-homes.com/healing.htm

    • The Most Dangerous Home Toxics
      http://www.healthy-homes.com/mostdang.htm

• "Healthy Hotels"
  SF Bay Guardian:
  
  On The Road Healthy Hotels
  http://www.sfbg.com/SFLife/31/healthyhotels.html
  
  
  
• Healthy House Institute
  http://www.hhinst.com/
  A few of their many, valuable links . . .
  
  • Healthy House Institute Archives
    http://www.hhinst.com/archives.html

  • Indoor Air Pollution: It's Time to Clean Up Our Act
    Published in Greenkeeping, May/June 1992, p.12.
    by John Bower (copyright 1992)
    http://www.hhinst.com/Artindoor.html
    
    
  • Selling Homes to Allergic and Chemically Sensitive Clients
    Published in Rockwell Report, January 1998, p. 12.
    by Lynn Bower (Copyright 1997)
    http://www.hhinst.com/ArtRockwell.html

    The Healthy House Institute ORDER FORM
    http://www.hhinst.com/orders.html

  • The Healthy House Quiz
    http://www.hhinst.com/quiz.html

  
  
  
• Healthy Indoor Air for America's Homes
  http://www.montana.edu/wwwcxair/
  
  
• Healthy Kids
  Suggestions for Accommodation at School
  By Ellie Goldberg, MEd
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/mcsschac.htm

  
  

  • Icons/Logos you can use
    http://www.montana.edu:80/wwwcxair/icons.html
  
  
  
• HealthyLivingIntl
  http://www.healthylivingintl.com/index.htm
  • if Looks Could Kill
    From The Cosmetic Health Report Newsletter
    by Judi Vance
    "...The deodorant soap has a pH of 9, which removes the protective acid mantle of the
    skin making it more alkaline and therefore, more vulnerable to penetration. It also
    contains ammonia, formaldehyde and phenol, which are known carcinogens and
    triclocarban, which is under suspicion of being a cancer causing agent with daily use...."
    http://www.healthylivingintl.com/bath/newsletter.htm

    Would You... Wash their hair and brush their teeth with brake fluid,
    engine degreaser or antifreeze? [picture of two young boys]
    You probably are and don't know it!
    http://www.healthylivingintl.com/bath/index.htm

• Healthy People, Healthy Places
  New website of Peggy Wolff (3/03)
  Do explore! -- barb
  http://www.healthypeoplehealthyplaces.com

• Your Own Health & Fitness
  Tapes to order. -- barb
  http://www.yourownhealthandfitness.com/tapes.html

  Hippocrates

  • Hippocrates - Magazine
    "Hippocrates Magazine ceased publication in March 2001." The following links still work 01/03, including the 02/02 announcement of its "relaunch."-- barb
    http://www.hippocrates.com/
    • Healing the Heart A Columbia cardiac surgeon advocates age-old remedies. By Nancy Waring http://www.hippocrates.com/archive/December2000/12departments/12integrative.html

    • Massachusetts Medical Society Announces Re-launch of Hippocrates
      "Waltham, MA ã February 7, 2000 ã The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS),
      publisher of The New England Journal of Medicine, announces the re-launch of
      Hippocrates, the Society's primary care journal. The MMS acquired Hippocrates
      last year to further serve the information needs of primary care physicians.
      
      " ' In the year since we acquired Hippocrates, our goal has been to create a forum for
      ideas and issues relevant to the practice of primary care,' said Harry Greene II, MD,
      Executive Vice President of the Massachusetts Medical Society. 'The March issue reflects
      a year of hard work and thought on how we can contribute to the patient/physician
      experience.' ..."
      http://www.hippocrates.com/running/pressreleases/relaunch.html

    • Site Map
      http://www.hippocrates.com/running/sitemap.html

  • The Modern Oath of Hippocrates
    The Gersten Institute
    "... [O]ath did not originate from the AMA. ..."
    http://www.imagerynet.com/hippo.ama.html

  • The Oath of Hippocrates
    The Gersten Institute
    http://www.imagerynet.com/hippo.orig.html

• Healthy Indoor Air for America's Homes
  Prepared by: Kathleen Parrott, Ph.D., Associate Professor/Housing Extension Specialist
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  Quoting Script for transparency #3
  Indoor air quality can be impacted by some chemicals used to clean, protect, maintain, and
  decorate the home and its furnishings, for personal care and grooming, and for hobbies.
  
  Products can release chemicals into the air during use, as the product dries or cures, or off
  gas as the products age.
  
  Examples of household products that could be an indoor air quality problem:

  paints	cleaning products	hobby products
  varnishes	disinfectants	cosmetics and personal care products
  waxes	degreasers
  strippers	pesticides
  caulking adhesives	air fresheners

  http://www.montana.edu:80/wwwcxair/housprod.html

• Write to Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.
  http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/SGScripts/writetome.cfm

• Press Releases
  http://www.healthyschools.org/news.html

• Guides and Materials you can order from us
  http://www.healthyschools.org/guides_materials.html

• What you can do - WHAT PARENTS AND OTHERS
  http://www.healthyschools.org/what_you_can.html

• Traveling with the Family- Hints from an Herbalist Mom
  http://www.healthytravel.net/TravelLibrary/HerbalMom.htm

• Air pollution 'can thicken blood'
  "Air pollution thickens the blood and increases the likelihood of inflammation, according
  to research.

  "The study may help explain why poor air is linked to an increased risk of heart attacks
  and stroke, as well as worsening respiratory problems.
  So, why pollute your air and your body with petrochemically derived fragrances? -- barb
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4277113.stm

• Altered Oils & Heart Attacks
  By Bill Patterson
  Dr. Donsbach's Newsletters
  http://www.donsbach.com/cgi-bin/virtual/webc.cgi/~donsbach/newsletters/id147.htm

• BIOMARKERS of MCS
  Abnormal Medical Tests and Physical Signs Associated with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
  Compiled by Albert Donnay, MCS Referral & Resources, adonnay@mcsrr.org,
  410-362-6400, 2/1999, rev'd 8/2000
  "Cardiac: tachycardia, other arrhythmia, mitral valve prolapse (Ziem 1997), abnormal
  echocardiogram (Bell 1998a, Baldwin 1998a)"
  http://www.mcsrr.org/resources/biomarkers.html

• Cardiovascular Toxicants
  environmental defense
  http://www.scorecard.org/health-effects/explanation.tcl?short_hazard_name=cardio

• The Environmental Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease
  By William J. Rea, MD, FACS,
  Environmental Control Unit, Brookhaven Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
  http://www.aehf.com/articles/A15.htm

• Environmentally Triggered Cardiac Disease
  http://www.aehf.com/articles/A18.htm

• First aid for a Heart Attack
  Makes rounds via email . . . see Urban Legends. -- barb
  http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blcpr.htm

• Heart attacks 'triggered by air pollution'
  By Roger Dobson and Severin Carrell; 27 April 2003
  "Small rises in urban air pollution can trigger an increased number of potentially
  fatal heart attacks, an international study has discovered. "
  Folks, petrochemically derived fragrances and pesticides are known air pollutants! -- barb
  http://millennium-debate.org/suntel27ap033.htm

• Profile of Patients with Chemical Injury and Sensitivity
  By Grace Ziem1 and James McTamney2
  Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol 105; supplement 2, March 1997
  http://www.herc.org/news/ehp/ziem.html

http://sunsite.unc.edu/herbmed/


• Neat Stuff
  http://sunsite.unc.edu/herbmed/neat-stuff/neatstuf.html
  
  
• Specific Medication and Specific Medicines
  by John M. Scudder, M.D
  http://metalab.unc.edu/herbmed/eclectic/spec-med/main.html

• Eliminating High Blood Pressure: Just Add Water
  http://www.chiroweb.com/find/archives/nutrition/other/pour.html
  Tell me about... Coenzyme Q10
  http://www.chiroweb.com/find/tellmeabout/coenzyme_q10.html
  • Tell me about... The importance of vitamins, minerals and dietary supplements...
    http://www.chiroweb.com/tyh/nutrients.html

• High Blood Pressure - March 2002
  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/heart/index.htm#hbp

http://www-members.adept.net/~mcsinfo/support.htm

• Fragrance-Free at Allergy/Dermatology in Oakland, California
  Sign on door --
  
  "Please use discretion and avoid wearing scented products,
  perfume or smoking right before coming to the Allergy Department.
  Many of our patients are very sensitive to scented products,
  perfumes and smoke. Thank you for your cooperation."
  [Fall 1998, barb]
  
  
  
• Partners in Health
  http://www.kaiserpermanente.org/partnersinhealth/

• Kaiser settles lawsuit over disabled access
  April 13, 200; By Josh Richman; Oakland Tribune STAFF WRITER
  http://www.oaklandtribune-ang.com/s-asp-bin/link/ShowArchiveStory.asp?URL=search.newschoice.com/Display.asp&story=d:\index\newsarchives\angtr\loc\20010413\793718_s2bs213.txt&searchtext=Kaiseranddisabled&puid=557

• Kaiser Watch News Archive
  http://www.calnurse.org/cna/kaiser/newsarch.html

http://scipich.health.org/

http://critpath.org/~tracy/spot.html

• Migraines
  http://www.betterhealth.com/conditions/neuro/0,4264,392,00.html

• Wake Up and Smell the Chemicals
  By Merla Zellerbach
  Merla Zellerbach didn't know then, what we now know about fragrances since the
  FDA Petition 99P-1340 and its analyses. Also, she mentions "permanent-press fabrics"
  but there's not a hint about the harmful effects of fabric softeener -- barb
  Via The Wayback Machine
  http://web.archive.org/web/20000902230848/http://my.webmd.com/content/dmk/dmk_article_5462492

  
  

Herbs

• 1001 Herbs
  http://www.1001herbs.com/peppermint-oil/
  
  
• All Natural Herbs:Information For Your Health
  http://www.allnaturalherbs.com/onlineinfo/

• The Ancient Herb Garden
  http://www.healthfree.com/herbgarden/ampleherb.htm

  Aubrey Organics
  http://www.organicanews.com/news/aubrey.html

  • More than Skin Deep
    (From Winter/Spring 1998)
    by Aubrey Hampton & Susan Hussey; Aubrey Organics News
    http://www.organicanews.com/news/article.cfm?story_id=15

• Celestial Seasonings
  
  http://www.celestialseasonings.com/
  
  
  
• Connie's Vitamin and Herbal Store
  
  http://www.mindspring.com/~healthy/index.html
  
  
  
• Elysian Gardents, Inc.
  Chemical free Perennials and Herbs
  
  http://www.howdyneighbor.com/JusticeDenied/page19.html
  
  
  
• Enhanced Aesthetics
  Skincare & Nutrition & Collectibles
  http://www.california.com/~hawk/
  
  
• Frontier! Natural Products
  
  http://www.frontierherb.com/
  
  
  
• Healthy Living at HerbsNow
  
  http://www.herbsnow.com/index.html

• Henriette's Herbal Homepage
  
  http://sunsite.unc.edu/herbmed/
  
  
  • Neat Stuff
    http://sunsite.unc.edu/herbmed/neat-stuff/neatstuf.html

  • Bodycare ingredient myths By Jerry Hight
    http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/neat-stuff/ingrmyth.html

  
  
• Herbal Medicine
  
  http://www.moreinfo.net/getwell/herbal.html
  
  
  
• Herbal remedies associated with three areas of special concern to surgeons
  and anesthesiologists: coagulation abnormalities, cardiovascular complications,
  and sedative effects.
  MedCom Resource
  "Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) . . . Depletes potassium stores and may
  potentiate cardiac glycoside effects"
  http://medcomres.com/articles/tables_herbs_surgery.htm

• Herbs-N-More
  http://user.icx.net/~drherb/index.html

• HIMALAYA HERBAL HEALTHCARE
  About licorice . . .
  
  Toxicology
  Excessive amounts of the root, herbal teas or candy derived from G. glabra may be
  harmful. Licorice increases salt retention and depletes the potassium in the body, causing
  lack of energy, weakness and even death. People with hypertension or heart
  problems should avoid licorice.
  
  Indications
  
  Licorice is used for the treatment of asthma, acute and chronic bronchitis and chronic
  cough. It is a mild anti-inflammatory for arthritis and rheumatism and is used to treat
  gastric, duodenal and oesophageal ulceration or inflammation, heartburn and mouth
  ulcers.
  
  http://www.himalayadirect.com/h_glycyr.php?osCsid=73274d68645e335a2032977fbea7579b

• NEW WORLD BOTANICALS ^TM
  http://www.newworldbotanicals.com/
  
  
• Personal Health Zone - Includes Herbal info
  http://www.personalhealthzone.com/
  • Side Effects, Interactions and Warnings About Herbs
    Check this out! Talk the herbal info over with your health care practioner. -- barb
    http://www.personalhealthzone.com/herbsafety.html
    This is just one link of a long list of links to info about herbs used in treatment. . .
    
    • Lemongrass Side Effects, Interactions and Warnings
      http://www.personalhealthzone.com/herbal_medicine/side_effects/lemongrass_side_effects.html

    
    
• The Physiomedical Dispensatory
  by William Cook, MD, 1869
  Scanned and Proofread by Charlie Taylor
  Indexed and prepared for publication by Paul Bergner and Christine Schubert
  Presented by Medical Herbalism and medherb.com
  http://medherb.com/cook/home.htm
  • Table of Contents
    http://medherb.com/cook/html/cook_VpToc.htm

• Raintree Nutrition
  http://www.rain-tree.com/comerce.htm
  • Bulk Rainforest Botanicals By the Ounce & By the Pound
    http://www.rain-tree.com/bulkprod.htm

• Reference Guide for HERBS
  
  http://www.realtime.net/anr/herbs.html
• Southwest School of Botanical Medicine
  http://chili.rt66.com/hrbmoore/HOMEPAGE/
  
  

Hesperia Museum and Nature Center
"[T]he first of it's kind in the world, legally permitted to be built totally of earthen construction,
as part of the Desert Village, Rodeo/Arena and other futuristic programs in Hesperia. "
http://www.calearth.org/museum.htm

Hesperian Beliefs
http://www.hesperian.org/#beliefs

Dr. Gunnar Heuser, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P.
28240 West Agura Rd, Suite 203
Agura Hills, CA 91 301
Phone: ++1-818 -865- 1858
Fax: ++1- 818 -856- 8814
e-mail: gheuser@ucla.edu

Dr. Alan R. Hirsch
The Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation
http://www.smellandtaste.org/

Hoaxes: Check them here first!

Viruses? Also see EHN's http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/v.htm#Viruses

• Aunt Edna Virus
  If in your email you receive a message with this subject line: You received a postcard!, and you
  have opened it and then see something like "35-dodge-treads-aunt," DELETE IMMEDIATELY. -- barb
  
  1001 Postcards Home ª
  Aunt Edna Virus
  This Is Not A Real Postcard, And No, It Didn't Come From Our Site
  If you got here with a pickup code (something like "35-dodge-treads-aunt"), then you
  should know that the message you received was not a real postcard from our site.
  On December 10th, 2004, some jerk released onto the internet what has come to be known
  as the "Aunt Edna Virus." Basically, that person faked one of our notification emails by
  switching out the links for links to an infected website. (No, our site is not infected.)
  You should delete the email immediately, and, if you clicked on any of the links with
  Internet Explorer, use a virus scanner to check your computer for viruses.
  
  Never open up any postcard sent from "Aunt Edna" -- period. (If you actually have an
  Aunt Edna, just get her to call you. It's nice to hear her voice.) Postcards sent from anyone
  other than Aunt Edna are safe.
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  The Short Definition Of What Is Safe And What Isn't Safe
  Postcards from Aunt Edna: Not Safe!
  Postcards from anyone else: Safe!
  snip
  http://www.postcards.org/postcards/special/aunt_edna_virus.html/

  Also visit
  Warning: "Aunt Edna" email from postcards.org 13th January 2005
  "Note: these email messages are not being sent out by postcards.org."
  http://www.dynamoo.com/diary/postcards-org.htm

• Beta Test Payment Hoax
  http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBGiveAways.shtml#betapayment

• Cola hoaxes
  
  • Pepsi: Click on "FALSE RUMOR ALERT: PATRIOTIC CANS"
    http://www.pepsi.com/

    Dr. Pepper: Statue of Liberty along with the words "One Nation ä Indivisible."
    "The special packaging was designed to reflect our pride in this country's determination
    to stand together as one. ... We at Dr Pepper/Seven Up strongly believe that the
    message on these cans is a resoundingly patriotic message that we are a united nation. ...
    The limited edition patriotic was retired in February and will not be used again."
    http://www.dpsu.com/drpepper_can.html

• Computer Virus Myths
  by Rob Rosenberger
  http://www.kumite.com/myths/
  
  
• HoaxBusters
  http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/
  • Beta Test Payment Hoax
    http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBGiveAways.shtml#betapayment

  • CIAC Hoax Categories
    http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBHoaxCategories.html

  • Family Pictures . . . and many, many more hoaxes on this page
    http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBMalCode.shtml#pictures

  • Full Hoax Index
    http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBHoaxIndex.html

• HoaxKill, The
  [See their list of known hoaxes.]
  http://www.hoaxkill.com/
  
  
• How to Spot a Virus Hoax
  by Joe Wells, Senior Editor, antivirus online
  http://www.av.ibm.com/InsideTheLab/Bookshelf/WhitePapers/Wells/HOWTOSPOT/howtospot.html
  
  
• Internet ScamBusters
  http://www.scambusters.org/
  • Real Viruses and Worms (and what to do if you've been infected)
    http://www.scambusters.org/viruses.html

  E-mail hoax stinks up internet
  WebPosted Sep 5 2001 08:33 AM EDT
  "Halifax, N.S. ã Halifax Regional Police are asking people to ignore an
  e-mail hoax warning about fake perfume salemen.
  
  "The message says women should be on the look-out for muggers pretending to sell
  bargain perfume. It says sniffing the scents makes you pass out. ..."
  I check out messages with a look to info in this section and then inform sender of hoax URL. -- barb
  http://novascotia.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ns_perfumehoax050901

• Symantec AntiVirus Research Center
  http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/index.html
  
  
• 'Tis the season for urban legends
  
  Net4TV Voice Includes perfume vendor giving out perfumes to knock you out . . . the problem is, for the
  already fragrance-sensitized individual, that's a reality! -- barb
  http://net4tv.com/voice/Story.cfm?storyID=1738
  • W95.Babylonia
    http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w95.babylonia.html
    
    
  • WOBBLER Virus Hoax
    http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wobbler-hoax.html
  
  
• Urban Legends
  http://snopes.simplenet.com/ulindex.htm
  
  
• U.S. Postal Service and e-mail
  "The U.S. Postal Service has no authority to surcharge e-mail messages sent over the
  Internet, nor would it support such legislation."
  http://www.usps.gov/news/press/99/99045new.htm
  
  
• Viruses
  
  • "Bubbleboy" "A new e-mail virus named after a "Seinfeld" television episode can
    wreak havoc on University of Arizona computers systems - even when
    the messages aren't fully opened. ..."
    http://news.excite.com:80/news/uw/991117/tech-269
    
    
  • New Fast-Spreading Virus Takes Internet by Storm
    By MATT RICHTEL; March 28, 1999
    http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/03/biztech/articles/28virus.html
    
    

Holistic Sites

• 1Healthy Universe
  http://www.1healthyuniverse.com/
  
  
• ALAMEDA HOLISTIC INSTITUTE
  http://www.dr.richman.org
  
  
• The Holistic Healing Web Page
  http://www.holisticmed.com/
  
  Home Grown Green
  Rich Kimball
  http://homegrowngreen.homestead.com/
  • ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES DIRECTORY
    http://homegrowngreen.homestead.com/files/HGSW.htm

• Soil And Health Library
  Health begins in the soil; Healing begins with hygiene; Liberty begins with freedom.
  "This is a free public library offering full-text books about holistic agriculture, holistic
  health, self-sufficient homestead living, and personal development. Most of the titles in
  this library are out of print. Some of these books can be quite hard to find; many of
  them are old enough to be public domain materials. The library also offers a collection
  about why globalised society is resistant to changing its food and health systems.
  
  The titles in this library, when comprehended as an inter-related whole, constitute a
  self-guided course of study or curriculum that connects agricultural methods to the
  consequent health of animals and humans, shows how to prevent and heal disease and
  increase longevity. "
  http://www.soilandhealth.org/index.html
  • NATURAL LIGHT AND HEALTH - CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
    About our sun and how important it is for health of plants and animals. -- barb
    http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020121horne/020121ch18.html

• StopCancer.com
  Advanced Holistic Alternative Cancers Library - Answers, Research & Treatment
  http://stopcancer.com/book.htm

• ThinkTwice
  "We offer many excellent publications on holistic health, AIDS, cancer, parenting, natural
  childcare, immunizations, homeschooling, spiritual growth, and more. "
  
  Also see their vaccine info site: "We offer the world's largest selection of uncensored
  information on childhood shots and other immunizations. Because this is such an
  important topic, we believe that parents are entitled to full disclosure of all pertinent data,
  and the freedom to choose whether or not to vaccinate their children."
  http://thinktwice.com/
  
  
• Jerry Wyker, MD
  Board Certified in Holistic Medicine
  Holistic Healing Center of Carmel
  25530 Rio Vista Drive
  Carmel, CA 93923
     Fax: 831-625-0467
     Phone: 831-625-0911
     email: jerry@wyker-md.com
  http://www.wyker-md.com
  • Advanced Testing and Screening
    " In addition to the conventional lab profiles, there are a number of advanced testing
    procedures now available that can facilitate optimum therapy. ..."
    http://www.wyker-md.com/advanced_testing.htm

• eHealthLand.com
  http://www.ehealthland.com/

• Boiron
  http://www.boiron.com/
  • HOMEOPATHY TODAY - Yes, Homeopathy has changed
    By Christian BOIRON
    http://www.boiron.com/en/htm/01-aujourdhui/conception_moderne.htm

• Boericke and Tafel Inc
  2381 Circadian Way
  Santa Rosa, CA 95407
  tel (707) 571-8202 . . . fax (707) 571-8237
  
  
  Products:
  Arniflora relieves bruises, minor muscle & joint aches, stiffness & swelling ...
  Califlora Calendula Cream - for minor burns, sunburn, wind, burn, scrapes,
  abrasions or cracked lips.
  Florasone relieves itching and inflammation associated with minor skin irritations and
  rashes due to eczema soaps, detergents, cosmetics and jewelry... natural fragrance.
  Triflora for relief of arthritis pain.

• Homeopathic - Cell Salts
  http://www.healthproducts.cc/homeopathic.htm
  
  
• Homeopathic Medicine - Overview
  By The National Institutes of Health
  http://webmd.lycos.com/content/dmk/dmk_article_58196

• HomeopathyHome.com
  http://www.homeopathyhome.com/index.shtml

• OunceofPrevention.com
  http://www.ounceofprevention.com/index.htm

• The .02 Solution
  While critics call homeopathy 'utter nonsense,' two studies may
  give the alternative medical practice some scientific validity
  by Michael Castleman; Mother Jones; Sept./Oct.1998
  http://truher.mojones.com/mother_jones/SO98/castleman.html

• Executive PayWatch from AFL-CIO
  http://www.aflcio.org/paywatch/index.htm
  
  
• Suzanne's.com
  http://www.suzannes.com/

• VitaminProShop
  http://www.vitaminproshop.com
  • Remedies by Boericke and Tafel Inc
    http://www.vitaminproshop.com/rembyboertaf.html

   Musk
   http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/m.htm#Musk

   Phthalates
   http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/p.htm#Phthalates

AlkalizeForHealth
Problems Associated With Early Puberty, and Other Issues of Interest to Families
http://www.alkalizeforhealth.net/earlymenarchy.htm

CHEMICAL REACTION CAMPAGIN . . . Reach for a toxics-free future!
http://www.chemicalreaction.org/

• Environmental Estrogens and Other Hormones (EEOH)
  http://www.som.tulane.edu/ecme/eehome/
  • Toxic Wastes Found in Fertilizers
    By Cat Lazaroff
    http://www.ens.lycos.com/ens/may2001/2001L-05-07-06.html

• EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
  Also see EHN's Government Links, EPA
  
  "... The hormone disrupters are more evidence that
  chemicals can be dangerous even if they don't cause
  cancer. In humans, as in animals, hormones have many
  communications jobs, affecting mood and memory,
  reproduction and development, virtually any biological
  process you can name. ..."
  http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu:80/045env_hormone/main1.html
  
  
• The European Union's Ban on Hormone-Treated Meat - RS20142:
  By Charles E. Hanrahan, Senior Specialist in Agricultural Policy
  Resources, Science, and Industry Division; Updated December 9, 1999
  http://www.cnie.org/nle/ag-63.html

• Friends of the Earth
  Safer Chemicals Campaign
  http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/safer_chemicals/
  • Health Threats
    http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/safer_chemicals/issues/health_threats/

  • Cutting the Risks
    http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/safer_chemicals/issues/cutting_the_risk/index.html

  • Retailers pledge action on risky chemicals
    Not in this country! This is from the UK. I guess we just aren't worth it here in the USA.
    Here, industry fights legislation attempts to make products safer and to inform the public of
    known risks. It has happened many times over and again in the fall of 200f in California. -- barb
    http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/safer_chemicals/success_stories/retailer_action_risky_chemicals.html

  
  
• FROGS AND PHILOSOPHY
  . RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY #380; March 10, 1994
  http://www.monitor.net/rachel/r380.html

• Health Effects of Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) - Effects in Laboratory Animals
  Environmental Working Group
  http://www.ewg.org/pub/home/reports/beautysecrets/presskit/healtheffects.html

• Hormone Disrupting Chemicals
  By Dr A. Michael Warhurst, an environmental chemist who works for WWF in Brussels.
  http://website.lineone.net/~mwarhurst/
  
  
  • Some chemicals implicated so far
    http://website.lineone.net/~mwarhurst/chemicals.html

  
  
  
• Hormone-disrupting Chemicals Found In Household Soaps
  World Wildlife Fund, Canada
  http://www.life.ca/nl/54/soaps.html

• Hormone Heresy - Estrogen's Deadly Truth, Part 1
  by Sherrill Sellman
  http://www.all-natural.com/estrog-1.html

• THE HORMONE SYSTEM AND CHEMICALS
  Hormones regulate how the human body functions in many ways. Many chemicals
  are known to mimic human hormones or interfere with the body's ability to receive
  the messages the body sends via the hormone system.
  http://www.austin360.com/community/groups/vanguard/hormone_system_and_c.html
  
  
• HRT Resource
  http://www.angelfire.com/fl/endohystnhrt/hrt.html

• Hypospadias and Endocrine Disruption: Is There a Connection?
  Laurence S. Baskin,1 Katherine Himes,2 and Theo Colborn3
  1Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA;
  2Harvard University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; 3Wildlife and
  Contaminants Program, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, D.C., USA
  
  "Hypospadias is one of the most common congenital anomalies in the United States;
  it occurs in approximately 1 in 250 newborns or roughly 1 in 125 live male births (1,2).
  Hypospadias can be defined as an arrest in normal development of the urethral, foreskin,
  and ventral aspect of the penis. This results in a wide range of abnormalities, with the
  urethral opening being anywhere along the shaft of the penis, within the scrotum,
  or even in the perineum (3). The more severe forms of hypospadias are associated with
  penile curvature. Left uncorrected, patients with severe hypospadias may need to sit
  down to void and tend to shun intimate relationships because of the fears related to
  abnormal sexuality. Babies born with severe hypospadias and penile curvature may
  have "ambiguous genitalia" in the newborn period, making an immediate accurate
  sex assignment difficult. ... "
  Abstract: http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2001/109p1175-1183baskin/abstract.html

  Full article for members: http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/members/2001/109p1175-1183baskin/baskin-full.html

  For more on Hypospadias, see EHN's section, below.

  
  

• Introduction to Hormone Disrupting Chemicals
  "These pages provide an introduction to the effects of hormone disrupting chemicals on man and the
  environment, and the response of Governments and industry to this problem. Other terms used to
  describe these chemicals include xenoestrogens, oestrogenic (estrogenic), hormone mimicking and
  endocrine disrupting chemicals.
  
  "These pages are aimed at anyone interested in the subject, and include references to other research
  and reviews for those interested in investigating the field further."
  http://website.lineone.net/~mwarhurst/index.html

• Not Too Pretty - Report on phthalates in cosmetics and fragrances
  http://www.nottoopretty.org

• OUR STOLEN FUTURE --PART 1
  RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY #486; March 21, 1996
  http://www.monitor.net/rachel/r486.html

• OUR STOLEN FUTURE --PART 2
  . RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY #487; March 28, 1996
  http://www.monitor.net/rachel/r487.html

  Phthalates -- See EHN's section on Phthalates at
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/p.htm#Phthalates

• SafeKidsNow.net
  Hormone Disruptors: New Class of Chemicals Can Affect How a Child Develops
  http://environet.policy.net/health/products/soutline.vtml?PROACTIVE_ID=cecfcfcdcacacdcec6c5cecfcfcfc5cecfcacbcccbcbcec6c7c5cf

• Sierra Club search page --
  http://www.sierraclub.org/cgi-bin/AT-allsearch.exe
  
  
• Sierra Club--Environmental Disruptors: Where Are They?
  Where do we find endocrine disruptors, chemicals that can
  disrupt living systems?
  http://www.sierraclub.org/misc/envirodisruptors.html
  
  
  • Hormone Impostors
    Summary: Hormone Impostors. By Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, and John Peterson
    Myers Theo Colborn put the pieces together and shook the world: commonly used
    synthetic chemicals may threaten human fertility. From the corner of her eye, Theo Colborn
    caught sight of another scientific report shooting across the floor and settling on the carpet.
    She didn't even bother to turn her head. In hopes of slowing the tide of paper that was
    swamping her office, she had taken to closing her door, but it had done little good.
    http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/199701/JFCLO1.html
    
    
  • Poison Pens
    "Summary: Poison Pens. When science fails, try public relations: the chemical industry's
    attempt to discredit Our Stolen Future. by David Helvarg In 1962, E. Bruce Harrison and
    other PR whizzes working for the Manufacturing Chemists Association made their
    reputations coordinating attacks on Rachel Carson after the publication of her landmark
    expose of chemical pesticides, Silent Spring. Together with colleagues from DuPont,
    Monsanto, Shell, Dow Chemical, and W.R. Grace, they established industry front groups, a
    media-outreach program, hostile mailings, and public forums for industry-funded "third
    party experts," including doctors and scientists willing to attack Carson's personal and
    professional credibility while defending the use of DDT and other toxic compounds. One
    chemical company even tried to intimidate Carson's publisher into not printing the book."
    http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/199701/jfclo2.html
  
  
  
• Time Magazine
  "Teens Before Their Time: With budding breasts and pubic hair, girls are developing
  earlier than ever. What's causing it? And what are the psychological effects?"
  By Michael D. Lemonick; OCTOBER 30, 2000; Vol. 156, No. 18 [in 4 parts]
  http://www.time.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,58388,00.html
  • "Teens Before Their Time: With budding breasts and pubic hair, girls are developing
    earlier than ever. What's causing it? And what are the psychological effects?"
    By Michael D. Lemonick
    Whole article available here on one page. -- barb
    http://www.time.com/time/classroom/psych/unit2_article6.html

• Toxic Bodies: Endocrine Disruption, Our Imperiled Future
  By Jackie Alan Giuliano, Ph.D.
  Healing Our World: Weekly Comment; Environment News Service
  http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jul2000/2000L-07-31g.html

• Tulane University
  http://www.law.tulane.edu/e