top

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Clicking on the alpha character will take you to another page of links. Quick-clicks below will take you to the topic; please scroll above and below to see what else might be lurking there to catch your interest. Remember, you can also use your web browsers FIND command. Ocean | Odors | Olfaction | Olmstead | ONFCI | OnLine News and References | OPs | Oregon Organic | Organic Foods | Oxygen | Ozone | Ozone Generators | Ozone Water Purification ehnlinx/0.htm -- rev 6/18/99

Looking for ? The US government agency that states unequivocally:

Visit our page of Government Links.
O

Oak Ridge Tennesee, USA

• Oak Ridge Communities Allied (ORCA)...
  " ... is a coalition of local grassroots organizations interested in the health and safety of
  nuclear workers and the environmental effects of the nuclear industry. ORCA members
  are concerned that the cleanup of existing buildings at the former K-25 Gaseous
  Diffusion Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, may be inadequate under the current
  reindustrialization strategy. In addition, they want to know how the documentation of
  hazardous exposures in some K-25 buildingsãthe basis for the remediation and
  reindustrialization of this siteãrelates to workers¼ experiences on the site. ..."
  http://sunsite.utk.edu/cpc/participatory-research-planning/orca.htm

• Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance (OREPA)
  http://www.korrnet.org/fgs/orepa/index.html
  
  
  • The Continuing Assault: How the Department of Energy Avoids the
    National Environmental Policy Act, Breaks Public Trust, and
    Fails to Protect the Environment in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
    http://www.korrnet.org/fgs/orepa/nepaorep.html
  
  
  
• Oak Ridge Health Liaison
  Saundra Reid (423) 481-0326; email: orhl@mindspring.com
  
  
• From UT Community Partnership Center
  http://www.ra.utk.edu/cpc/lejo.htm
  
  
• Oakland and IPM, with exemptions
  
  WHY? Why is Oakland poisoning our environment? There are alternative methods. Use them!
  
  Visit EHN's section on Garlon and Roundup, as well as "Pest" Mgt. & Pesticide Info
  
  http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/g.htm#Garlon

  http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/r.htm#Roundup

  http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/pestcide.htm

  For more information, visit:
  
  • East Bay Pesticide Alert
    http://www.eastbaypesticidealert.org
  • Stop Toxic Trespass
    http://www.StopToxicTrespass.org/oaklandfactsheet.html

  Oakland Museum
  http://www.museumca.org/
  
  
  • Bookstores Selling Creek Guide and Maps
    http://www.museumca.org/creeks/stores.html
    
    
  • Watershed Resources
    http://www.museumca.org/creeks/resc.html
  
  
  Occupational Health
  
  • American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Inc.
    http://www.acgih.org/index.htm
    
    • Events
      http://www.acgih.org/events/welcome.htm
    
    
    
  • The Association of Occupational & Environmental Clinics
    http://gilligan.mc.duke.edu/oem/aoec.htm
    
    
    • Association of Occupational & Environmental Clinics; Clinic Members Directory
      http://www.aoec.org/ClinList.htm
    
    
    
  • Environmental, Occupational Hygiene, Health & Safety Specialist - Mary Gallinger http://www.island.net/~mcgallin/health.html
    
    
  • Occupational Acute Anaphylactic Reaction to Assault by Perfume Spray in the Face
    By James E. Lessenger, MD, From a private practice.
    "... A female medical assistant with no history of asthma or reactions to fragrances was
    assaulted by a patient, who pumped three sprays of a perfume into her face. The
    employee experienced an acute anaphylactic reaction with shortness of breath, a
    suffocating sensation, wheezes, and generalized urticaria, and required aggressive
    medical treatment, a long period of oral bronchodilator therapy, and, finally, weaning
    from the medications. ... "
    http://www.familypractice.com/references/referencesframe.htm?main=/journal/2001/v14.n02/1402.07/art-1402.07.htm

  • Occupational Health and Safety Administration - US Dept. of Labor
    Barb Wilkie's personal opinion -- the short of it:
    OSHA is not there for workers who acquired chemical injury, especially those working in an
    office setting, from the use -- by other people -- of fragrance products, be it for personal care,
    cleaning and/or maintenance. Scented products include pesticides, which in turn includes
    disinfectants. Just look at their references, which include industry fronts and apologists. I suggest
    taking the information available here with a salt block, not just that proverbial grain.

    They just don't get IT. It? What? It's the CHEMICALS!

    Fragrances are petrochemical products! Think hydrocarbons. Think volatile organic compounds.
    Think toxins that become one with the air we all must breathe, whether or not we already have
    asthma, are carrying a child, or we have cancer or have had cancer and chemo. Regardless.
    Fragrance chemicals are there for everyone to breathe. What's worse, fragrances have
    become ubiquitous, which means that even if your astute doctor tells you to AVOID fragrances,
    you cannot as long as they are in use in your workplace, be that a school, a healthcare facility
    or doctor's office, a legal office, a government agency, a ...
    http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/multiplechemicalsensitivities/

  
  
  Ocean/Sea
  Remember folks, our modern pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and fragrances in scented products
  are most likely petrochemically derived. Fertilizers, too, create serious problems as they encourage growth of noxious weeds. And guess what that means? YOUR county ag department
  will choose to use pesticides to contain noxious weeds, feeding the pollution cycle all the more.

  These modern chemical products that consumers use do not wash out in wastewater treatment.
  These chemicals travel from your drain or from your lawn, to the streams, to the ocean. And
  if you use scented products, while swimming in ponds, lakes, streams, the chemicals leave
  your body to pollute. Our fish and wildlife are paying a hefty price for our unwitting use of
  synthetic products. YOU can do something about it by making a choice to shop for environmentally
  safe products and by not relying on so many drugs, over-the-counter and prescribed. -- barb
  

  • Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
    http://ioc.unesco.org/iyo/
    
    
    • An Endangered World! - Man and Ocean
      http://ioc.unesco.org/iyo/classroom/an_endangered_world.htm
      
      
    • Ocean Pilot - Welcome to the Ocean Pilot, your new source for
      Ocean-related websites from all over the world!
      http://ioc.unesco.org:591/oceanpilot/

  • Oceana -- Protecting the world's oceans
    http://www.oceana.org/
    • The F.A.Q.s on Beach Pollution
      http://www.oceana.org/index.cfm?sectionID=25&fuseaction=146

    • Know before you go
      http://www.oceana.org/index.cfm?sectionID=25

    • Site Map
      http://www.oceana.org/index.cfm?sectionID=sitemap

  • Sea Turtles
    The Wild Ones Science Network
    http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/seaturtl.html

  • SeaWeb
    "SeaWeb is a multimedia public education project designed to raise awareness
    of the world ocean and the life within it. We aim to provide information and
    opinion from a broad spectrum of sources to help us all become more
    connected and involved in the life of the sea."
    
    http://www.seaweb.org/
    
    YEAR OF THE OCEAN CALENDAR
    http://www.seaweb.org/resources/oceancalendar.html
    
    
    
  Occupational Airways Publications (PDF files)
  Occupational Respiratory Health and Disease
  http://www.state.ct.us/dph/Publications/BCH/EEOH/news897.pdf

  Odors/Olfaction
  
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/s.htm#Smell
  
  

  • Flavour and Fragrance Journal Index
    http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jtoc?ID=4029
    
    
  • JAST The Japanese Association for the Study of Taste and Smell
    http://epn.hal.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/JASTSE/index.html
    
    
  • Mysteries of Odor in Human Sexuality
    An online resource courtesy of James Kohl
    http://www.pheromones.com/
    
    
  • Odor Control by AlronChemical Company
    Oxidation agents (odor killers) fight malodors by oxidation ("incineration") of
    the odor causing molecules. Oxidation agents are also disinfecting agents.
    http://www.alron.se/page4.html
    
    
  • Olfaction By John C. Leffingwell, Ph.D.; Leffingwell & Associates
    Page 1: http://www.leffingwell.com/olfaction.htm
    Page 2: http://www.leffingwell.com/olfact2.htm
  • Olfaction and symptoms in the multiple chemical sensitivities syndrome.
    Ross PM, Whysner J, Covello VT, Kuschner M, Rifkind AB, Sedler MJ, Trichopoulos D,
    Williams GM.
    Toxicology and Risk Assessment Program, American Health Foundation, Valhalla,
    New York 10595, USA.
    Prev Med. 1999 May;28(5):467-80.
    "... In no case was there persuasive evidence that any olfactory mechanism involving
    fragrance underlies either induction of a sensitized state or the triggering of MCS
    symptoms. Fragrances and other odorants could, however, be associated with
    symptoms as claimed by MCS symptomatics, because they are recognizable stimuli,
    but fragrance has not been demonstrated to be causal in the usual sense. Copyright
    1999 American Health Foundation and Academic Press."
    When will researchers start realizing that mainstream-manufactured "fragrance" or "perfume"
    means hydrocarbons? Modern scents are petrochemically derived! As are so many pharmaceuticals.
    Why is it so hard to understand why so many MCS patients do much better when they are not
    on prescribed drugs? My help comes from chiropractic, acupuncture and Chinese herbs.
    It WAS the heavy use of fragranced products in my former workplace -- all of which were
    unnecessary! -- that took me from sporadic, manageable bouts of chemical induced asthma into
    chronic asthama, chronic bronchitis, and a host of all the other symptoms of MCS. My health is
    slowly improving the longer I'm away from daily contact with those superfluous toxins. -- barb
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=10329337&query_hl=1

  • Olfaction Tutorial
    Chemistry 257 Experiment 6: NMR Analysis, IR Analysis and Smell Testing
    Authors: Regina F. Frey and Maureen J. Donlin
    Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
    http://wunmr.wustl.edu/EduDev/Smell/smell.html
    
    
  • Olfactory Research Fund, Ltd.
    "Our unique mission is to explore the importance of the sense of smell
    and human response to odors in enhancing the quality of life."
    http://www.olfactory.org/
    
    
    • Press Releases: "The 2000 Tova Fellowship Awarded to Promote the Study of Odor and Memory"
      "... The $10,000 award will be applied to Ms. Cohen¼s work towards her Masters Dissertation on the beneficial effects of fragrance in the workplace. ..." http://www.olfactory.org/
      
      
    • Olfaction Action
      http://www.olfactory.org/html/olf_act.html
      
      
    • Keeping Fit With Fragrance
      http://www.olfactory.org/html/oa_top1.html
      
      
    • The Seventh Annual National Sense of Smell Day on April 29, 2000
      Press Release
      http://www.olfactory.org/

  • Our Chemical Senses: Olfaction
    Experiment: Olfactory Fatigue
    Developed by Marjorie A. Murray, Ph.D.; Neuroscience for Kids Staff Writer Brought to you by Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D., University of Washington. -- barb
    http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chems.html

  • Perfumer & Flavorist a technical trade journal
    http://www.perfumerflavorist.com/
    
    
    • Global 1999 Flavor and Fragrance Market Overview; 23 June 2000 "The global fragrance and flavor market was worth over US$10.4 billion in 1999, according to a report released by IAL Consultants."
      http://www.perfumerflavorist.com/news/news.html#938
      
      
  • Smell Database (need a browser that supports tables)
    http://mc2.cchem.berkeley.edu/Smells/index.html
    
    Taste and Smell Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center
    "There are actually three 'chemosensory' systems in the nose and mouth. The first, olfaction, is the ability to detect and identify odors. The second is gustation or taste. Taste function is limited to detection and identification of sweet, sour, salty, and bitter substances in the mouth. The third sense, the 'common chemical sense', is the ability to detect the irritating properties of substances in the mouth and odors in the nose. Through the common chemical sense, we perceive the burn of chili pepper and the tingle of ammonia. " http://www3.uchc.edu/~taste/

  Ohio Network of the Chemically Injured (O.N.F.C.I.)
  
  Also see EHN's General Links, page T/Toni http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/t.htm#Toni

  Toni Temple
  PO Box 29290
  Parma, Ohio 44129
  
  Phone: 440.845.1888
  "About Our President"
  http://www.gplcorp.com/ONFCI/temple.html

  Note: O.N.F.C.I.'s free space has become NO space. Also gone is Toni's Chat Room.
  Look to Earle's site, North Carolina Chemical Injury Network, for links out to information on
  O.N.F.C.I. Earle has developed an excellent page for Toni Temple's organization and work. -- barb
  http://www.ncchem.com/ONFCI/

  • MERCY MEDICAL CENTER PROCESS STANDARDS (California)
    MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY PROTOCOL
    http://www.lassentech.com/eimcspro.html

  • Toni Temple's Healthier Hospitals 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

• OHIO NETWORK FOR THE CHEMICALLY INJURED
  Sharing, Support, Community Education and Advocacy
  http://members.aol.com/enviroknow/ATSDR/toni.htm

  
  

• Oil Spills . . . and the lasting effects on people and animals
  
  • Alberton Community Coalition for Environmental Health
    Testimony: June 21, 2002
    "To the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee,"
    "...- 133 tons -- 71 tons of spent oil refinery waste spilled and combined with
    62 tons of chlorine creating a toxic plume that closed I-90 for 17 days. ..."
    http://epw.senate.gov/107th/Hodges_062502.htm
    • Alberton Community Coalition for Environmental Health
      ÝÝYou can purchase a video called, "A toxic train ran through it." -- barb
      http://www.angelfire.com/zine/acceh/

  • American Trader Oil Spill
    February 1990, Huntington Beach CA
    Melissa Kaplan
    http://www.anapsid.org/aboutmk/melissa2.html

  • Exxon Valdez
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/v.htm#Valdez

• Olmstead Decision
  
  • Protection and Advocacy -The Nation's Disability Rights Network
    Olmstead vs L.C
    "On June 22, 1999, the United States Supreme Court held in Olmstead vs. L.C. that the
    unnecessary segregation of individuals with disabilities in institutions may constitute
    discrimination based on disability. The court ruled that the Americans with Disabilities
    Act may require states to provide community-based services rather than institutional
    placements for individuals with disabilities. ..."
    This page has a wealth of information. -- barb
    http://www.protectionandadvocacy.com/lcolmste.html

  • Sidewalks
• OMB Watch (Office of Management and Budget)
  "Promoting Government Accountability"
  http://www.ombwatch.org/
  • OMB Watch Site Map
    http://www.ombwatch.org/article/sitemap

  • About OMB Watch
    "OMB Watch was formed in 1983 to lift the veil of secrecy shrouding the White House
    Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which oversees regulation, the budget,
    information collection and dissemination, proposed legislation, testimony by agencies,
    and much more."
    http://www.ombwatch.org/about.html

  • Bush Moves to Turn Back Public Protections; February, 7 2001
    http://www.ombwatch.org/regs/2001/attacks-begin.html

  OnLine Books, Magazines, News and References
  
  Also see
  Articles
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/a.htm#Articles
  
  Newspapers
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/n.htm#Newspapers
  
  Publications
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/p.htm#Publications
  
  
  • The ADD/ADHD Online Newsletter
    http://www.nlci.com/nutrition/index.html
    
    
  • Advocate On-Line
    (Nova Scotia's Environmental Illness Online Newsletter)
    A great on-line newsletter. Go to their site for ever so many more articles. -- barb
    http://www.chebucto.ca/~cares/
    
    Dental Advice for the Environmentally Sensitive Patient
    by Dr. Jeff Bonang
    http://www.chebucto.ca/~cares/v2i4dentistry.html
    
    Restorative Dentistry for the Evnironmentally Sensitive
    by Dr. Jeff Bonang
    http://www.chebucto.ca/~cares/v3i1dentistry.html
    
    Endometriosis - The Dioxin Connection
    by Audrey Davis, BA; The Advocate
    http://www.chebucto.ca/~cares/v2i1endomet.html
    
    RATE - Real Alternatives to Toxins in the Environment
    http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/RATE/
    
    
  • Affinity
    " AFFINITY is Ohio's Free environmental newspaper distributed throughout Northeastern
    Ohio and in various cities and towns throughout the state. The purpose of this publication
    is to provide vital information to help educate citizens so that they can take a more active
    role in protecting their environment. In addition AFFINITY serves as a forum for
    environmental activists to voice their concerns.
    http://www.greenlink.org/affinity/index.html
    
    
  • Allergic to modern life (Mary Lamielle, interviewed)
    At least that's the way it seems to people with the
    extreme form of multiple chemical sensitivity.
    By Debra Nussbaum
    http://www.phillynews.com/sunmag/1114/feature3.shtml
    
    
  • Alternet
    http://www.alternet.org/
    • The Chemical Papers: Secrets of the Chemical Industry Exposed
      by Don Hazen, AlterNet; March 15, 2001
      "Bill Moyers TV special to reveal how the public was kept in the dark about the dangers
      of toxic chemicals."
      Don't forget to write to the FDA about your adverse reactions to synthetic fragrances. -- barb
      http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10600

  • American Medical News
    "Doctors debate 'chemical sensitivity' diagnosis"
    http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_99/hlta0809.htm
    
    The American Prospect
    http://www.prospect.org
    • PCBs All Over Again: Introducing an industrial chemical that's
      everywhere -- and that you've probably never heard of.
      By Natasha Hunter; Web Exclusive: 5.22.02
      http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2002/05/hunter-na-05-22.html

      Print-friendly: http://www.prospect.org/print-friendly/webfeatures/2002/05/hunter-na-05-22.html

  • The Association for Comprehensive NeuroTherapy (ACN)
    Latitudes
    Electrosensitivity: A Growing Global Concern
    Includes an article written by EHN's Susan Molloy, with
    Arthur Firstenberg, founder and director of the Cellular Phone Taskforce
    http://www.latitudes.org/articles/electrical_sensitivity_articles.html

  • BBC
    http://news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/
    
    BBC News
    "Doctors warn on sheep dip"
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_211000/211513.stm
    
    
  • Biology Book, On-Line
    Table of Contents
    Maricopa Community College District
    2411 West 14th Street
    Tempe, AZ 85281-6942
    "Please let me know your thoughts mj.farabee@emcmail.maricopa.edu.
    http://gened.emc.maricopa.edu/bio/bio181/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html

  • Blazing Tattles
    Claire Gilbert PhD, publisher
    http://www.concentric.net/~Blazingt/
    
    
  • Channel 4000: WCCO
    http://www.channel4000.com/
    
    
    • 'Mega' Mall Loses Asthma Lawsuit
      Court Awards Mall Transit Worker $75,000 Over Illness
      Posted 10:41 a.m. August 08, 1997 -- A judge awarded $75,000 to a woman who said she
      developed asthma while working at the Mall of America's transit hub.
      http://www.channel4000.com/news/stories/news-970808-103908.html
      
      
  • Chatelaine.com
    Something in the air
    "Between 1989 and 1993, 800 workers at Halifax's Camp Hill Medical Centre fell sick because of
    chemically contaminated air. More than 100 are still off work--and a fight is raging over the reasons
    why. Kim Pittaway explores the modern fears and slippery truths behind the environmental illness debate
    First published in Chatelaine's November 1995 issue.
    © Kim Pittaway
    http://www.chatelaine.com/read/health/air.html

  • The Christian Science Monitor
    http://www.csmonitor.com/
    • "A plea against perfume"
      April Austin
      http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1999/12/29/fp11s2-csm.shtml
    
    
    
  • Cleaning & Maintenance Distribution Magazine
    published by National Trade Publications.
    http://www.cmdistribution.com/Index.asp
    • Brain cancer study is scary, but industry may be a step ahead
      Environmental Issues - 5/21/2001 12:19:27 PM
      http://www.cmmonline.com/News.asp?mode=4&N_ID=22624

    • Once-popular degreaser blamed for brain damage
      Carpet/Floor Cleaning - 5/16/2001 12:20:55 PM
      http://www.cmmonline.com/News.asp?mode=4&N_ID=22503

    • Chemical lawsuit threat looms larger
      Legal/Government/Compliance Issues - 6/5/2001 12:38:22 PM
      http://www.cmdistribution.com/news.asp?mode=4&N_ID=23005

    • Health program deficiencies, benzene exposure lead to fine
      http://www.cmdistribution.com/news.asp?mode=4&N_ID=22964

    • Solvents, pesticides, etc. trigger asthma
      Environmental Issues - 12/27/2000 2:09:37 PM
      http://www.cleanfax.com/News.asp?mode=4&N_ID=19236

  • The Coastal Post
    (Search for Carol Sterritt's work.)
    http://www.coastalpost.com/
    
    
  • Common Dreams News Center for progressive-thinking Americans
    http://www.commondreams.org/
    
    
  • Common Sense Nutrition
    
    • How Safe Is YOUR Bathroom?
      http://www.commonsensenutrition.com/prevent-cancer/test.htm

    • Online Discussion
      http://www.commonsensenutrition.com/wwwboard/wwwboard.html

  • Community Action Publications
    http://www.monitor.net/~cap/
    • About Community Action Publications
      http://www.monitor.net/~cap/about_cap.html

    • Information About Pesticides, Alternatives, and More
      http://www.monitor.net/~cap/information.html

    • The Organic Traveler's Guide
      http://www.monitor.net/~cap/guide.html

  • Conscious Choice
    http://www.consciouschoice.com/
    • Health Conscious
      http://www.consciouschoice.com/healthconscious/index.html

    • "Smells Can Make You Sick"
      Rebecca Ephraim, RD, CCN; April 2002
      http://www.consciouschoice.com/healthconscious/healthconscious1504.html

  • Consumer Reports Online
    
    • Fabric Softeners and flammability
      http://www.consumerreports.org/Special/ConsumerInterest/Reports/0008fla0.htm

  • CPI Electronic Publishing (subscriber service)
    http://www.federalregister.com/
    
    
  • Creative Loafing Online
    http://web.cln.com/charlotte/10yr/altern.htm
    
    
    • The Best Science Money Can Buy
      By Will Moredock
      http://web.cln.com/archives/charlotte/newsstand/c031498/cover11.htm
      
      
  • The Daily Cal
    
    http://www.dailycal.org/
    
    
    • City Votes to Raise Scent-Awareness
      By Larry Luong, Contributing Writer
      http://www.dailycal.org/archive/05.02.96/meetings.txt
      
      
    • Students Learn to 'Dress for Success'
      Presentation teaches students proper workplace fashion style
      By Linda Lou, Daily Cal Staff Writer
      
      "The speakers also recommended for both sexes to refrain from wearing any fragrance
      to an interview because 'you don't want to overwhelm the interviewer.' "
      http://www.dailycal.org/archive/1999/4/19/attire.html
      
      
  • David Lawrence Dewey, research columnist
    
    • So You Smell Good Using Perfumes and Colognes
      However... You Could Be Giving Yourself Cancer and God Knows What Else! 7-24-99
      http://www.dldewey.com/chealth.htm
      
      
    • Hydrogenated Oils-Silent Killers
      http://www.dldewey.com/hydroil.htm
      
      
  • Disability Studies Online Magazine
    http://www.disabilitystudies.com/index.htm
    • MCS Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - Bibliography and Resources
      http://www.disabilitystudies.com/MCS_Printable.htm

  • DIZBIZ.COM -- DREES's online magazine for sophisticated people with attitudes
    http://www.dizbiz.com
    
    
  • Dr. Mercola
    Seek and ye shall find, alternatives to pesticides, info on MCS, and a wealth of other info. -- barb
    http://www.mercola.com/

  • Dynamic Chiropractic
    http://www.chiroweb.com/dynamic/
    
    
  • East Bay Express
    http://www.eastbayexpress.com/
    • Waiting to Inhale
      "It's a killer we seldom hear about, discriminating by race and locale and
      afflicting more people every year. So why don't we even know what causes
      asthma?"
      BY MELISSA HUNG
      http://www.eastbayexpress.com/issues/2002-08-07/feature.html/1/index.html
    • Letters for the week of August , 2002
      Includes responses to Waiting to Inhale -- barb
      http://www.eastbayexpress.com/issues/2002-08-28/letters.html/1/index.html

    • Letters for the week of September 4-10, 2002
      Includes responses to Waiting to Inhale -- barb
      http://www.eastbayexpress.com/issues/2002-09-04/letters.html/1/index.html

  • Electric Edge - Ragged Edge Magazine, online version
    http://www.ragged-edge-mag.com/index.shtml
    
    
    • "Pro Se? Nothing to it! "
      By John Tassone
      Access lawsuit ... here's how to file your own -- barb
      http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/archive/pro-se.htm
      
      
  • Emerging Horizons
    The Accessible Travel Newsletter
    
    http://www.candy-charles.com/
    
    
    
  • Environmental Defense (aka EDF - Environmental Defense Fund)
    
    • You Can't Tell the Chemical Risks Without a Scorecard
      http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1997/Sep/h_chem.html
      By Dr. William Pease, an EDF scientist who specializes in toxicology,
      and EDF attorney David Roe, the principal authors of a new EDF study,
      Toxic Ignorance ( http://www.edf.org/pubs/Reports/ToxicIgnorance/ ).
      
      
    • EDF Publications
      http://www.edf.org/pubs/
      
      
    • The facts about household products
      http://www.edf.org/links/ehhi/
      
      
    • Message Board: Pollution and Human Health
      http://plaza.edf.org/discussion.nsf/Pollution+and+Human+Health?OpenView
      
      
    • Teacher's Guide
      http://www.edf.org/Earth2Kids/teachers/
      
      
    • Twelve Steps to Healthier Schools
      http://www.edf.org/links/ehhi/
      

    Environmental Health Perspectives
    

    • Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Environment:
      Agents of Subtle Change?
      http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1999/suppl-6/907-938daughton/abstract.html
      
      
    • Scents and Sensitivity
      Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 106,
      December 12, November 1998
      http://members.aol.com/enviroknow/perfume/EHPscents.htm

  • ENN (Environmental News Network)
    
    • Children inhale more pollution
      Friday, August 28, 1998
      http://www.enn.com/enn-news-archive/1998/08/082898/pollution25.asp
      
      
    • Most Americans face air cancer risk
      Friday, April 23, 1999
      http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1999/04/042399/airtoxics_2819.asp
      
      
    • Study: Life on Earth is killing us
      Friday, October 2, 1998
      http://www.enn.com/enn-news-archive/1998/10/100298/killingus.asp
      
      
  • Environmental Science and Technology
    Low-Level Chemical Exposures: A Challenge for Science and Policy
    by NICHOLAS A. ASHFORD AND CLAUDIA S. MILLER
    http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/est/98/nov/low.html
    
    
  • EPA, Industry Looks Back At Achievements Made Since '89
    http://www.iaqpubs.com/apr1-1.html
    
    
  • EPA Releases Position on Ozone Indoors
    http://www.iaqpubs.com/ier-rsrc/stories/story1.html
    
    
    • Fact Sheet: "Ozone Generators that are Sold as Air Cleaners:
      An Assessment of Effectiveness and Health Consequences"
      http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/ozonegen.html

    Environmental Toxicology Newsletter (Published since 1980) http://ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/newsletters/ucdnl.htm
    Keep Pesticides Away From Children, DPR Urges
    " The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) issued a reminder to parents and others
    to keep pesticides out of children's reach ..."
    Sooooo, DPR, let's stop thinking in terms of spraying for the GWSS. There are safer
    means of keeping down the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter. -- barb<BR> http://ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/newsletters/ucd2002/nltrapr02.htm#Keep pesticides away from children, DPR

  • FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
    
    • ABC's Junk Science - Victor Neufeld's Anti-Environmental Spin Continues
      By Karl Grossman
      "Victor Neufeld, 20/20's executive producer, whose wife is a PR agent who
      has represented the nuclear, chemical and plastics industries, has
      continued to steer the show away from environmental stories. ..."
      http://www.fair.org/extra/9406/neufeld-stossel.html

    • STOSSEL UPDATE, 8/10/00 and Stossel's Distortions Finally Catching Up With Him?
      http://www.fair.org/press-releases/stossel-advisory.html

    • ABC's John Stossel
      "I started out by viewing the marketplace as a cruel place, where you need intervention by
      government and lawyers to protect people. But after watching the regulators work, I have
      come to believe that markets are magical and the best protectors of the consumer. It is my
      job to explain the beauties of the free market."
      --ABC News correspondent John Stossel (Oregonian, 10/26/94)
      http://www.fair.org/media-outlets/stossel.html

      Stossel Fabricated Data on Organics, Researchers Say
      http://www.fair.org/activism/stossel-organic-foods.html

  • The Federal Register
    http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/
    
    
  • FlipSide Alternative Daily
    http://www.flipside.org/
    
    Articles by Betty Bridges, RN (FPIN)
    
    • HALIFAX LEADS THE WAY WITH FRAGRANCE FREE POLICIES (9/22/99)
      http://www.flipside.org/vol2/sep99/99se22a.htm
      
      
    • SELF REGULATION OF THE FRAGRANCE INDUSTRY IS INADEQUATE AT BEST (10/02/99)
      http://www.flipside.org/vol2/oct99/99oc02a.htm
      
      
    • SYNTHETIC COMPOUNDS NOW MAKE UP MORE THAN 80-90% OF THE MATERIALS USED IN FRAGRANCES (10/13/99)
      http://www.flipside.org/vol2/oct99/99oc13a.htm
      
      
    • SAFETY CONCERNS AND TESTING FRAGRANCE MATERIALS (4)(front page 10/22/99)
      http://www.flipside.org/cgi-bin/web62134/ice-form.pl
      
      
    
    FULL DISCLOSURE
    THE ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER OF THE
    NETWORK AGAINST CORPORATE SECRECY - DECEMBER 1998
    http://www.enviroweb.org/gnp/fulldisclosuredec.htm

  • Health Scientists cut their mobile phone use
    http://news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid%5F288000/288245.stm
    
    
  • Healthsurfing
    
    
    • Lynn Lawson in the news
      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.html
    
    
    • Pollutants May Pose Greater Danger to Women
      By DAMARIS CHRISTENSEN
      c. c.1998 Medical Tribune News Service
      http://www.healthy.net/library/newsletters/Update/womenpollutants.htm
    
    
    
  • What Every Parent Should KnowAbout Controlling Head Lice
    by Michael Alan Morton, Ph.D.
    http://www.healthy.net/hwlibraryarticles/morton/headlice.htm
    
    
  • Healthy Alternatives Newsletter The Mineral Connection
    News on garlic, folic acid, brain cells do regenerate ... -- barb http://www.mineralconnection.com/news24.htm
    
    
  • Human Anatomy On-Line
    http://www.innerbody.com/indexbody.html
    
    
  • HoustonChronicle.com
    in strictest confidence - The chemical industry's secrets
    Stories on vinyl. -- barb
    http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/vinyl/stories.html
    Stories running in the Houston Chronicle in 1998 by Jim Morris --
    
    • Introduction
      Pull quote: " Six months at 500, 200 and 100 p.p.m. has not found a
      no-effect level. Even 100 p.p.m. produced organ weight changes
      and gross pathology, with micropathology expected. Vinyl chloride
      monomer is more toxic than has been believed. "
      "This excerpt from a 1959 chemical company memorandum suggests industry
      knew four decades ago that the key ingredient in a common form of plastic
      might be dangerous to those who make it. ..."
      http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/vinyl/intro.html

    • TOXIC SECRECY
      For years, makers and users of vinyl chloride concealed the terrible truth:
      The chemical can cause cancer
      http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/vinyl/index.html

    • SECOND OPINION
      In an 'extremely unusual' event, a doctor under industry contract reversed his
      damaging conclusions in a study of worker deaths involving vinyl chloride
      And we aren't supposed to believe some doctors are pressured by the chemical industry? -- barb
      http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/vinyl/doctor.html

    • HIGH-LEVEL CRIME
      Italy develops a case for manslaughter because workers breathed vinyl chloride
      http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/vinyl/italy.html

    • GRIM NUMBERS
      The astonishing amount of vinyl chloride present at a plant in England
      was equaled only by the toll of dead or dying workers
      http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/vinyl/numbers.html

    • THE MEMOS
      1959 Early Warnings
      http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/vinyl/warnings.html

    • Vinyl Capitals
      Table of location and companies in the USA, maps. -- barb
      
    • The Plastic Process
      Graphic showing steps and table showing production capacity with company and location. -- barb
      http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/vinyl/process.html
      Continuing Coverage by Jim Morris . . .
      
      • A cancer on the land
        Deadly exposures at PVC resin plant inflict pain and suffering on Ohio town
        http://www.chron.com/content/story.html/page1/149908

      • In chemical industry, image counts for a lot
        'Green' groups complain of disinformation
        http://www.chron.com/content/story.html/page1/127106

      • Clean computer chips taking toll?
        Chemicals in dust-free rooms protect product, not necessarily people
        http://www.chron.com/content/story.html/page1/109475

      • Sickening results
        Hazardous conditions -- often preventable but seldom fixed --
        exist at many U.S. laboratories
        http://www.chron.com/content/story.html/page1/162714

      • Slipshod practices frequently observed in college laboratories
        "Amid the familiar clutter of college and university laboratories lie hazards big and
        small, from exotic gases that ignite upon contact with air to frightened rats that bite.
        "Some experts believe that academic labs, generally speaking, are more dangerous
        than those in private industry. They give several reasons: untrained students,
        headstrong professors, exemption from government oversight. ..."
        http://www.chron.com/content/story.html/page1/161723

      
      
  • Independent Media Center
    http://www.indymedia.org
    • Organizations urge public to tune in to "TRADE SECRETS: A BILL MOYERS' REPORT"
      Add your own two bits worth! -- barb
      http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=29178&group=webcast

  • Indoor Environment Review Online
    http://www.iaqpubs.com/
    
    Inquirer Magazine
    Allergic to modern life: At least that's the way it seems to people with the
    extreme form of multiple chemical sensitivity. (Mary Lamielle...)
    By Debra Nussbaum
    http://www.phillynews.com/sunmag/1114/feature3.shtml
    
    
  • Integrated Defense System Overlaps as a Disease Model:
    With Examples for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
    
    http://www.rowatworks.com/Science/IDS-Overlaps/IDS-multipage/index.html
    
    
    • To Do No Harm
      http://www.rowatworks.com/Science/To_Do_No_Harm/index.html
      
      
    • INVISIBLE CRIPPLES
      MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY, Part 1
      ©1998 S.C. Rowat; Draft 3 (1997)
      http://www.rowatworks.com/Science/To_Do_No_Harm/Invisible_Cripples.html
      
      
      • TABLE of Common Toxic Chemicals and Their Effects
        http://www.rowatworks.com/Science/Tox_Chem_Table.html
    
    
    
  • INVIRONMENTÆ Professional Newsletter!
    http://www.invironment.com/inv_pro.htm
    
    
    Includes news on Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and effects of Carbonless Paper
    http://www.invironment.com/inv_news.htm#news11
    
    
    
  • Island Living 19: Smoking Gun: The Tobacco Industry and Me by A. D. Coleman
    http://www.nearbycafe.com/island/essays/living19.html

  • Journal of the American medical Association
    http://www.ama-assn.org/public/journals/jama/jamahome.htm
    
    
    • JAMA: Trends in Alternative Medicine Use in the United States, 1990-1997
      http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/journals/archive/jama/vol_280/no_18/oc80870a.htm
    
    
    
  • Letter by Betty Bridges (current Letters to the Editor file)
    http://www.creativeloafing.com/charlotte/newsstand/current/lets.htm
    
    
  • Many Hands - Feature Articles
    http://www.manyhands.com/articles/index.html
    • Environmental Health Counseling
      By Peggy Wolff
      http://www.manyhands.com/articles/peggywolff.html

  • The Medical Post
    http://www.medicalpost.com/mdlink/english/members/medpost/mpindex.html

  • Mendocino Beacon
    
    http://mendocinobeacon.com/news/docs/
    
    • "The frogs don't croak at night anymore in Garberville"
      http://mendocinobeacon.com/news/docs/news5.shtml
    
    
    
  • MICROWAVE NEWS
    http://www.microwavenews.com/
    Maximum EMF Exposure Emerges As Strong Miscarriage Risk
    "A new and innovative epidemiological study has found that women exposed to
    magnetic fields of 16 mG or more while pregnant are up to six times more likely to
    have a miscarriage. The study, by researchers at the oldest and largest health care
    provider in the U.S., „should have wide implications,¾ concludes Dr. De-Kun Li, the
    team¼s leader. Li¼s paper won¼t be published until November, but Microwave News
    got an advance copy. ..."
    
    
    • Microwave News EMF and EMR Internet Directory
      "... Directory that lists more than 250 key sites on the Internet."
      http://www.microwavenews.com/www.html

    • U.K. Doll Panel Acknowledges Weak EMF‚Cancer Association
      March - April 2001
      http://www.microwavenews.com/ukdollpanel.html

    • Electromagnetic Field and Radiation Meters
      http://www.microwavenews.com/EMF.html

  • MSDS (Material Data Safety Sheets) -- Where to find online
    http://www.ilpi.com/msds/index.chtml#Internet
    
    
  • MSNBC
    
    E-Mail your health opinions to:Health@MSNBC.com
    
    • Fox to quit ABC's "Spin City" show
      ÝActor disclosed his long battle with Parkinson¼s disease in 1998
      http://www.msnbc.com/news/359124.asp?cp1=1
      
      
    • Multinational Monitor Online
      http://www.essential.org/monitor/monitor.html
      
      
    • Scents and sensitivities
      What to know before buying a Valentine¼s Day perfume
      By Francesca Lyman; Feb. 6, 2002; MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR
      Look for the fragrance industry's duplicity! An industry rep claims that "Products are
      thoroughly tested before being marketed," and yet, the same rep states: "In response to the
      perceived problems of fragrances in the air, ... begun the first study to examine fragrance
      inhalation." Products made to be smelled (inhaled) that have not been tested for inhalation,
      cannot be claimed to be "thoroughly tested." And while the industry is testing, how about
      testing for neurotoxins, carcinogens and teratogens? And don't you love that phrase
      "PERCEIVED problems"?-- barb
      http://www.msnbc.com/news/702445.asp

    • Your Environment
      
  • NukeWatch
    http://www.nukewatch.com
    • Food Irradiation Deregulated by Farm Bill; Unlabeled School Lunches Would Be Irradiated
      http://www.nukewatch.com/spring02/sp026.html

  • San Diego Earth Times
    Each month, San Diego Earth Times On-Line presents articles covering a wide variety of
    local, national and international environmental topics.
    http://www.sdearthtimes.com/
    • Home Safe Home
      This article includes recipes for safer cleaning. -- barb
      http://www.sdearthtimes.com/et0496/et0496s2.html

    • Organic Gardening Tips from Don Trotter
      http://www.sdearthtimes.com:80/ET_OrgGarden.html
  • SF Weekly
    http://www.sfweekly.com/
    • Poisoned Gods
      As museums return stolen religious artifacts, Native Americans are learning that their
      most sacred objects may kill them
      BY MATT PALMQUIST
      "... Federal law compels institutions to return artifacts only if they are
      used in religious ceremonies, leaving tribal leaders like Hostler in a conundrum:
      Their regalia, after being stolen by whites, contaminated in museums, and
      returned at great expense to the tribes, are too poisoned to use and too
      precious to pack away. If they bury the items, they risk contaminating the
      soil and poisoning their ground water; if they burn them, they risk scarring
      their lungs by inhaling the pollutants. In short, Hostler's initial excitement
      about repatriation, envisioned as a means to reopen long-lost connections
      with his most sacred beliefs, has been displaced by the fear that
      communicating with his God could wind up killing him. ... "
      The story is in four-page format:
      http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2002-09-04/feature.html/1/index.html

      Printer Friendly, one-page version:
      http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2002-09-04/feature.html/print.html

  • WTC
    
    • Asthma plagues Ground Zero heroes
      "Many firefighters facing unknown medical consequences"
      By Robert Bazell; NBC NEWS; Jan. 8, 2002
      http://msnbc.com/news/684199.asp?0cb=-11552104&cp1=1

    • Cloud of acrid air haunts New Yorkers
      " Many concerned about potential health woes
      By Francesca Lyman; MSNB; Sept. 14, 2001
      http://msnbc.com/news/629104.asp?0cb=-51552104&cp1=1

    • Lung ailments plague N.Y. firemen
      " Some ground zero workers may have to retire: union"
      MSNBC STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS; Dec. 21, 2001
      http://msnbc.com/news/676346.asp?0cb=-21552104&cp1=1

    • Uneasy breathing
      As the dust settles in New York, concerns linger about health risks in the air
      By Francesca Lyman; SPECIAL TO MSNBC; Sept. 26, 2001
      http://msnbc.com/news/634336.asp?0cb=-41552104&cp1=1
      My two bits worth: This statement is beyond description:
      "Louise Leavitt of the American Lung Association's New York office feels that residents walking
      around with dust masks are being a little self-indulgent. 'It may make them feel better but it's
      not necessary or even recommended.' "

      "[A] little self-indulgent." Reality check: The people with sense enough to protect their health
      by using masks may well be years ahead by taking that PRECAUTION now. They are to
      be commended. Not ridiculed!!!! For others interested in using masks and respirators,
      information is available from EHN's site under Masks at
      http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/r.htm#Respirators -- barb
      

      
      

• MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY FORUM
  MCS NEWS AND CLASSIFIEDS ...AN ONLINE NEWSLETTER
  http://web.mountain.net/~mtmomma/index.htm
  
  
• The Nation
  http://www.thenation.com/
  • Food Fight
    by MARK DOWIE
    http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020107&s=dowie2

  • A Teflon Correspondent
    by MARK DOWIE
    All roles of journalists must be played by journalists (duh!).
    --David Westin, president of ABC News, discussing Leonardo DiCaprio's interview of Bill Clinton
    http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020107&c=1&s=dowie

  • The Right in the Classroom
    by MARIANNE MANILOV
    http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&s=manilov20011220

  • FULL COURT PRESS | October 2, 2000
    The Right Whines
    by ERIC ALTERMAN
    http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20001002&s=alterman

  • Stossel's Heroes
    by MARK DOWIE
    http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&s=dowie20011220

  • The Joy of Women's Sports
    A WHOLE GENERATION OF GIRLS KNOWS IT'S NOT HOW A BODY LOOKS,
    IT'S WHAT IT CAN DO.
    by RUTH CONNIFF; August 10, 1998
    "John Stossel of ABC's 20/20 offered one tale of the ravages of what he called 'the equality police.'"
    http://past.thenation.com/cgi-bin/framizer.cgi?url=http://past.thenation.com/issue/980810/0810conniff.shtml

• Natural Health Magazine
  http://www.naturalhealthmag.com/

• Natural Home Magazine
  http://www.naturalhomemag.com/
  • Tots Need Super-Safe Surroundings
    By Aisha Ikramuddin
    http://www.naturalhomemag.com/current-issues/archive/1999/SeptOct99/Default.htm#Tots Need Super-Safe Surroundings

• Net4TV -- More Informed Choices: Fragrance Testing
  Barbara Wilkie (August 1, 1999)
  http://net4tv.com/voice/story.cfm?STORYID=1111
  
  
• New Scientisit
  
  • Chemical warfare at work
    By Howard Baker
    "... Humans are contributing to the problem in a big way.

    "For example, freshly dry-cleaned clothes emit a stream of trichloroethane, the solvent used by dry-cleaners. On a more personal note, after a good wash and freshen-up our bodies give off the scent molecules and other chemicals left by shampoos and soaps, as well as the pleasant smelling chemicals in deodorants and perfumes such as limonene, terpinene, camphene and alpha-pinene. Some perfumes contain as many as 100 different ingredients providing potent additions to the office soup. On top of this, we contribute acetone and isoprene which our bodies produce naturally. ..."
    http://www.newscientist.com/

  • Far from fragrant
    by Rob Edwards
    "FREQUENT USE OF AEROSOLS and air fresheners in the home may make babies and pregnant women ill. ..."
    http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19990904/newsstory6.html

• New Tribal Dawn webzine
  David Br”gi, editor … (formerly Popular Subculture)
  http://www.grailmedia.com/wz1/

• New York Academy of Sciences
  1817-2002: 185 years of service to science, technology, and society
  
• Nutritional Encyclopedia
  http://www.phys.com/b_nutrition/03encyclopedia/01home/frm/encyc.htm
  
  
• OnHealth
  
  http://onhealth.com/ch1/index.asp
  
  
  • Toxins in the House with environmental toxicologist Sheldon Rabinovitz
    http://onhealth.com/ch1/live/chat/archive/item,39741.asp
  
  
  
• On-Line Biology Book
  Table of Contents
  Maricopa Community College District
  2411 West 14th Street
  Tempe, AZ 85281-6942
  "Please let me know your thoughts mj.farabee@emcmail.maricopa.edu.
  http://gened.emc.maricopa.edu/bio/bio181/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html

• OnLine News from Chronic Illnet
  http://www.chronicillnet.org/online/
  
  
• Optimal Wellness Center - Dr. Mercola'
  " 'Doctors Are the Third Leading Cause of Death In the US'
  This Site Will Help You Discover How You Can Avoid Dying Early" http://www.mercola.com/
  
  
  • Prominent Researcher Apologizes for Pushing Fluoride http://www.mercola.com/2000/sept/3/fluoride_forbes.htm
    
    
  
  
• Our Planet
  http://www.ourplanet.com/
  • Women's war against cancer
    By BELLA S. ABZUG; March 1997
    "... Women's exposure to chemicals is great - but the odds
    against those working to establish connections between
    the environment and health are greater. Industry giants
    and chemicals manufacturers continue to resist the
    precautionary principle: a willingness to take protective
    action without waiting for scientific proof because delay
    may cause irreparable harm. ..."
    http://www.ourplanet.com/imgversn/86/abzug.html

• OUR Stolen Future
  Recent press coverage
  http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/Commentary/News/press.htm
  • Background information on common endocrine-disrupting compounds
    http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/Basics/chemuses.htm

  • Levels of Seven Urinary Phthalate Metabolites in a Human Reference Population.
    http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/oncompounds/phthalates/2000-0901blountetal.htm

  • Organics have fewer pesticides
    http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/oncompounds/2002-0508bakeretal.htm

• Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children (1993)
  Commission on Life Sciences
  A book you can read online. -- barb
  http://www.nap.edu/books/0309048753/html/

• Planet Ark
  
  • FEATURE - Asthma research provides insight but not answers
    USA: September 1, 1999
    http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=3438
    
    
  • Study links aerosols to headache, depression[and ear infections in infants!]
    http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=3473

• Popular Science
  http://new.popsci.com/
  
  
  • What's Really Causing Gulf War Illness?
    http://new.popsci.com/context/features/gulfwar/
  
  
  
• PR Newswire
  Immediate news from corporations
  http://www.prnewswire.com/
  
  
• PubMed
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  • Haemoglobin binding of a musk xylene metabolite in man.
    Riedel J, Birner G, van Dorp C, Neumann HG, Dekant W.(PubMed)
    "... The amounts of 1-tert-butyl-3,5-dimethyl-4-amino-2,6-dinitrobenzene bound to
    haemoglobin in the human blood samples ranged from 13 to 46 fmol/mg haemoglobin.
    5. These data demonstrate that musk xylene is bioavailable in man. The use of haemoglobin binding as a biomarker for nitromusk exposure in the general population
    warrants further studies. "
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10426556&dopt=Abstract

• Public Citizen - Ralph Nadar's Group
  http://www.citizen.org/
  
  
  • The Litigation Group
    http://www.citizen.org/litigation/brief.html
  
  
  
• Reason Online
  Really? Editorial comment. -- barb
  
  • SICK OF IT ALL
    People with "Multiple Chemical sensitivity" are definitely suffering. The question is, why?
    By Michael Fumento
    http://www.reason.com/9606/Fe.FUMENTO.html
    
    
    • Responses: Sensitive Reactions
      http://www.reason.com/9610/ltr.fumento.html

    • And there's more on Fumento and other MCS bashers at EHN's Stuff Happens! -- barb
      http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnhompg/stufhaps.htm

  
  
  
• Reuters Health Information
  
  • Self-copying paper, photocopying linked to health problems
    NEW YORK, Dec 24 (Reuters Health)
    http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991224/hl/psb_16.html
    
    
  • GM food ban at Monsanto staff restaurant - papers
    LONDON, Dec 22 (Reuters)
    http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/991221/bex.html
    
    
  • Chemical Sensitivity "Surprisingly" Common in California
    WESTPORT, Jun 28 (Reuters Health)
    http://www.medscape.com/reuters/prof/06.28/ep06289b.html
    
    
  • Perfume triggers reaction via the eyes;
    NEW YORK, Jun 18 (Reuters Health)
    http://www.reutershealth.com/cgi-bin/ssi/framethis?catalog=eline&file=1999061812.html
    
    
  
  
  
• ReVisions
  http://www.graywolfad.com/revisions
  
  
• Road Home, The
  http://www.reelmowersetc.com/The_Road_Home.html
  
  
• SafetyAlrets
  http://www.safetyalerts.com/Default.htm
  
  
  • Your Nose Knows
    Response to odor differs depending on nostril
    http://www.healthscout.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Af?ap=55&id=89862
  
  
  
• Science and the Art of Smell
  by WFM National Research and Support Team
  WholeFoods
  http://www.wholefoods.com/magazine/articles/0,,artsmell,00.html
  
  
• Science Daily News Magazine
  http://www.sciencedaily.com
  • Perfume In Space: Project May Give Space Travel A Whole New Fragrance
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases\1998\10\981013074931.htm

  • Pollutants Found In House Dust Increase Pesticide's Toxicity
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/04/990429054148.htm

  • Wood Dust, Talc, Estrogens, And Nickel Alloys Among Substances
    Being Reviewed For Inclusion In Report On Carcinogens
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases\2000\12\001211075538.htm
• Science Online
  http://www.aaas.org/aaas.html#anchor442146
  
  
• The Scientist
  Neurotoxin Concerns, Controversy Escalate [sic]
  The Scientist 4[3]:1, Feb. 05, 1990
  By Elizabeth Pennisi
  "Scientists are realizing that substances in the environment can have devastating
  effects on the human nervous system."
  
  "...Those substances are everywhre: organic solvents in the workplace, chemicals in
  perfumes, pesticides used on lawns, natural and added chemicals in foods, or prescribed
  or illegal drugs. The brain is the body's kingpyn organ; yet, once damaged or
  destroyed, nerve cells cannot be replaced. ..."
  This report is 12 years old -- we continue to hear, "more reserach needs to be done." -- barb http://www.the-scientist.com/yr1990/feb/pennisi_p1_900205.html

• SF Gate -- Articles
  
  • Sick Building Syndrome Part 1
    Victims Of Mysterious Illness Suffer From Public Ignorance -
    By David Bragi, Special to SF Gate
    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2001/02/05/healthwatch.DTL

  • Sick Building Syndrome Part 2
    Tips For Keeping Your Home Healthy
    By David Bragi, Special to SF Gate
    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2001/02/19/healthwatch.DTL

  • Sick Building Syndrome Part 3
    Sufferers Start To Raise Voices, Take Action
    By David Bragi, Special to SF Gate
    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2001/03/05/healthwatch.DTL

  • Supervisors Tackle Mold Issue At Hunters Point Apartments
    Two call for cleanup of subsidized housing
    By Anastasia Hendrix, [San Francisco]Chronicle Staff Writer
    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2001/02/14/MNW194581.DTL

• Sick, Yes -- Psycho, No
  People With Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Fight To Be Believed
  By Will Moredock, Publication Date: Mar 14, 1998
  http://web.cln.com/archives/charlotte/newsstand/c031498/anews.htm
  
  
• Sustanable Sources Online
  http://www.greenbuilder.com/Services,Info@Greenbuilder.com/
  
  
• ThomasPaine.common sense
  http://www.tompaine.com/
  • TOXIC DECEPTION: The Chemical Industry's Propaganda Campaign to
    Discredit a Frontline ExposÈ Keeping the Public in the Dark
    Charles Lewis is the executive director of the Center for Public Integrity.
    http://www.tompaine.com/features/2000/02/04/1.html

• Today's Careers
  http://www.todays-careers.com/
  
  
• Web Journal of Current Legal Issues
  
  http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/index.html
  
  
  • Index, 1995 - 1999
    http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/admin/wjclidex.html
  
  
  
• UC Berkeley Wellness Letter
  http://garnet.berkeley.edu/~sph/WellnessLetter/
  
  
  • Ask the Experts -- available as clickable from Wellness Letter if link doesn't work
    http://garnet.berkeley.edu/~sph/WellnessLetter/ask.html
    
    
  
  
  
• UTNE Reader
  http://www.utne.com/magazine/freeissue.html
  
  
• WeMedia
  http://www.wemedia.com/
  
  
• Wired News
  http://www.wired.com/news/news/
  
  
• World Reuters Environment News
  http://www.planetark.org/dailynewshome.cfm
  
  

-- end online sources --

Return to top

---

Open Secrets
MONEY in politics. -- barb
http://www.opensecrets.org/index.asp

Optimal Wellness Center - Dr. Mercola'
" 'Doctors Are the Third Leading Cause of Death In the US'
This Site Will Help You Discover How You Can Avoid Dying Early" http://www.mercola.com/

• Prominent Researcher Apologizes for Pushing Fluoride http://www.mercola.com/2000/sept/3/fluoride_forbes.htm
  
  

Oregon

Oregon Center for Environmental Health
"Dedicated to protecting public health and the environment through
community action to eliminate toxic pollutants."
http://www.oregon-health.org

OregonHealth Sciences University (OHSU)
(Dr. Peter Spencer)
http://www.ohsu.edu/

• Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET)
  http://www.ohsu.edu/croet/index.html

• Peter Spencer, Ph.D., FRCPath
  http://www.ohsu.edu/croet/faculty/spencer/
  • CHEMICAL WEAPONS DEBATE
    NOVEMBER 11, 1996 TRANSCRIPT
    "Were US soldiers exposed to chemical weapons in the Gulf War? After a new report is
    leaked to the press, critics claim the Pentagon - which says there is no clear evidence to
    substantiate Gulf War Syndrome - is 'in denial,' and is losing creditability. Lee Hochberg
    of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports. "
    http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/gulf_syndrome_11-11.html

  • The Harmful Effects of Scented Products
    By Robin Barrett; Healthy Homes Consulting; UPdate Winter 1994-1995
    http://www.environmentalhealth.ca/w9495harmful.html

  • Study Warns of Health Risks From Fuels, Solvents
    http://www.newconnexion.net/article/11-02/solvents.html

Oregon State University
Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
http://www.emt.orst.edu/index.htm

• Environmental Health Sciences Center
  Joe Beckman, Ph.D., Center Director
  http://www.niehs.nih.gov/centers/res-core/ore-res4.htm

• Neurotoxicology - Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
  http://www.emt.orst.edu/grad/neurotox.htm

Organic
Note: Use your find file and key in "Organic" because you'll find info on organics
throughout this page. -- barb

That was then . . .
Leahy Organic Restoration Act Passes Congress
As Amendment To Appropriations Bill; Restores Strict Organic Standards
"WASHINGTON (Mon. April 14) ‚ The U.S. House and Senate over the weekend
repealed a special-interest rider enacted in February that has threatened to undermine
the seven-month-old national organic standards and labeling program run by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA). ...

"The earlier rider that the amendment repealed was intended to allow producers to
label their meat and dairy products "organic" even though they do not meet USDA¼s
strict criteria, including that the animals be fed organically grown feed, if USDA finds
that organic feed is too expensive or hard to find. The rider was intended to benefit
one Georgia producer, but it was written broadly enough that it essentially created a
loophole for any livestock producer in the country to get around the organic feed
requirement."
http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200304/041403.html

• To learn more about Sen. Leahy's efforts for Organics . . .
  Organic Foods And Products
  http://leahy.senate.gov/issues/Agriculture/organicsindex.html

This is now . . .
One-liners by Connie Barker, EHN and Ecology House boards:
"Get to know your high-end users ..."
(Those of us living with chemical poisoning/injury.)
"Organics are our medicine!"
"Organics are us!"

EHN tables at OTA's All Things Organic, May 2002
http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/otaehnpi.htm

• For more pictures, visit Cyndi Norman's Tikvah Soaps
  http://consultclarity.com/tikvah/ota2002.html

Also see EHN's sections:

Action Letters
http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/actnletr/acletin.htm#Organic

Consumer Information -- scroll to ORGANIC Items (or use your find command)
http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/c.htm#Consumer

Farm / Farmers
http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/f.htm#Farms

See Organic Trade Association info, below. -- barb

Marin Beyond Pesticides Sign designed by Joe Draeghert http://www.pesticidefreezone.org/

Carbaryl (Sevin, et al.) is used as a pesticide against the GWSS
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/gwss/


• Carbaryl:
  Do YOU want this toxin sprayed in YOUR backyard? On your kids, your pets, yourself? -- barb
  
  
  • "Acute toxicity: Carbaryl is moderately to very toxic. It can produce
    adverse effects in humans by skin contact, inhalation, or ingestion. ..."
    
    
  • "Chronic toxicity: Not Available. "
    

CAUTION! -- be alert to US agribusiness industries' site, www.betterfoods.com and
the biotech seed companies' site, www.whybiotech.com. -- barb

Our voices were heard. 275,603 responded --
people across the country overwhelmed USDA.
Our thanks, from EHN [of California], to all of you who
participated in this effort.

NOW there is more work to do! Let your voices be heard
on the subject of genetic engineering. You have until
Jan. 13, 2000 to get your comments into the FDA.

See: Center for Food Safety
http://www.foodsafetynow.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2003 -- THE POULTRY INDUSTRY'S FIELDALE FARMS CORP. AND SPEAKER J. DENNIS HASTERT HAVE NO HEART!

• 50 Harmful Effects of Genetically Modified Foods
  http://www.cqs.com/50harm.htm

• Addressing Sharpshooters the Organic Way
  By PANNA
  http://www.panna.org/panna/panna/about/pu/pu_200203.04.dv.html

• All Organic Food.com Health Care
  "Why Organic?
  "Because the other stuff will kill you if you live in America. However, now
  that the U.S. government, USDA (D/Agriculture) holds the national
  definition of the word organic you cannot trust the word alone. Read the
  label to see that any other agency inspected the item. And, 'Natura'
  means absolutely nothing. There is nothing for sale here. This is pro
  bono publico, for the good of the public. Emails will be answered if you
  sign your name to your message and tell me what country you are in. ..."
  http://www.all-organic-food.com/
  • Get Well, Stay Well
    http://www.all-organic-food.com/getwell.htm

  • Good Food Ingrediants
    http://www.all-organic-food.com/food.htm

  • Toxic Commercial Food
    http://www.all-organic-food.com/organic1.htm

• Asparagus Fights Common Pesticide
  And barb thinks orgainc is best . . . so here is another reason to enjoy!
  Enzyme May Give the Veggie Pesticide-Fighting Powers
  By Miranda Hitti; WebMD Medical News
  Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD on Thursday, September 23, 2004
  "Sept. 23, 2004 -- Looking to limit your exposure to pesticides? You may want to develop
  a taste for asparagus. The skinny green stalks appear to contain an enzyme that
  degrades a commonly used pesticide called malathion. ..."
  http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/94/102865.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

• Beyond Organic Communications
  Straus Communications
  The world lost Ellen Straus November 30, 2002 . . . The world is a winner for her
  having been part of our planet. -- barb http://beyondorganic.com/
  • Cooking Fresh
    A Bi-monthly column by Laurel Miller
    http://beyondorganic.com/cookingfresh/cookingfreshcolumn.html

  • Links you may find useful
    http://beyondorganic.com/links.html

  • Recent Media Placements
    http://beyondorganic.com/placements/newyorktimes01.mht

• BIRC Online Organic Database
  Bio-Integral Resource Center, Berkeley, California
  http://206.169.52.116/birc/search.htm

• Blackstock Coffee and Vanilla
  http://www.blackstockorganics.com/
  
  
• The BOX (Bay area Organic eXpress)
  http://www.organicbox.com/
  
  "If you're trying to stay HEALTHY, why are you still eating POISONS?"
  The BOX also writes:
  "An organic diet is a better diet. Better taste. Better for the environment. Better for
  your health. By definition, pesticides are toxic chemicals. They poison the food, affecting
  its natural taste. They poison the environment (land, water, and local wildlife). They
  poison the people who eat them. There is only one way to avoid participation in this
  poisonous cycle: eat 100% organically grown foods. ..."
  
  Two box sizes: $25 and $35
  Two delivery schedules: Every Week, Every two weeks
  Three selections: Fruits and Veggies, Fruits only, Veggies only
  
  Email: customerservice@organicbox.com or
  Call 1.415.695.9688 for details or visit their website, above.
  
  The Box
  P.O. Box 460411
  San Francisco, CA 94146-0411
  
  
• Butte Creek Brewing Company's Organic Ale & Porter
  http://www.buttecreek.com/Organics.html

  Buy Organic, Buy Local
  By Jim Hightower
  http://www.auschron.com/issues/dispatch/2002-11-08/pols_hightower.html

• Campaign to Keep "Organic" Organic
  http://www.saveorganic.org/home.shtml
  
  
  • The Campaign - Save Organic Food
    April 3, 2004 . . . now it's a "pharm rice . . . spliced with synthetic human genes." -- barb
    http://www.thecampaign.org/california.php
  Caudill Seed Co - Set up as frames, so click out to:
  
• Caudill Seed Company
  "Whole Alternatives Brands is the healthy foods/natural and organic products
  division of Caudill Seed Company. We market 200 types of beans, peas,
  lentils, grains, ancient grains, baking items, seeds for sprouting, heirloom, and
  ethnic foods. "
  http://www.caudillseed.com

• Cemetery: Forever Fernwood, Mill Valley, California
  I came to learn of Forever Fernwood through EHN member, Elna Widell, who died
  April 10, 2005 and chose this cemetery as her final resting place. -- barb
  http://www.foreverfernwood.com/aboutus.htm
  • Elna Widell
    EW

    Cemetery: Forever Fernwood, Mill Valley, California I came to learn of Forever Fernwood through EHN member, Elna Widell, who died April 10, 2005 and chose this cemetery as her final resting place. -- barb http://www.foreverfernwood.com/aboutus.htm Green burials " No chemicals, no elaborate coffins, no carved markers- just eternal rest in a peaceful nature preserve " BY JILL KRAMER; Pacific Sun; December 15, 2004 "... People can now bury their dead at Forever Fernwood in an eco-friendly manner, using biodegradable materials. They can also preserve the burial site in perpetuity by purchasing a conservation easement planted with a tree, native grass or wildflowers. Of course, the old cemetery is still there, and customers can opt for a traditional burial there, but the new part will be free of all of the usual stone and bronze markers. It will look like-and will be-a nature preserve. A global positioning system will record the placement of each burial site. Visitors will be able to walk the grounds with Palm Pilot-sized devices that will guide them to the grave and screen a video tribute, if one has been made. ..." http://www.pacificsun.com/greenburial.html And, from Undernews . . . http://prorev.com/2004/06/fernwood-foreverfirst-organic-cemetary.htm LOU STOUMEN RETROSPECTIVE PDF: http://www.uturn.org/Essays/STMNpdf.pdf Or, as HTML: http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:BKROufJFRQ4J:www.uturn.org/Essays/STMNpdf.pdf+%22Elna+Widell%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

     

  • Center for Food Safety
    Learn about Genetic Engineering, Factory Farming and Animal Welfare,
    Organic Standards, Food Irradiation and check out their Recommended Reading. -- barb
    http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/lm.html

  • CHOOSE ORGANICS
    Choose Certified Organic skin care, health care & cosmetics
    Over sixty products which have been internationally certified organic,
    for your guarantee of purity. No toxins, no synthetic chemicals, just 100%
    beneficial ingredients. Includes toothpastes, probiotic superfood,
    deodorants, soap, lip stick and much more. Order online for up to 20%
    discount.
    http://www.chooseorganics.com

  • Clothing
    
    • Organic Cotton, Organic Cotton Clothing, Organic Cotton Personal Care Products
      "180 listings alphabetically by USA state (city), Canadian Province, other countries."
      http://www.greenpeople.org/OrganicCotton.htm

  • Coffee - Village Traders
    "Organic Coffee grown under the canopy of the South American rainforest."
    http://store.yahoo.com/villagetraders/

  • Conscious Choice
    Hop To It - Organic Beer Gaining in Popularity
    by Gretchen VanMonette, October 2000
    http://www.consciouschoice.com/food/organicbeer1310.html

  • Country Provisions
    As of June 25, over 250 real food, good food items
    organic mixes, gluten free mixes, cheese, organic bison, low-fat emu meats, trail mixes,
    soap, New Zealand pure honey products, pet goodies, coffee, and lots more.
    http://store.bizblast.com/stores/countryprovision/

  • Cropchoice.com
    "Cropchoice is an information source for American farmers about
    genetically modified crops, alternatives, management options, and
    profitability. Cropchoice has news that big companies may not want
    farmers to hear. Cropchoice provides balance, complementing other
    news sources and helping American producers make the best planting
    and management decisions."
    http://www.cropchoice.com/

  • Dirt Cheap Organics
    http://www.neteze.com/dB/
    
    
  • Earth Bound Farm
    http://www.ebfarm.com/index.html
    • Kids Zone
      http://www.ebfarm.com/kids.html

    • Recipes for organic cooking with the seasons
      Pam's Kitchen
      http://www.ebfarm.com/farmstand_pam.html
    • Study: Hispanic farmworkers experience higher rates of leukemia, brain, skin cancers
      By KIM BACA; Associated Press Writer; Mon March 18, 2002 01:11 EST
      http://www.ebfarm.com/news-world/farmworkers.html
  • Eating Organically: Resources for the San Francisco Peninsula and South Bay
    http://www.commongroundinpaloalto.org/EatingOrganicList.html

  • EcoBaby
    http://www.ecobaby.com

  • EcoBusinessLinks Environmental Directory -- Organic Baby Food
    http://www.ecobusinesslinks.com/organic_baby_food.htm

  • The Ecologist
    http://www.theecologist.org/
    • Committing Pesticide
      "...Now that organic food has ceased to be a novelty it has become fashionable for the
      media to carp at it as åtoo expensive¼. It isn¼t cheap. Yet, if human life is worth anything,
      organic food is far cheaper than the alternative. For the most dangerous weapons of
      mass destruction may well be the pesticides being used, indiscriminately, across the
      world to produce food. The evidence that they are causing brain damage, cancer,
      infertility and worse to tens of thousands of people involved in farming is devastating
      and has implications for us all. ... "
      http://www.theecologist.org/article.html?article=348

  • Eco-Wise
    110 West Elizabeth St.
    Austin, TX 78704
    The non-toxic, sustainable, educational store....naturally
    "Since we opened in Austin, Texas in 1990, Eco-Wise has been
    a leader in non-toxic environmental choices for a healthier lifestyle.
    This site has been established as a resource for information
    and products to make your body healthier and your world a greener
    place to live. ..."
    http://www.ecowise.com/

  • EurekAlert
    Organic and sustainable foods have more polyphenolics linked to health benefits
    http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-03/uoc--oas030703.php

  • Environmental Health Center, Dallas
    Organic Food Services (Sources of organic food in Dallas. -- barb)
    http://www.ehcd.com/foodservices.html
    
    
  • Fishwood Environmental Homepage
    http://puregrassrootsinfo.org/
    • NOTES FROM AN ORGANIC FARMER
      by John B. Clark, PhD
      'Clean, healthy agriculture without the use of ANY pesticides or fertilizers actually
      increases yields and lowers costs!

      "The results are almost always the same: Yields get better as organic practices are
      continued, and pest problems virtually disappear. Natural pest controls, which are
      suppressed in chemical farming, get healthier and more effective every year."
      http://puregrassrootsinfo.org/pure_is_more_$$.htm

  • Exporganica
    http://www.exporganica.com.ar/
    Organic Production Standards - National and International
    http://www.exporganica.com.ar/standards.jsp

  • Find Organic Cotton . . .
    This is a very helpful directory. -- barb
    http://www.findorganiccotton.org/

  • The Food Conspiracy
    "The Food Conspiracy Cooperative is committed to providing the highest
    quality natural and organic foods and related products to our members and the
    great Tucson community. ..."
    http://www.foodconspiracy.org/
    • Advocacy
      http://www.foodconspiracy.org/safety/peoplepower.html

    • Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
      http://www.foodconspiracy.org/safety/gmo.html

  • FSIS - Food Safety and Inspection Service - Updated March 2, 2000
    United States Department of Agriculture
    Washington, D.C. 20250-3700
    http://www.fsis.usda.gov/
    • Using the Claim "Certified Organic By ä" on Meat and Poultry Product Labeling
      "Congress passed the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA) of 1990 to (1) establish
      national standards governing the marketing of certain agricultural products as
      organically produced products, (2) assure consumers that organically produced
      products meet a consistent standard, and (3) facilitate commerce in organically
      produced fresh and processed food.
      http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/background/organic.htm

  • Frey Vineyards
    Organic and Biodynamic Award Winning Wines With No Added Sulfites.
    http://www.freywine.com/

  • GAIAM
    
    • Organic Food: A Choice for Our Children
      by Stonyfield Farm
      http://www.gaiam.com/retail/gai_content/learn/gai_learnArticle.asp?article%5Fid=561

  • Grass Roots Natural Goods
    http://www.grassrootsnaturalgoods.com/

  • Hair Color . . .
    Tints of Nature -- "Permanent Hair Colors" http://www.tintsofnature.com
    

  • Health Research Books
    Organics, Organic Foods, Raw Foods
    http://www.healthresearchbooks.com

  • How Do You Define "Organic"?
    By Mark Steil; MPR, April 29, 1998
    " ... [O]rganic agriculture is, simply put, farming in harmony with the earth. We all know
    that. Our question is when will the USDA get it?" -- Organic farm inspector, Jim Riddle
    http://news.mpr.org/features/199804/29_steilm_organic-m/

  • How to Buy Organic
    Where to buy organic foods, on- and off-line.
    NRDC
    http://www.nrdc.org/health/farming/gorgdir.asp

  • J. Howard Garrett's Basic Organic Program
    http://www.dirtdoctor.com/index.htm
    
    
    • The Dirt Doctor's Organic Recipes -- for disease and pest control
      http://www.dirtdoctor.com/recipes.html
      
      
    • HOWARD'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ORGANICS

      WBAP News/Talk 820-AM Gardening Talk Show, Saturdays 11:00-Noon,
      Sundays 8:00-Noon. Available on Real Audio at http://www.wbap.com.
      Daily commentary is at 12:50 PM during "Hello Texas", Monday - Friday.

      Dallas Morning News - "The Natural Way" in Fridays House & Garden Section,
      http://www.wbap.com and http://www.dirtdoctor.com
      Metro: 817-695-0817 Fax: 214-365-0608

      To join the Dirt Doctor's Ground Crew and get the monthly newsletter
      and discounts on organic products, call 972/248-5057 or email groundcrew@Yahoo.com

      For answers to most of your questions, see "Commonly Asked Questions"
      on the menu of http://www.dirtdoctor.com or http://wbap.com/custom603.html

      Howard's books are available on the web site and at bookstores, garden centers and feed stores.

    GreenPeopleÅ has over 3000 listings
    The World's largest, searchable database of eco-friendly products:
    organic food, pet supplies, baby products, beauty products, home
    improvement, hemp, organic cotton, health products, recycled products.
    http://www.greenpeople.org/

  • Grocery Manufacturers of America
    http://www.gmabrands.com/

    NEW ORGANIC STANDARDS ARE A "WIN" FOR CONSUMERS, PRODUCERS, FOOD COMPANIES, SAYS GMA;April 30, 1998
    (Oh, for goodness sakes! See the REAL story elsewhere in this section. -- barb)
    http://www.gmabrands.com/news/docs/NewsRelease.cfm?docid=150

  • Janice's "Department Store of Natural Products"
    http://www.janices.com/

  • Keep Factory Farming Out Of Organic Food Production And
    Organic Certification Programs Strong! (Humane Society, U.S.)
    (letter still up -- outdated Dec 14, 1998 deadline)
    http://www.hsus.org/programs/farm/activist/action_letter1.html
    
    
  • Marin Organic
    http://www.MarinOrganic.org/index.php
    • Marin Organic Welcomes Their Royal Highnesses ...
      http://www.MarinOrganic.org/

    • Photo Gallery of the Royal Visit
      http://www.MarinOrganic.org/photo_gallery_prince_wales.html

  • Mother Jones
    Organic Engineering
    "Mother Jones has obtained an internal memo that shows how the USDA is sacrificing the
    federal standards for organic foods to accomodate biotech special interests. "
    http://www.mojones.com/mother_jones/MJ98/broydo.html
    
    
  • Nirvana Safe Haven and the Non Toxic Hot Line
    "We provide purified, ionized or filtered air, filtered water,
    organic cotton clothing, natural chemical free wool, organic
    cotton mattrresses and futons, chemical free bedding and
    natural fiber hemp futons. ..."
    
    "Since 1993 Daliya Robson has focused on creating healthy healing
    allergy free, toxic and chemical free environments. Daliya had been
    injured by chemicals and has a great interest in preventing the same from
    happening to others. This consulting and warning service became a
    business slowly as the reality of surviving in a toxic world became more
    and more an issue for so many people.We represent you our client when
    we offer a product .. ."
    http://www.nontoxic.com

  • North of San Francisco, Cream Rises to the Top
    New York Times by R.W. Apple, Jr; Dec. 25, 2002
    Straus Dairy - "the first organic dairy farm west of the Mississippi."
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/25/dining/25STRA.html

    Printer-friendly format
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/25/dining/25STRA.html?pagewanted=print&position=top

  • Northeast Organic Farming Association
    http://www.nofa.org/index.html
    
    
    • Hot Topics
      http://www.nofa.org/topics.html
      
      
    • "The National Organic Program: What's Wrong With It?"
      analysis compiled by Jack Kittredge
      http://www.nofa.org/tnfsp98/summ.html
    
    
    
  • Organic BÈbÈ
    Natural Products for Babies, Children & Mothers
    http://www.organicbebe.com/

  • Organic Consumers Association
    http://www.organicconsumers.org/
    
    
    • Bush Administration Urges Junk Food Lobby to Wage War on its Critics
      http://www.organicconsumers.org/school/news/junkfoodlobby.cfm

    • Congress Debates Labeling & Choice over Irradiated Foods inSchools
      From 9/18/03
      California Congresswoman Introduces Bill on Labeling & Choice
      Over Irradiated Foods in Schools
      http://www.organicconsumers.org/Irrad/school_irradiation.cfm

    • Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association
      Grist Magazine, Monday, 02 Apr 2001
      http://www.gristmagazine.com/grist/week/cummins040201.stm

    • Coming Clean Don't water down standards for organic cosmetics and bodycare products!
      To this, I say Amen. -- barb
      http://www.organicconsumers.org/bodycare/index.htm
      • New York Times on the Organic Body Care Controversy
        The New York Times; Sunday May 18, 2003
        Is Organic Shampoo Chemistry or Botany? By JOHN LELAND
        http://www.organicconsumers.org/bodycare/nytimes051903.cfm

      • FIND Organics
        http://www.organicconsumers.org/purelink.html

    • Dangers of Genertically Engineered Food
      http://OrganicConsumers.org/toxiclink.html
      
      
    • Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods and Crops:
      Why We Need A Global Moratorium
      by: Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association
      http://www.OrganicConsumers.org/ge/whymoratorium.cfm
      
      
    • Human Cancer Genes Being Spliced into Animals & Plants London Observer 11/24/02: Antony Barnett and Robin McKie
      Scientists condemn new gene technique
      http://www.organicconsumers.org/Patent/cancergenes02.cfm

    • Mad Cow Disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
      http://OrganicConsumers.org/meatlink.html
      
      
    • Monsanto Watch
      http://www.organicconsumers.org/monlink.html

    • Daily News
      http://www.organicconsumers.org/log.html

    • STOP FOOD IRRADIATION PROJECT
      http://OrganicConsumers.org/irradlink.html

    
    
    
  • Organic And Low-Spray Apple Production
    http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/apple.html
    • Kaolin clay
      "... Surround is sprayed on as a liquid, which evaporates, leaving a protective powdery
      film on the surfaces of leaves, stems, and fruit. Conventional spray equipment can be
      used, and full coverage is important. The film works to deter insects in several ways. Tiny
      particles of the clay attach to the insects when they contact the tree, agitating and
      repelling them. Even if particles don't attach to their bodies, the insects find the coated
      plant or fruit unsuitable for feeding and egg‚laying. In addition, the highly reflective
      white coating makes the tree unrecognizable as a host. ..."
      http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/apple.html#kaolin

  • Organic Essentials
    Organic Cotton Personal Care Products
    http://www.organicessentials.com/products.htm

  • Organic Gardening Tips from Don Trotter
    San Diego Earth Times
    http://www.sdearthtimes.com:80/ET_OrgGarden.html

  • Organic Housing - an article
    Organic Housing isn't healthier
    Organic Housing is good for the
    environment but experts say it isn't
    necessarily healthier to live in.
    By Lina Nielsen & Anders Nielsen
    "... If you choose to use environmentally sound building
    materials anyway, the lack of knowledge can be
    somewhat of a risk. For example, the use of fly ash in
    concrete proved to be a health hazard. Fly ash is a
    waste product from Cole Power Plants that can be
    mixed into concrete. This is a way of recycling a
    material that would otherwise be difficult to get rid of -
    a great solution for the environment. A side effect,
    however, was discovered. The fly ash was proved to
    be so radioactive that houses where the concrete had
    been used to build the foundation were unfit for human
    habitation...." [emphasis added]
    http://www.djh.dk/outcome/fishtwo/pages/health.html

    
    

  • Organic Program!, Howard Garrett's basic
    http://www.whitehawk.com/dirtdoctor/index.html
    
    
  • OrganicResearch.com
    http://www.organic-research.com/
    • Organic Update Newsletter February 2001
      
      1. Are organic apples tastier and healthier?
         
      2. Phenolics contents in organic strawberries
         
      3. Organic kiwifruits have better storage potential
         
      4. Nutritive value of organic carrots and cabbages
         
      http://www.organic-research.com/update/ou022001.asp

  • Organic Shampoos
    Again, no recommendations are implied . . . I'm providing this info as a service. YOUR body
    should determine what you use. Here are just a few examples of organic shampoos so you
    get to know the difference between ORGANIC and a shampoo that simply uses the word
    "organic" as an advertising ploy. Do a google.com search for "organic shampoo" for more options.
    One thing for sure, brands listed here -- to the best of my knowledge -- contain no DEA,
    nor Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, nor Sodium Laureth Sulfate, nor dyes of whatever number, and
    especially, NO synthetic fragrances, which simply appears on labels as: FRAGRANCE. For
    more on the subject of fragrance see EHN's FDA Petition and also Cosmetic Info. -- barb
    http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm
    
    
    • Abundant Earth Organics Shampoo
      "No Other Shampoo Compares!

      "Please take a look at all the other shampoos and conditioners on the market,
      including the ones at your co-op or health food store. Ingredients such as Sodium
      Laureth Sulfate, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, DEA, TEA, PEG, Quaternium-15,
      Propylene Glycol and a variety of other unseemly chemicals abound (even in the
      so-called "healthy" brands), all mixed up into a potentially toxic soup. Now take a look
      at the brands that use the word "Organic" or "Organics" in their name or in their
      ingredient list. Companies using the word organic are usually using it in one of two
      ways. For marketing purposes, they've added a few organically grown ingredients
      to an otherwise toxic mixture, or they are referring to the chemical term "organic," as in
      "organic chemistry," which has little to do with organically grown ingredients, but once
      again, makes a great marketing ploy. ..."
      This brand carries UNscented shampoo, without "fragrant organic & wildcrafted essential oils." -- barb
      http://www.abundantearth.com/store/aeshampoo.html

      Aubrey Organics®
      
      Enter a keyword in their search engine, such as SHAMPOO, to bring up a product, then select. -- barb http://www.aubrey-organics.com/

      • 10 SYNTHETIC COSMETIC INGREDIENTS TO AVOID
        By Aubrey Hampton
        http://www.aubrey-organics.com/about/treat_10synth.cfm

      • A NATURAL TRADITION FOR OVER 30 YEARS

        Long before "natural" became a marketing buzz word, Aubrey Organics®
        was a natural company. Our labels have always carried the message loud and
        clear. No chemical additives. No mineral oils. No artificial ingredients of
        any kind. Our hair, skin and bodycare products are made with herbals from
        around the world, natural vitamins and minerals. We use liquid coconut oil in
        our soaps and shampoos and coconut fatty acids and essential fatty acids in
        our creams and lotions, and Aubrey's own natural preservative of citrus
        seed extract and vitamins A, C and E.

        More than 30 years later, natural is still the practical philosophy behind our company,
        with more than 150 hair, skin and bodycare products that carry the Aubrey
        Organics® guarantee -- 100% synthetic-free and never tested on animals.
        http://www.organicanews.com/news/aubrey.html

      • Camomile Luxurious Herbal Shampoo
        "Natural shampoo made with golden camomile oil from France and sulfur-rich
        herbals in a coconut-olive oil castile soap blend. Brings out natural highlights and
        leaves hair clean and bouncy.
        
        INGREDIENTS: Deionized Water, Coconut Oil Soap, Liquid Protein, Organic
        Aloe Vera*, Roman Camomile Oil, Extracts of Camomile, Horsetail, Coltsfoot,
        Fennel, Hops, Balm-mint, Mistletoe and Yarrow, Allantoin, Nicotinic Acid (Niacin),
        Inositol, Carrot Oil, Aubrey's Preservative (Citrus Seed Extract, Vitamins A, C and E).
        
        *Organically grown and processed in accordance with the California Organic Foods Act of 1990. http://www.aubrey-organics.com/product1.cfm?product_id=009

      
      
    • Avalon Natural Products
      "...In 1989, we founded Avalon Natural Products on the principles of quality,
      innovation, integrity, and leadership.
      
      "Avalon offers a unique collection of quality personal care products for caring
      consumers seeking natural, organic, and cruelty free ingredient alternatives with
      the vegetarian ethic.
      
      "Our innovative formulas utilize years of European tradition partnered with modern
      technology for optimum benefits and efficacy. This innovation is carried through to our
      award winning package designs that communicate a positive, exciting, upscale image.
      
      "As pioneers of social responsibility, Avalon Natural Products is the benchmark for
      personal care standards, with proven integrity and leadership spirit for the growing
      majority of mindful consumers. ..."
      http://www.avalonnaturalproducts.com/main/aboutus/welcome-abt1-AVL.asp
      • Certified Organic Hair Care
        http://www.avalonnaturalproducts.com/main/product-l2-AVL.asp?BrandID=19&categoryid=29
      
      
    • Earth Essence Holistic Organic Shampoo
      "Holistic - organic - super concentrated shampoos. Especially good for
      chemically sensitive adults - children - everybody! ...
      
      " ... Ordinary shampoos containing Sodium Laurel Sulfate (SLF) and other chemical
      additives damage the hair shafts, stripping them of their natural oils, making the hair
      brittle and dry, and causing split ends. Synthetic shampoo scalp and follicle openings.
      Over time, these chemical additives, which are often carcinogenic in nature, seep down
      into the hair roots and brain cells, often causing premature thinning and eventual
      significant hair loss. ... "
      http://www.morroccomethod.com/info.html
      • Morrocco Method Elemental Shampoos
        " ... Whatever of our products is absorbed by the skin and enters into the body's
        tissues, glands, and cells is in no way harmful to the natural functioning of the body. ..."
        http://www.morroccomethod.com/shampoo.html

    • Nutrican Nutritionals Ltd. - Nu Beaute
      http://www.nutrican.com/nutri_shampoo.html

    • TERRESSENTIALS
      " TERRESSENTIALS Pure Earth Hair Washes are made from gentle,
      detergent-free, naturally-occurring clay minerals with organic botanical
      extracts and organic essential oils.
      http://www.terressentials.com/haircare.html

    • Tikvah Organic Shampoo
      "... Ingredients: Filtered water, saponified certified organic olive oil, saponified certified
      organic coconut oil, saponified castor bean oil, certified organic almond oil, d-Panthenol
      (vitamin B-5), certified organic jojoba oil. ..."
      http://consultclarity.com/tikvah/soap/shampoo.html
      • TIKVAH at OTA's All Things Organic trade show - Pictures
        Cyndi Norman and EHN are members of OTA. Here are pictures of the booth, Cyndi
        and Connie Barker, EHN Board Chair, at the OTA trade show, May 2002 -- barb
        http://consultclarity.com/tikvah/ota2002.html

    Organic Solutions FOR YOUR DOGS AND HOME
    http://www.wingnet.net/~organicsol/
    • Garden/Home
      http://www.wingnet.net/~organicsol/prod01.htm

      And they provide tips, such as:

      • Home Ant Control- Organic Bait. Mix twenty parts granular sugar with one
        part household Borax. Place out near Ant's trail ant let them eat away. Borax will kill
        them. ( You may need to place bait on foil or in inverted butter dishes with holes.) *
        Sucessfully tested by site visitor

        .

      • Weeds- For areas which you do not want anything to grow, pour table salt or a salt
        solution on that area. (Example- cracks between walkway.) Make sure this will not
        wash into an area which you do want growth.
      
      
    • Solutions/Links