• Wage Peace
  by Judyth Hill, September 11, 2001
  http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/02.09/0925judyhill_wagepeace.htm

• References to Wallaces' work:
  
  Wallace, L.A. (1987) The TEAM Study: Summary and Analysis: Volume I, U.S. EPA,
  Washington, DC, EPA 600/6-87/002a, NTIS PB 88-100060, 1987.

  Wallace, L.A. (1991) "Comparison of Risks from Outdoor and Indoor Exposure to
  Toxic Chemicals," Environ. Health Perspectives, 95:7-13.
  By Wayne R. Ott
  http://www-stat.stanford.edu/~wayne/

• Lead Speciation and Occupational Exposure
  Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 106, Number 9, September 1998
  http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1998/106-9/research-hi.html

• Cigarettes: Point Source for Benzene Exposure?
  Correspondence, Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 101, Number 1, April 1993
  http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1993/101-1/correspondence.html

• Human Exposure Assessment for Airborne Pollutants:
  Advances and Opportunities (1991)
  PAGE viii ... "the lead case study; Demetrios Moschandreas (Illinois Institute of
  Technology) and Lance Wallace (EPA), who contributed information for the VOC
  case study; and Timothy Larson (Washington University), who contributed to the ..."
  http://www.nap.edu/books/0309042844/html/207.html

• TESTIMONY OF THE
  MICKEY LELAND NATIONAL URBAN AIR TOXICS RESEARCH CENTER
  BEFORE THE CLEAN AIR, WETLANDS, PRIVATE PROPERTY AND NUCLEAR SAFETY
  SUBCOMMITTEE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS
  "Conclusion

  "It is personal exposure to air pollutants, and not air concentration that is the critical
  component in assessing the public health impacts from air pollutants. Science has now
  established that indoor air pollutants can be a major contributor to a person's overall
  exposure to air pollutants. In addition, the findings from these studies indicate that the
  same air pollutants subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act are often found at
  much higher levels indoors. The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 rely solely on the
  assumption that outdoor levels are determinative of an individual's exposure and hence
  risk. The Act does not address the contribution of indoor sources of air pollution or
  the differences between indoor and outdoor quality.
  
  "Absent information about personal exposures, the real public health risk of air toxics
  cannot be accurately assessed. Merely reducing the ambient emission levels may not
  result in improved public health. By focusing on exposure, we can determine where the
  greatest risk to public health lie and tailor the solution to correct the problem. The
  Leland Center will continue to focus our research on addressing the critical area of
  exposure, thus allowing for a more cost-effective approach to protecting public health
  under the Clean Air Act. "
  http://web.archive.org/web/20000818204641/http://www.senate.gov/~epw/ker_1014.htm

http://walnutacres.com

Wanderings With Wilkies (WWW)
Please feel free to do some virtual wanderings with us, if you cannot visit these places in person.
Many of the sites given below have photos available so they may take a little time to upload, but
I hope you'll find it's worth the wait. -- barb

Note: You may wish to visit these two websites for information, maps, photos:

• Bay Area Hiker
  http://www.bahiker.com/index.html

• Virtual Guidebooks
  http://virtualguidebooks.com/PanoramasTOC.html

• ANO NUEVO STATE RESERVE
  "... Elephant seals, sea lions, and other marine mammals come ashore to rest, mate,
  and give birth in the sand dunes or on the beaches and offshore islands. ..."
  FromFind a Park, make your selection from their pull-down menu or search. -- barb
  http://www.parks.ca.gov/parkindex/

• Bay Area City Search
  http://www.bayarea.citysearch.com
  
  
• Berkeley Pier
  http://fishit.freeshell.org/berkeley.htm
  • Photo of the Pier
    http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/baytrail/vtour/map5/access/bmarinapier/22.jpg

  • Photo looking from waterfront toward the Oakland-Berkeley Hills
    http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/baytrail/vtour/map5/access/bmarinapier/8.jpg

• Blake Garden
  
  • Blake Garden; President's Residence, University of California
    "The 10-acre Blake Garden, an early 20th-century Italianate estate,
    located about two miles from the campus, offers a unique hands-on
    experience for students interested in planting design and horticulture."
    Univ. of California, Landscape Architecture Department
    Reportedly, pesticide free. -- barb
    http://www.support.net/Medit-Plants/gardens/Blake.Garden.html
  • Blake Garden, Kensington in the Berkeley Hills
    http://www.gardens.com/garden/g_geo.htm#blake

  • People wanted to have the wonderful trees cut down to give them a Bay view ...
    Revised Blake Garden plan topic of public meeting scheduled for Aug. 9, 1999
    http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/99legacy/8-2-1999a.html

    Blake Abloom
    The Grounds Surrounding the UC President's Home Serve as Classroom and Leafy Retreat
    by Julia Sommer
    http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/1995/0524/blake.html

• Bodega Bay
  http://www.winezone.com/BodegaBay.html
  
  
  • BodegaBay.com
    http://www.bodegabay.com/
    
    
  • The Geology of Bodega Head: The Salinian Terrane west of the San Andreas Fault
    (with clickable slide show)
    http://www.sonoma.edu/geology/wright/Bhead.html
    
    
  • How Bodega Bay Nixed The Atomic Park
    by Simone Wilson
    http://www.monitor.net/monitor/12-3-95/bodegapge.html
    
    
• Bolinas
  
  • Bolinas Ridge
    By Eric Rorer
    http://bayarea.citysearch.com/E/V/SFOCA/0012/78/02/
    
    
    For other locations by Eric Rorer, see Outsider Archives
    "http://bayarea.citysearch.com/E/F/SFOCA/0000/12/42/"
    
    
  • Commonweal, Bolinas
    http://www.commonweal.org/
    
    
  • Point Reyes Bird Observatory (PRBO)
    http://www.prbo.org/
    
    
  • Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Researchers at the
    By Eric "The Outsider" Rorer
    http://bayarea.citysearch.com/E/V/SFOCA/2000/08/01/cs1.html

• California State Parks
  http://www.parks.ca.gov/

  A few of my favorites ... there are many, many more --

  • Angel Island . . . by ferry
    http://www.parks.ca.gov/parkpages/park_page.asp?lvl_id=105

  • China Camp, San Rafael
    http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=466

  • Samuel P. Taylor
    http://www.parks.ca.gov/north/marin/sptsp233.htm

• East Bay Regional Park District
  NOTE: EBRP does use RoundUp and/or other herbicides, but they always
  post the treated area and give info for alternate trails. Their spraying is around
  bar-b-que pits and picnic tables and along fire breaks and some trails. Info gathered
  May 2000; barb)
  http://www.ebparks.org/
  
  
  • Parks and map
    http://www.ebparks.org/parks.htm
    
    
  • Visitors' Centers
    http://www.ebparks.org/dropdown/viscen.htm
    
    
    A few of the parks --
    Bay Area Hiking - East Bay Parks
    This page includes information on RobertsRegional Recreation Area, which has: "Blossom
    Rock Navigation Trees - two redwood trees on the ridge that were so tall they
    were used as maritime navigational aids to avoid hitting Blossom Rock in the Bay. The
    trees were cut down in the 1850's, but the second-growth trees here are their descendents. ..."
    This page has pictures and accompanying information. -- barb
    http://pages.prodigy.net/rhorii/ebaypark.htm
    • Black Diamond Mines
      http://www.ebparks.org/new.htm#MINE
      
      
    • Point Pinole - East Bay Parks info with map
      http://www.ebparks.org/parks/ptpinole.htm

    • Point Pinole Regional Shoreline
      http://www.bahiker.com/eastbayhikes/pointpinole.html
      • Photos
        http://www.bahiker.com/slideshows/pointpinolepics.html
    • Tilden Park
      
      • Golden Gate Live Steamers (Little Trains)
        These trains are very small, but mighty and take one for a shorter ride in the area of the Redwood
        Valley Railway. Open Sundays . . . check their site for details. Donations accepted. -- barb
        http://www.ggls.org/

      • Merry-Go-Round - Berkeley, CA 94708; 510-524-6773
        Dressed up for their Christmas Fantasy -- an annual event.
        Great fun for entire family and for year end gatherings with friends of all beliefs. -- barb
        http://www.ebparks.org/spevents.htm

        Or: Round And Round We Go! (The Tilden Merry-Go-Round)
        http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/coolthings/parks/Tilden/Carousel.html

      • Redwood Valley Railway
        YES, Steam Trains in Berkeley! A fun outing for the family, kids of all ages. And, you get a view
        of the Bay, if it isn't foggy. One of our grandsons at age 2.5 yrs, pointed out to us, "LOOK, the
        fog is lifting!" And, indeed it was. -- barb
        http://www.redwoodvalleyrailway.com/

• El Cerrito, California
  http://www.ci.el-cerrito.ca.us/pages/facts.htm
  
  
• Fairfax, California
  http://www.mo.com/fairfax/
  • History
    http://www.marindirect.com/fxhistory/

• Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA)
  http://www.nps.gov/goga/
  
  
  • GGNRA: Geology Fieldnotes
    http://www.aqd.nps.gov/grd/parks/goga/index.htm
    
    
  • Destination: Marin Headlands
    By Doug McConnell, Bay Area Backroads
    http://www.bayareabackroads.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/bayareabackroads/archive/1997/11/29/1.DTL
  
  
  
• Loma Prieta -- epicenter of 1989 earthquake
  By Eric "The Outsider" Rorer
  http://bayarea.citysearch.com/E/V/SFOCA/0013/60/52/cs1.html
  
  
• Marin County
  
  • Civic Center (Frank Lloyd Wright building)
    http://buildings.greatbuildings.com/Marin_Civic_Center.html
    
    also visit http://users.skynet.be/d.sign/wright/marin.html
    
    
  • Marin Trails
    Your Guide to the Great Outdoors in Marin County
    http://www.marintrails.com/
    
    
    • Pesticide use on trails stops
      By Richard Halstead
      Marin Independent Journal
      "... This month, Brown short-circuited plans to spray the weed-killer Roundup on the
      Creekside Park trail, between Bon Air Road and College Avenue in Kentfield, after
      the Pesticide Education Group mounted a small protest demonstration, said Susan
      Christman, who founded the group. ..."
      YES!! -- barb
      http://www.marinij.com/news/stories/news9002166.shtml

    • Photos
      http://www.marintrails.com/Photos/photo1.html

  • Mill Valley
    http://www.millvalley94941.com/
    
    
    • Historical photos
      http://www.millvalley94941.com/hist-photos.html
    
    
    
  • The Marine Mammal Center
    http://www.tmmc.org

• The National Park Service
  http://www.nps.gov/index.html
  
  
• Pescadero Marsh Natural Preserve
  A bird watcher's paradise. -- barb
  http://www.parks.ca.gov/central/bayarea/psb227.htm

• Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park
  San Mateo Coast State Parks and Beaches
  http://www.parks.ca.gov/central/bayarea/ppls281.htm

• Point Reyes, National Park Service site
  http://www.nps.gov/pore/
  
  
  • Limantour Beach
    http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/gallery/gal009.html

  • Point Reyes National Seashore
    http://www.pointreyes.net/
    
    
  • Point Reyes National Seashore
    http://www.quovadimus.org/ptreyes97
    
    
  • 
    
  • Point Reyes National Seashore - Part 1
    By Doug McConnell, Bay Area Backroads
    http://kron4.com/Global/story.asp?s=555538
    
    
  • Point Reyes National Seashore - Part 2
    By Doug McConnell, Bay Area Backroads
    http://kron4.com/Global/story.asp?s=555555
    
    
  Mt. Diablo State Park
  http://www.ccdemo.org/MtDiablo/MtDiablo.html
  • Diablo Watch, Save Mount Diablo's Newsletter
    Stunning Property Preserved
    Park District Completes 1,030 Acre Clayton Ranch Acquisition
    Includes photos, drawings, various articles and park news. -- barb
    http://www.savemountdiablo.org/DiabloWatch.htm

  • Geology of Mt. Diablo
    http://www.mdia.org/geology.htm

  • Hiking on Mt Diablo
    Photos by Douglas Cody -- scenes are not identified -- but worth viewing for their beauty. -- barb
    http://www.clikphoto.com/Galleries/gallery_travel/186_Mt_Diablo/index.htm
    • Northern California - Index 1 of 4
      Indices3 and 4 contain shots of the Golden Gate Bridge. -- barb
      http://www.clikphoto.com/Galleries/183_Labor_Day/index.htm

  • Mt. Diablo, California, U.S.A.
    Random pictures taken of and from Mt. Diablo State Park
    http://www.petefagerlin.com/Diablo.htm

  • The Mount Diablo Information Page
    Brought to you as a community service by your Tenth Congressional District Democratic Clubs.
    http://www.ccdemo.org/MtDiablo/MtDiablo.html

  • Mt. Diablo State Park Trails
    http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/6016/mtdiablo.html

  • Rock City
    http://www.screamingbanshee.com/dsp_mtdiablo.html
• San Francisco
  official website
  http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/
  • Pictures featuring SF Bay Area. -- barb
    http://community.webshots.com/album/6778156FZiwfcScms
    • Chrissy Field
      http://www.cyborganic.com/people/mister3d/mosaics/qtcfm/qtcfm.html

    • Chrissy Field and the Parks Association
      http://www.crissyfield.org/html/welcome.html
      • Chrissy Field Yesterday
        http://www.crissyfield.org/html/history.html

      • Chrissy Field Today
        http://www.crissyfield.org/html/today.html

      San Francisco via photo tours
      http://www.mayoff.com/8-98FAMILYPHOTOS.HTML

    San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival - 9th Annual, Year 2005
    http://www.sfbayflywayfestival.com/outing1.html

    Monterey Bay Aquarium
    I always take respirator and oxygen with me to protect against the heavily scented
    people. But one can also get outside for Pacific Ocean-fresh air. -- barb
    http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/

    • Press Room
      http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/aa/pressroom.asp

    • Seafood Watch - about safe, sustainable seafood
      http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/efc/efc_oc/dngr_food_watch.asp

  • Sonoma Coast and Sonoma County
    
    • The Official Page for Visiting California's Sonoma Coast
      http://www.visitsonomacoast.com/
      
      
    • Sonoma.com
      http://www.sonoma.com/regions/coastal/index.html
      
      Tolay Lake Park - MUST BE SAVED BY APRIL 2005!
      
      • EVENTS http://www.friendsoftolay.org/events.html

      • Friends of Tolay Lake Park
        http://www.friendsoftolay.org/
        • History of Tolay
          http://www.friendsoftolay.org/history.html
          
          
        • Tolay Lake Park Plans
          http://www.friendsoftolay.org/plans.html
      • Park Place
        With enough money on the board, Tolay Lake Park will become a reality
        By Jordan E. Rosenfeld; MetroActive
        http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/12.15.04/tolay-0451.html

  • Tilden Park, Berkeley, CA
    
    • Regional Parks Botanic Garden
      http://www.nativeplants.org/
      
      
  • University of California, Berkeley
    http://www.berkeley.edu/
    
    
    • Landscape Architecture: Gardens and Parks
      http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/lawww.html#garden
      
      
      • Blake Gardens
        http://www.gardens.com/garden/g_geo.htm#blake
        
        

  • Vallejo
    Ship to Shore - Ferry commute links Vallejo's past and present
    - Sam Whiting; San Francisco Chronicle; Sunday, December 19, 2004
    "You wouldn't want to be between the Vallejo ferry and Elizabeth Wilkie when she comes
    flying down St. Vincent's Hill on her rusty mountain bike, hell-bent for the 6 a.m.

    "At 5:55 she leaves her 1875 salt box and starts down the patchwork back alleys. At 5:57
    she crosses Mare Island Way, and then it is a sprint on the long boardwalk. At 5:59
    the Baylink captain barks "last call," and here she comes around the terminal, leaning
    into the last turn and getting her tires through just ahead of the gangplank. ..."
    http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/12/19/CMGAB98EI21.DTL

    printer freindly
    http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/12/19/CMGAB98EI21.DTL&type=printable

    Phil Frank illustration http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/12/19/CMGAB98EI21.DTL&o=0&type=printable

  • Yosemite
    Mountain Light photographs by Galen Rowell or Barbara Cushman Rowell
    Page 1 - http://www.mountainlight.com/gallery.yosemite/gallery.html

    Page 2 - http://www.mountainlight.com/gallery.yosemite2/gallery.html

    -- end California --

  
  Colorado
  Maine
  • Acadia National Park, near Bar Harbor
    http://www.nps.gov/acad/

  
  Massachusetts
  
  • Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism
    http://www.mass-vacation.com/index.shtml

  
  Missouri
  

  • Civil War Battle of Pilot Knob
    http://rosecity.net/civilwar/batpilot.html

  • Elephant Rocks State Park
    http://www.mostateparks.com/elephantrock.htm

  • Johnson's Shut-Ins
    http://www.mostateparks.com/jshutins.htm
    Photos of Johnson's Shut-Ins by Dave Kieras
    http://home.unicom.net/~djkieras/johnson.html

  • Missouri's State Parks and Historic Sites
    http://www.missouriozarks.org/parks.html

  • River Heritage Region in Southeast Missouri
    http://rosecity.net/rhr/madison.html

  • Saint Louis, Missouri
    
    • ABOUT ST. LOUIS: "MUST SEE" ATTRACTIONS
      http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/planning/research/data/about/mustsee.html
      • Missouri Botanical Garden
        http://www.mobot.org/
        
        General Garden Images -- including R. Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome:Climatron
        http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Gallery/gengal2.html

        Sculpture at the Missouri Botanical Garden - 'Two Girls Dancing' http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/hort/sculpture/s15c.html

    • Forest Park
      http://walden.mvp.net/~eriko/forest/fpark.html
      
      
    • Forest Park's various attractions
      http://www.slfp.com/ForestPark.html
      • Art Museum
        http://www.slfp.com/ForestParkAM.htm

      • Forest Park Jewel Box
        http://www.slfp.com/ForestParkJB.htm

      • St. Louis Zoo in Forest Park
        http://www.slfp.com/ForestParkZOO.htm

      • Zoo at Forest Park
        http://www.the-spa.com/zoo/

    • Gateway Arch
      
    • Grant's Farm
      http://www.grantsfarm.com

    • Not just for kids
      
      The Mastodon State Historic Site is located 20 miles south of St. Louis on Interstate 55
      in Imperial. For more information, call 636-464-2976.
      http://www.slfp.com/SLFP-KIDS.htm

  • St. Louis County (separate from St. Louis)
    http://www.st-louiscountyparks.com/

  • Taum Sauk Trail/Mina-Sauk Falls
    http://www.fidnet.com/~mcmurfy1/taumsauk.html

  Texas
  

  • Austin
    
  • Dallas
    The Sixth Floor, Dealey Plaza, Dallas
    http://www.jfk.org/
    • Inside The Museum
      http://www.jfk.org/Inside.htm

    • ABRAHAM ZAPRUDER FILM CHRONOLOGY
      http://www.jfk.org/Zapruder/Zapruder_Film_Chrono.htm

    
    

• EPA - Region 8 Wetlands Program
  Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming; and 27 Tribal Nations.
  May is Wetlands Month!
  http://www.epa.gov/region08/water/wetlands/wetlands.html

• PESTICIDES, WETLANDS & THE GAME OF GOLF
  Indformed Choices
  http://www.wtv-zone.com/infchoice/index.html
  
  
  • Chemical Use by Golf Course
    http://www.wtv-zone.com/infchoice/chemical_use.html

  • Toxic Golf Greens
    http://www.wtv-zone.com/infchoice/toxic_greens.html
    Golf and the Environment
    http://www.gcsaa.org/resource/environ/envirprin.html

    
    
  • San Francisco Bay Area
    
    • Coastal Wetlands and Sediments of the San Francisco Bay System
      USGS
      http://marine.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/SFwetlands/sfwetlands.html

    • Restoring San Francisco Bay's Wetlands
      http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/Conservation/TheSky.html

    • San Francisco Bay Area Wetlands Ecosystem Goals
      http://www.sfei.org/sfbaygoals/

    • San Francisco Bay, Estuary and Coastal Online Information Resources
      http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc/baylink.html

    • San Francisco Bay Estuary Toxic Contaminants Project
      USGS
      http://water.wr.usgs.gov/toxics/intro.html
      • San Francisco Bay Estuary Toxics Site
        http://toxics.usgs.gov/sites/sfbay_page.shtml

    • San Francisco Bay muck will mold wetlands
      By Aaron Davis, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.; Wednesday, December 13, 2000
      http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2000/12/12132000/krt_dredge_40760.asp

    • San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary
      http://www.epa.gov/ecoplaces/part1/site23.html

  • Santa Barbara ChannelKeeper Dedicated to protecting and restoring the ecological health of the Santa Barbara
    Channel, its watersheds and habitat.
    http://www.sbck.org/index.cfm

  • Tennessee Clean Water Network
    http://www.tcwn.org/issues/wetlands/

  • Wetlands in the Great Lakes Region
    http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/air-land/wetlands.html

• 
  WHALE [resources] Medicine, Health & Disease
  Info on vaccinations, cancer, women's health, cosmetics,
  dental toxicity, radiation ... A whale of a site! -- barb
  http://www.whale.to/index.htm
  
  
  • A temporary listing for WHALE is:
    http://www.whaleto.freeserve.co.uk/vaccines.html
    
    
• „Where are Environmental Hazards?¾
  by Holly S. Anthony
  http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1997/7/97.07.01.x.html
  
  
• Whistlers Convention, The International
  
  http://expage.com/page/whistle
  
  
  Jason Serinus
  http://expage.com/page/jasonserinus
  
  
• Whistleblowers
  
  • Government Accountability Project
    Links for Whistleblowers on the Web
    http://www.whistleblower.org/www/Connections.htm

  • Whistleblowing
    http://www.integrityinaction.org/issues_whistleblowing.htm

  • The National Whistleblower Center
    http://www.whistleblowers.org/about.htm

  • Rachel's News - #715 - A Textbook for Whistle-blowers, January 04, 2001
    http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/index.cfm?St=2

    Also see Rachel's page of Related Links, select Whistleblowers under topics and hit search.
    http://www.rachel.org/relatedSites/

  • William Sanjour - the environment and whistleblower protection
    Retired EPA employee. -- barb
    http://pwp.lincs.net/sanjour/Default.htm
    "... Whistleblowers are over-achievers. They are competent and efficient,
    the kind of people who are concerned that things be done right. They are also people
    who have the moral fiber to stand up to corruption. In almost every case, they became
    whistleblowers because a moral dilemma, not of their own seeking, was thrust upon
    them. They were asked to do something immoral and they refused. Ninety-nine out
    of a hundred people. when faced with such a dilemma, will hold their nose and
    remember where their bread is buttered. Or they will convince themselves there is no
    dilemma. Most whistleblowers start out doing the right thing thinking that once "upper
    management" or some figure of authority learns of the situation they will straighten
    it out. Even after they come to understand that "upper management" is not going to
    save them, whistleblowers remain unrepentant and even defiant. From that inevitably
    follows harassment, persecution. and vilification. This is not the path for a malingerer. ..."
    http://pwp.lincs.net/sanjour/Valentine.htm
  • U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC)
    The OSC disclosure channel differs from other government whistleblower hotline channels in at least three ways:
    • federal law guarantees confidentiality to the whistleblower;
      
    • the Special Counsel may order an agency head to investigate and
      report on the disclosure; and
      
    • after any such investigation, the Special Counsel must send the agency's
      report, with the whistleblower's comments, to the President and Congress.
      http://www.osc.gov/wbdisc.htm

  • Whistle Blower Report Area (Let's let them know about fragrances -- barb)
    "Report illegal or questionable uses of chemicals at this web site -
    including suspicious health effects observed after chemical exposure.
    http://www.tampareads.com/guest/guestbook.html

  • Whistleblowing
    Integrity in Action
    http://www.integrityinaction.org/issues_whistleblowing.htm

• Whitaker Wellness Institute, The
  http://www.whitakerwellness.com/
  
  
  • NCAHF Posts Names of 2,500 Physicians on Quack List
    Originally published July 1997 (on The Vitamin C Foundation site)
    Letter written to:
    Lyn Behrens, PhD
    President, Loma Linda University
    Loma Linda, California 92350
    http://www.internetwks.com/pauling/quack.html
  
  
  
• The White Lung Association
  P.O. Box 1483
  Baltimore, MD 21203-1483
  410-243-5864
  http://www.whitelung.org/
  • Asbestos Safety Information for the World Trade Center New York City
    by Paul Safchuck
    http://www.whitelung.org/wtc.html

• White Pages, International
  
  http://www.wajens.no/eng/amerika3.shtml#g
  
  
  
• White Thunder Medicine School
  Preserve at Mt. Shasta
  (A nonprofit organization)
  Visit site for info on Reiki class to be held in Vallego on Feb 3, 2002. -- barb
  http://www.whitethundermedicine.com/

• Whole Access
  "...works with government officials, park planners, and community leaders to develop
  park programs and facilities that combine accessibility with sound environmental design.
  We believe that the natural environment must be kept natural. ..."
  http://www.wholeaccess.org/
  • More on Accessibility
    Going to the Source for Accessibility Assessment
    by Phyllis Cangemi, Wayne Williams, and Paul Gaskell
    http://www.wholeaccess.org/accessibility.html

• WHY ARE YOU POISONING YOUR FAMILY?
  Edited from a consumer alert publication by Kara Possick
  http://jwunet.com/cdm53/posion.htm

  WID (World Institute on Disability)
  

  http://www.wid.org/
  
  Wide Vision Productions
  
  ("... impact how people with disabilities are represented")
  http://www.wvp.org/
  
  
  
• 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

   

  Wildlife Preservation Trust International
  http://www.wpti.org/

  The Wild Ones Scientist Network
  

  • Jerris Foote and the Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program
    http://www.thewildones.org/Scientists/jerris.html
    
    
  Wildlife Conservation Society
  http://www.wcs.org/
  
  
• Irene Ruth Wilkenfeld and her Safe Schools
  March 1, 2004 -- I am very sorry to learn that we lost Irene last night, February 29. As her
  daughter wrote: "[Irene's death was due to an] exposure to Chlordane over 34 years ago. She
  was a hero til the end, forgoing transplantation because it didn't feel right to her." -- barb

  Follow the following links to some of Irene's work, plus look for a lot more on her site! -- barb
  Safe Schools, Irene Ruth Wilkenfeld
  http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/
  
  

  • About Irene Wilkenfeld
    http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/irene.html

  • Bill Of Rights: Environmental Quality in Our Schools
    http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/rights.html
    
    
  • Health Statistics
    http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/h_stats.html
    
    
  • MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY = AN ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE
    Environmental Medicine
    "The following letter is eloquently written by Irene Wilkenfeld to the National
    Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC). It addresses many of the issues which
    confront those with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (a.k.a. MCS or Environmental Illness)."
    Still available through
    http://web.archive.org/web/20010524142926/http://breakoutwebsolutions.com/NEWAH3EM/Irenepg.htm

  • Open Letter: Perfumes Contaminate Our Classrooms
    Dr. James Cone has moved to work in New York City, their great gain, our great loss. -- barb http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/perfclasslet.html

  • Problem Classroom Contaminants
    http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/contaminants.html
    
    
  • Reading Resources
    http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/references.html

  • Sick School Syndrome
    http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/sss.html
    • Symptoms of Sick School Syndrome
      http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/symptoms.html

    
    
    
  
  WILSON
  
  
  Wilson, Cynthia
  CIIN (Chemical Injury Information Network)
  http://ciin.org/
  
  
  • CIIN's 2nd MCS Conference
    October 3 - 5, 2003 Fairfax, VA -- Washington DC area
    October 6, 2003, MCS Education Day
    Lobbying efforts in offices of Congress
    http://www.ehnca.org/events/ciin2mcs.htm

  • The Fragmenting Nature of MCS
    Editorial by Cynthia Wilson, CIIN
    Our Toxic Times May 2004
    Reprinted with Permission
    http://www.wtv-zone.com/infchoice/mcs/wilson.html

  
  Wilson's Disease
  
  Wilson's Syndrome
  http://www.wilsonssyndrome.com/
  
  
  • FAQs
    http://www.wilsonssyndrome.com/FAQ.htm
    
    
  WrongDiagnosis.com
  http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/
  "Wilson's Disease: Genetic disorder that causes copper to build up in
  the body's organs."
  Click on page W from their home page --
  http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com --
  Then click on Wilson's Disease. -- barb
  The Wilson World
  Glynn Wilson; University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  http://web.utk.edu/~gwilson1/default.html
  
  
  • Breathing Room - The battle over new ozone restrictions pits asthma sufferers
    against skeptical industry leaders; by Glynn Wilson
    http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/cover_dir/711_air.htm
    
    
  • Fumento's Distorted Spotlight By Glynn Wilson
    http://web.utk.edu/~gwilson1/fresponse.html
    
    
  • News Break from The Wilson World
    An excellent resource
    http://web.utk.edu/~gwilson1/newsstand.html
  
  
  
  WilWorks Writes
  Pieces by Barb Wilkie are scattered through out EHN's site. Some links are:
  • About Barb
    http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/aboutbw.htm

  • Action Letters
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/actnletr/acletin.htm

  • ATSDR: A Report on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) Predecisional
    Draft August 24, 1998
    This report doesn't reflect your 'concern'
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/atsdr/wilkie.htm

  • Chemical Injury
    NOTE: The email address for the FDA is fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
    http://www.dizbiz.com/twbb/wwwboard/messages/2.html

  • Chemical Sensitivity IS Real
    The first iteration of this document was written as a February 14, 1999
    e-mail message to
    Dr. Dean Edell. It then appeared in the Nov-Dec 1999 issue
    of EHN's The New Reactor. -- barb
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/newreact/bwdrdean.htm

  • Cleaning & Household Tips from MCS Barbie's Mom
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/humor/Barbetip.htm

  • Dr. Dean, At Last You've Got IT! ...
    ... At Least Where Air "Fresheners" Are Concerned
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/stufdgot.htm

  • E-Magazine's Advice & Dissent
    Letters by Susan Vaughn and Barb Wilkie re: "Smelling Good but Feeling Bad"
    http://www.emagazine.com/may-june_2000/0500advdis.html
    • Smelling Good But Feeling Bad
      Synthetic Perfumes, Colognes and Scents Are Turning Up Noses
      By Damon Franz and Holly Prall
      http://www.emagazine.com/january-february_2000/0100gl_health.html

  • Environmental Health Perspectives
    Grand Rounds in Environmental Medicine: Information on MCS Needed
    by Barb Wilkie
    http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2004/112-5/correspondence.html

  • FDA letter: Petition Docket Number 99P-1340/CP 1
    Petition to Have Eternity eau de parfum "Misbranded"
    February 2001: The petition is still open. Please join this citizens' effort -- just tell the
    FDA about your negative reactions to fragrances used by others. -- barb
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/FDApetition/lbarbwil.htm

  • Fragrance is regulated?!?
    Response by barb to "Candle Makers Defend Product;" Nov. 19, 1999
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/candle1.htm
    
    
  • Green Home Living
    Letters To The Editor
    "Dear Folks with Green Home Living and Washington Toxics Coalition:
    "RE: Breathe Easy on Safer Cleaning Products ...
    "Dear Barb,
    "Thank you for you informative letter. We all truly are stakeholders when it comes to
    breathing.
    http://www.greenhomeliving.com/003/lettereditor.html

    Also available via The WayBack Machine at
    http://web.archive.org/web/20021223222629/http://www.greenhomeliving.com/003/lettereditor.html

  • INVIRONMENT®
    http://www.invironment.com
    • Readers Feedback
      April 2, 2001
      Dear Editor:
      Recent unwanted exposures to synthetic fragrances reminded me of an article in
      INVIRONMENT, August 2000, "Less Respiratory Impact From Fragrances." Tulane's
      testing does not reflect reality. Had I been exposed to a synthetic scent in an inhalation
      chamber for only 20 minutes and then had the luxury of having the chamber "flushed"
      with filtered air, I know I would not have acquired Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). ...
      http://www.invironment.com/inv_feedback.htm

      July 2004: available via http://web.archive.org/web/20010418141530/http://www.invironment.com/inv_feedback.htm

      • Readers Feedback -- letter by Betty Bridges
        August 22, 2000
        Dear Editor:
        I would like to comment on the story "Less Respiratory Impact From Fragrances"
        which appeared in the August 2000 issue.
        
        The study at Tulane University did not address several important aspects of asthma.
        Asthma has several components.
        
        Bronchoconstriction, which was addressed by the Tulane study, only addresses this
        aspect of asthmatic responses to fragrances, and simple spirometry does not always
        accurately reflect the constriction of small airways. When the constriction occurs in the
        smaller airways rather than the larger ones, spirometry readings may only drop slightly.
        Constriction of smaller airways requires more extensive testing to pinpoint. Further,
        the exposures were very short, only 20 minutes and there were measurable
        constrictions of the airways. What happens if the exposure continues all day, which
        are what most asthmatics encounter? Nor did the study take into account that there is
        usually exposure to numerous fragranced products. The study did not address at all the
        underlying inflammatory process, which is considered by pulmonary experts of
        great concern. It is this underlying inflammation that makes the airways more susceptible
        to the effects of fragrances and other irritants. And, irritants, such as fragrances,
        increase the inflammation. ...
        http://www.invironment.com/inv_feedback.htm

        July 2004: available via http://web.archive.org/web/20001022070353/http://www.invironment.com/inv_feedback.htm

  • Letter to CNN, written in response to:
    "What's ailing school near World Trade Center?"
    http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnhompg/cnnschny.htm
    What's ailing school near World Trade Center?
    "NEW YORK (AP) - October 19, 2001-- Dozens of teachers and students at a high school
    next to the World Trade Center site are having trouble breathing and school officials
    have brought in an epidemiology team to find out why. About 80 of the Stuyvesant
    High School's 3,200 students and teachers have complained of respiratory problems,
    headaches and nausea since returning to classes October 9. A few students are wearing
    respirator masks to school, four blocks north of where the twin towers once
    stood. "It smells bad and I know there are other things in the air that are harmful to
    my health," said Joseph Lew, 16, who left school Thursday with a white mask over his
    nose and mouth. ..."
    http://fyi.cnn.com/2001/fyi/teachers.ednews/10/19/attacks.highschool.ap/index.html
  • MCS Barbie
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/humor/MCSBarbe.htm

  • Net4TV Voice
    http://net4tv.com/
    • More Informed Choices: Fragrance Testing
      By Barbara Wilkie; August 1, 1999
      http://net4tv.com/voice/Story.cfm?storyID=1111

      or: http://net4tv.com/voice/story.cfm?id=1&StoryID=1111

  • The New Reactor, newsletter of the Environmental Health Network
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/newreact/nrindex.htm
    A few of the items appearing online . . .
    
    
    • ALA and AMA: Fragrances DO Trigger Asthma!
      http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/newreact/alaamafr.htm

    • An Extraordinary Woman
      My farewell to Julia Kendall, barb wilkie
      http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/newreact/julia97.htm

    • It's Personal! -- A conversation with an air quality district's
      representative at Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)
      By Barb Wilkie
      http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/newreact/itspersl.htm

    • Who Cares? Some Do! and Berkeley [goes "fragrance-free," in its fashion]
      By Barb Wilkie
      http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/newreact/whocares.htm

    • Year End Story Time: A Family Visit
      AKA The Fabric Softener Story
      By Barb Wilkie
      http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/newreact/jordan.htm

  • 'Scent Circle'
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/fragnreg.htm

  • Wonderings with Wilkie
    
    
    1. I wonder if anyone has done an investigative report on the timing of open
       advertising of pharmaceuticals and the proliferation of petrochemically derived
       perfumes added to a proliferation of products?
       
       
    2. Do you see a greater need of pharmaceuticals (prescribed or over-the-counter)
       with the advent of constant sources of chemical irritants and sensitizers such as
       provided by the omnipresent fragrances?
       
       
    3. Why are coumarins, which are commonly used in perfumes, not studied for a
       possible adverse effect upon developing embryos and fetuses?
       
       
    4. Why has the flavors and fragrance industry been allowed to release to market
       such a proliferation of products without independent substantiation of safety?
       
       
    5. Why does our Congress bend to the money of industry lobbying, rather than the
       expressed concerns of its constituents?
       
       
    6. Where is that research called for before the 99th Congress -- that's way back in 1986, people! -- regarding the neurotoxics found in petrochemically derived fragrances?

       ...

    My opinions are scattered throughout EHN's site . . . I've tried to remember to put them
    in Italics and to sign them "-- barb." Barb Wilkie

  Wine
  If you drink wine and beer: BUY ORGANIC! Use your search engine to find sites for
  "organic wine" or ask your local wine merchant to stock organic wine and beer. -- barb
  

• Wine Grapes & Pesticides: Sonoma and Napa Counties
  http://www.alternatives2toxics.org/main.htm
  • Toxic Pesticides: What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us
    http://www.alternatives2toxics.org/toxicpesticides.htm

  
  
  Wire
  
  Ample Power
  http://www.amplepower.com/
  • Wiring 12 Volts for Ample Power - book
    http://www.amplepower.com/products/wiring/

  • Twisted Wire
    barb sez, Susan Molloy told me: "twisting a pair of wires so they wrap around each other
    every foot (?) or so keeps them from making as big an EM field. ...and recommended:
    Current Switch video
    "A very practical and easy to watch video guide to detecting and minimizing unwanted
    man-made EMFs. Includes step-by-step information on how to deal with electric
    blankets, water beds, computers, microwave transmitters, radar, and household wiring!
    By John and Trish Banta
    Available from many sources for about $29.95 - one example is:
    The EMF Safety Superstore's Books and Videos
    http://www.lessemf.com/book8.html

  Wired
  
  • Hole Exposes Hotmail Email
    by Declan McCullagh
    http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,36241,00.html
  
  
  WOBBLERS
  http://www.wobblers.com/
  
  
  • WHAT ARE WOBBLERS?
    "WOBBLERS are people who have been damaged by gentamicin.
    Gentamicin is a very powerful aminoglycoside (antibiotic) than can have
    devastating side effects. ..." http://www.wobblers.com/newpage1.htm
    
    
  
  Peggy Wolff, M.S., R.N.C.S.
  Healthy People, Healthy Places
  http://www.peggywolff.com/
  
  
  • American Journal of Nursing - June, 2003 - Volume 103, Issue 6 HEALTH & SAFETY Scent of a Workplace
    Fragrances are a major source of indoor air pollution.
    By Peggy Wolff, MS, APRN, HNC
    http://www.nursingworld.org/AJN/2003/june/health.htm

  • The Environmental Health Coalition of Western Massachusetts
    -April Grace Thomas
    http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/womst/ej2002/mcs.htm

  • Environmental Health Counseling
    By Peggy Wolff; Many Hands
    http://www.manyhands.com/articles/peggywolff.html

  • Massachusetts Nurses Association
    Addressing Important Nursing Issues Chemical Exposures
    Ways to reduce toxic exposures in the home
    By Peggy Wolff, MS, APRN, HNC
    I hope Kaiser Permenete takes a look at this! While it is written with the nurses' homes in mind,
    it is only sensible to leave off the scents when going to work, not only because of the patients'
    needs, but the wise nurse will not add superfluous toxins to her own body. -- barb
    " ... Because nurses are exposed to so many chemicals at work, it is vitally important that
    nurses reduce chemical exposure at home -- or, as environmental health experts say -- reduce their "total body load. ..."
    http://www.massnurses.org/health/articles/chemexpos4.htm

  • Nursing World - The American Journal of Nursing
    Scent of a Workplace - Fragrances are a major source of indoor air pollution.
    By Peggy Wolff, MS, APRN, HNC
    " More and more people have developed adverse reactions to perfume and other scented
    products. The Institute of Medicine has even placed fragrances in the same category
    as secondhand cigarette smoke in triggering asthma in adults and children. ..."
    You can see that study by visiting
    http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/0309064961?OpenDocument -- barb
    http://www.nursingworld.org/AJN/2003/june/health.htm.

  • NurseRadio.org
    Environmental Medicine "Peggy Wolff is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse, with a specialized practice in
    Environmental and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Pathologies. Peggy was one of the
    original co-developers and CORE Faculty members of the American Holistic Nurses
    Association Certificate Program in Holistic Nursing. She is presently the Director of
    Healthy People, Healthy Places, an environmental health counseling service, in
    Amherst, MA. Peggy donates much of her time and resources to educating the public
    on ퟙsick schoolퟘ environments, and the hazards to teachers, students and others
    that they pose. Additionally, she passionately promotes work-place toxicity awareness
    to health care workers and nurses in the hope of stemming the rising tide of
    environmental illnesses. "
    http://nurseradio.org/nurseradio/PeggyWolff.shtml

  
  
• Women's Environmental Network (WEN)
  United Kingdom
  "Deodorant chemicals found in breast tumours WEN welcomes a study by
  researchers at Reading University that shows chemicals commonly used in
  deodorants and other cosmetics have contaminated the human breast. ..."
  http://www.wen.org.uk/
  • HEALTH
    http://www.wen.org.uk/health/currproj_health.htm

  • Pretty Nasty: Phthalates in European Cosmetic Products
    http://www.wen.org.uk/health/prettynasty.htm

  • Ending the cosmetics cover-up
    http://www.wen.org.uk/general_pages/Newsitems/pr_cosmeticscoverup.htm

  • Women's Environmental Network
    "Deodorant chemicals found in breast tumours WEN welcomes a study by
    researchers at Reading University that shows chemicals commonly used in
    deodorants and other cosmetics have contaminated the human breast. ..."
    http://www.wen.org.uk/

  • WEN response to åConcentrations of Parabens in Human Breast Tumours¼
    by Dr Philippa Darbre et al, Reading University,
    published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology 12/1/04 (Jan. 12, 2004)
    http://www.wen.org.uk/general_pages/Newsitems/ms_parabens_tumours.htm

  • Ending the cosmetics cover up --
    Companies list of products supposedly without parabens
    http://www.wen.org.uk/cosmetics/companies.htm

  • Why the need for such a list?
    http://www.wen.org.uk/cosmetics/companies.htm#why

  • Criteria for inclusion "Companies are included in this list if they claim their products are: free from Parabens*,
    and free from Synthetic Fragrances**.These two basic criteria were selected as they
    are among the most common found in many products. ..."
    *Parabens are one of the most widely used preservatives, are oestrogen mimics and have
    been implicated in a number of health issues.
    
    "**Often labelled parfum. Can contain between 50 and 100 chemical fragrances and may
    indicate the presence of phthalates linked to reproductive damage. (see separate
    cosmetics briefing, and our Pretty Nasty report on phthalates). It is worth noting that
    skin may react to natural as well as synthetic ingredients.
    http://www.wen.org.uk/cosmetics/companies.htm#criteria

    A link out from WEN to Soil Association's . . . Organic beauty products: a safer alternative
    http://www.soilassociation.org.uk/web/sa/saweb.nsf/f201148200f2e8af80256dbf005202e4/5c9dfc1d69d4302380256e210050f3b1!OpenDocument

• Women's Health Innitiative
  IF "scientific studies" were really scientific, people such as myself would be included, rather
  than excluded. I was not allowed to participate in this study because I refused to have a
  mammogram. They assured me I'd be put in a group that did not get HRT, but I had to have a
  mammogram. I refused. I was asked to join, repeatedly. I continued to state that I would if I'd not
  have to subject my body to the radiation required of a mammogram. They repeatedly rejected
  me as a subject. Eventually they got IT!, and no longer pestered me with the invites. And
  maybe I'm the luckier, for I do not know if there really was a guarantee that I'd not be given HRT.
  One more thought . . . To my way of thinking, folks who developed dementia or breast cancer, ...as a
  result of taking HRT are chemically injured, environmentally ill, living with IATROGENIC diseases. -- barb
  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/
  • WHI Background and Overview
    http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/background.htm

  • WHI - Menopausal Hormone Therapy Information
    "New findings from the Women's Health Initiative and other studies offer important
    information about the risks and benefits of long-term menopausal hormone therapy. ..."
    http://www.nih.gov/PHTindex.htm

  • Post-Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy Information Guide
    Quick Medical Resource Center
    http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/1775/hrt.htm#start
    ALZHEIMER'S -- At first we were told:
    • Facts about the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHI-MS) of Estrogen
      and Alzheimer's Disease - 1996
      "...Recent research shows that estrogen has a beneficial effect on brain cells and
      chemicals. Brain cells form better connections in the presence of estrogen. ..."
      http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/5342/drug08.htm

    • Study Is Further Evidence That Estrogen Replacement May Be
      Protective Against Alzheimer's
      Wednesday, Jun. 18, 1997 http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jun97/nia-18.htm

      
      But time proved otherwise!
      
      

    • Hormone Replacement Increases Risk of Dementia
      Hormone therapy doubled the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia
      in women who began the treatment at age 65 or older, according to a large study.
      http://www.mercola.com/2003/jun/11/hormone_replacement.htm

      
      BREAST CANCER -- At first we were told:

      
      

    • Hormone Replacement Therapy May Improve Breast Cancer Detection
      And Survival Rate
      Source: Oregon Health & Science University - Date: 2002-09-13 "PORTLAND, Ore. -- A study of nearly 300 breast cancer patients at Oregon Health &
      Science University found that women who use hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
      have less aggressive tumors and are more likely to be diagnosed through mammograms
      than other methods. Also, HRT users with breast cancer had significantly better
      survival rates than non-HRT users. The study is published in the September issue of the
      journal The Archives of Surgery.

      Because hormones increase the density of breast tissue, researchers have suspected that
      HRT use would make it more difficult to detect tumors on mammograms. As a result,
      it was suspected that tumors in patients who have received HRT might not be detected
      until they were larger and more advanced. However, of 144 study patients using HRT,
      84 had their tumors detected by mammogram, while 60 were detected by other
      methods. Comparatively, of 148 non-HRT users, 63 had their tumors detected by
      mammogram, while 85 were detected by palpation (feeling for lumps).
      http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/09/020913064235.htm

      But time proved otherwise!
      
      

    • Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked to Breast Cancer
      " Adding to evidence that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can potentially raise a woman's risk of
      breast cancer, a new US study links recent, long-term HRT with a heightened risk of the disease. ..."
      http://www.mercola.com/2002/mar/2/estrogen.htm

      
      

    • Breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy: collaborative reanalysis of data
      from 51 epidemiological studies of 52,705 women with breast cancer and 108,411 women
      without breast cancer. Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer.
      Lancet. 1997 Oct 11;350(9084):1047-59. "...Whether HRT affects mortality from breast cancer is not known. INTERPRETATION:
      The risk of having breast cancer diagnosed is increased in women using HRT and
      increases with increasing duration of use. This effect is reduced after cessation of use of
      HRT and has largely, if not wholly, disappeared after about 5 years. These findings should
      be considered in the context of the benefits and other risks associated with the use of HRT. "
      http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10213546&dopt=Abstract

    • NABCO (National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations) News Flash
      July 10, 2002 - Hormone Replacement Therapy and Increased Risk of Invasive Breast Cancer
      NABCO Commentary on the WHI Study Findings
      http://www.nabco.org/index.php/?page_section=news-flash-one&news_flash_id=23

      And, then, there is controversy!
      Hmmm, MCS and those living with it are denigrated by the use of the word controversy. -- barb
      
      

    • "HRT and Breast Cancer
      "Recently, women have been overwhelmed with reports that HRT may increase the risk
      for breast cancer. One particular study of 46,355 women in the Breast Cancer
      Detection Demonstration Project, a national breast cancer screening program, found
      nearly a 9% increase in breast cancer risk among women who used combined HRT
      (estrogen and progestin) each year. However, Dr. Judith Reichman, a professor at the
      University of California, Los Angeles who spoke at the Congress on Women¼s Health
      and Gender-Based Medicine meeting in June 2000, said that the results of the Breast
      Cancer Detection Demonstration Project are often misinterpreted. Some women may
      incorrectly assume that a 9% increase in breast cancer risk each year would mean that
      in 10 years, a woman¼s risk of breast cancer would be 90%. In reality, the researchers
      noted a 9% per year incidence of breast cancer among women who took HRT for a long
      period (typically over five years).
      
      "Women¼s health experts blame the media for emphasizing the negative findings of HRT
      studies while devoting little attention to studies that do not find a relationship
      between HRT and breast cancer risk. Two large studies conducted by the American
      Cancer Society and the Iowa¼s Women¼s Health Study did not find an increased breast
      cancer risk with HRT, but these studies were not well reported to the public. ..."
      Imaginis sponsored by SIEMENS
      http://imaginis.com/breasthealth/hrt.asp#HRT

      
      HEART DISEASE -- At first we were told:

    • Understanding Menopause: Learning to make informed choices
      Brooklyns Women's Health
      "... Studies have shown that estrogen significantly reduces the risk of heart disease. It
      also has an important effect on arteries by raising good cholesterol (HDL) and lowering
      the harmful kind (LDL). Without the protection of estrogen, bones tend to lose
      calcium, leaving them weak and brittle. ..." [emphasis added]
      
      "...To counter the loss of bone calcium and avert osteoporosis, eat lots of calcium-rich
      foods, such as low-fat dairy products and dark green leafy vegetables. Daily calcium
      supplements also should be considered. A study published last year indicates that
      taking 1,200 milligrams of calcium daily has the added benefit of helping to reduce
      PMS-like symptoms by approximately 50 percent. ..." [emphasis added]
      http://www.hscbklyn.edu/ia/brooklyn_wo_health/spring2000/pages/article1.htm

      But time proved otherwise!
      
      

    • Hormone Replacement Does Not Reduce Heart Disease
      "Standard hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which is so often used in menopausal
      and post-menopausal women, does not protect them against heart disease after all,
      contrary to the belief of many physicians. A just published study in the New England
      Journal of Medicine saw no evidence that HRT had any effect on the rate of artery blockage. ..."
      August 27, 2000
      http://www.mercola.com/2000/aug/27/hormone_replacement_heart_disease.htm

    • Hormones Not Good for Women with Heart Disease
      July 18, 2001
      For women with heart disease, HRT can temporarily raise the risk of heart attack and death.
      http://www.mercola.com/2001/jul/18/hormones.htm

      Anyone interested in HRT might do well to read this five part series brought to you by Dr. Mercola. -- barb
      Hormone Replacement Therapy When Is It Necessary?
      Dr. Tim O'Shea (The Doctor Within at http://www.thedoctorwithin.com/)
      http://www.mercola.com/2001/jul/4/hrt.htm

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      EHN and I are not recommending lawyers . . . I'm including this link because the
      site contains information you have every right to learn about. -- barb
      

    • Side Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy
      R,G. Taylor P.C. Law Offices
      http://www.estrogen-replacement-side-effects.com/html/effects.html

    
    
  
  WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH ORIGINS
  http://www.ncmdr.org/womens.html
  • Women's History Month/Late 60s Women's Liberation Connection
    http://www.ncmdr.org/whm98.html

• Women's Voices for the Earth (WVE)
  http://www.wildrockies.org/
  
  
  • Breast Cancer
    http://www.wildrockies.org/WVE/issuesd.htm

  • Pesticides
    http://www.wildrockies.org/WVE/issuese.htm

  
  WOOD

  Wood Smoke
  This section is dedicated to Judy R, who died Jan 4., 2002 due to adverse effects of wood smoke infiltrating her home. Judy had lived with EI and sadly, suffered a "premature" death. -- barb

  • Air Pollution from Wood-Burning Appliances and Fireplaces
    Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse (EREC)
    http://www.eren.doe.gov/consumerinfo/refbriefs/ja3.html

  • Whitehorse Air Quality Alert
    http://www.city.whitehorse.yk.ca/Residents/GovtServices/Departments/environment/1999/Wood%20Smoke/AirQuality.html

  • Wood Energy and Health
    Regional Wood Energy Development Programme in Asia
    "The use, production and collection of wood energy can have serious health impacts,
    which mostly affect women and children. So far, health problems related to wood
    energy have received little attention from governments and international agencies,
    even though millions of people are affected. ..."
    http://www.rwedp.org/i_health.html

  Wood Treatment

  Also see EHN's section on CCA treated wood
  http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/c.htm#CCA

  • Chemical Treatment of Wood
    http://www.ncamp.org/poisonpoles/wood.html
    • Wood Preserving Facilities and Contamination Sites By State
      http://www.ncamp.org/poisonpoles/tables/table1.html

  • Copper naphthenate - Pesticide use statistics for 2003
    From Pesticide Action Network (PAN)
    http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_ChemUse.jsp?Rec_Id=PC35068
    • Listed as MODERATE Toxicity by PAN, but it was immediate and strong for me!
      Utility poles in front of home and on entire block treated with COP-R-PLASTIC
      WOOD PRESERVING COMPOUND, which contains Copper naphthenate, Sodium
      Fluoride, Tech. and Petroleum Distilates. I was sickened immediately, but didn't know
      why until I overheard hubby and neighbor discussing the truck on our block, the digging
      around the utility pole in front of our home and the drilling into all of the poles on
      this block for insertion of what? We didn't know at that time . . . eventually, our county
      Ag department was able to track down the MSDS sheets for COP-R-PLASTIC WOOD
      PRESERVING COMPOUND and for Woodfume, which contains Sodium Methyldithiocarbamate. -- barb
      http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Docs/ref_toxicity2.html#NarrativeTox

  • COPPER NAPTHENATE WOOD PRESERVATIVE - MSDS
    http://www.nelsonpaint.com/msds/MS18_01.html

  • 2,4-Dinitrophenol -- US EPA's info
    "Hazard Summary
    " 2,4-Dinitrophenol is used in the manufacture of dyes, wood preservatives, and as a
    pesticide. The acute (short-term) effects of 2,4-dinitrophenol in humans through oral
    exposure are nausea, vomiting, sweating, dizziness, headaches, and loss of weight.
    Chronic (long-term) oral exposure to 2,4-dinitrophenol in humans has resulted in the
    formation of cataracts and skin lesions, weight loss, and has caused effects on the bone
    marrow, central nervous system (CNS), and cardiovascular system. Limited or no
    information is available on the developmental, reproductive, or carcinogenic effects of
    2,4-dinitrophenol in humans. EPA has not classified 2,4-dinitrophenol for carcinogenicity.
    http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/hlthef/dinitrop.html

  • DIOXIN IN PENTACHLOROPHENOL: A CASE STUDY OF CANCER DEATHS
    IN THE LUMBER INDUSTRY
    By Richard Alexander
    http://consumerlawpage.com/article/lumber.shtml

  • EXTOXNET
    http://extoxnet.orst.edu/
    • EXTOXNET Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Line...
      http://extoxnet.orst.edu/faqs/

  • Rentolin -- see EHN's page R / Rentolin
    
  • Sodium Methyldithiocarbamate
    Used under name, WOODFUME, for poisoning utility poles on our block and me! -- barb
    http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/87/1/75

  • Treated Timber - an introduction
    from Plantation Timber Association Australia
    http://www.ptaa.com.au/treat2.htm

  • Woodlife
    
    • Chemically Induced Diseases: Synergistic Effects and Cumulative Injuries
      caused by Toxic Chemicals -- Understanding the Gulf War Syndrome and Multiple
      Chemical Sensitivity [MCS]
      Alexander, Hawes & Audet, LLP; By Richard Alexander, Esq.
      This may seem like a stretch, but this article includes info on reactions to Woodlife. - barb
      "...Champion International never advised purchasers of Woodlife, or their
      employees, to be alert for an evidence of acne that was commonly associated
      associated with individuals working in the application of Woodlife, or reports of
      rashes, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, dizziness, excessive perspiration,
      conjunctivitis or crusting of the eyes, depression or memory loss, insomnia or
      irritability, tingling or numbness in the extremities, blood in the urine or stool,
      burning sensation in the trachea or bronchi, nose bleeds, asthma-like symptoms,
      altered liver function, kidney or bladder infection or complaints, immune complaints,
      ongoing infections, children born with abnormalities, low sperm count, soft tissue
      sarcomas, unexplained fevers or night sweats, herpes sores or any skin disturbances
      below the eyes, at the temples or at the back of the neck or ears.
      
      "These symptoms are common signs of low level exposure to pentachlorophenol
      contaminated with dioxins and should not be confused with common conditions that
      have similar symptoms, such as colds or flu. ..."
      http://library.lp.findlaw.com/articles/file/00083/006956/title/Subject/topic/Military%20Law_Veterans/filename/militarylaw_1_283

    • Chemical Injuries: Dioxin in Pentachlorophenol:
      A Case Study of Cancer Deaths in the Lumber Industry
      By Richard Alexander
      http://personalinjurylawpage.com/case-reports/lumber.htm

    • DIOXIN IN PENTACHLOROPHENOL:
      A CASE STUDY OF CANCER DEATHS IN THE LUMBER INDUSTRY
      By Richard Alexander
      http://consumerlawpage.com/article/lumber.shtml

    
    
  Women's Cancer Resource Center
  http://www.wcrc.org
  
  Women's Environmental and Development Organization (WE DO)
  
  http://www.wedo.org/
  
  
  Word IS Out!, The
  Access and accommodation information you can use -- or that which may cheer you. -- barb
  http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnhompg/wordout.htm

  Word Processing Services
  
  

  • A-Z COMPUTING
    Word Processing, Database & Paralegal Services
    http://www.jps.net/azcomp/
    
    
  
  Workers and the Workplace
  
  First, CLEAR THE AIR OF SUPERFLUOUS TOXINS! That's like: "Remove the pump
  handle." So with that in mind, curtail the use of synthetic fragrances found in commonly
  and unwittingly used personal care and cleaning/maintenance products. Develop pesticide-free
  policies and programs as well. If you need help gaining access and accommodation due to
  chemical injury (including diseases from fragrances and pesticides), please visit EHN's Take Heart! at
  http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnhompg/takheart.htm -- barb
  
  WORKERS' COMP
  
  
  • Governor's signature approves increase in benefits to injured workers
    for the first time in 19 years -- State currently ranks 49th of 50
    February 16, 2002
    " Long overdue relief is on the way for the nearly one million
    California workers who are injured on the job each year.
    Now, if the people who are chemically injured on the job are duly recognized . . . -- barb
    http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/english/featurestory/1605.htm

  • Chemical warfare at work Don't trust anything or anyone--not your computer, your colleagues, the phone, the faxor
    the furniture. They're all out to get you.
    Howard Baker reports; NewScientist; 21 June 1997<