in the trenches/endocrine disrupters
3. Activist Groups
The Endocrine Disrupter Resource Center, part of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy site, is a good source of information about synthetic hormone disruption, chlorine, and dioxin contamination. They've recently added a new Resources feature that lists non-electronic sources such as books, reports, videotapes and more.World Wildlife Fund has several interesting pages. WWF Canada's Hormone Page is simply dynamite and is frequently expanded with new information. See also WWF International's Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Pollution Prevention: Better Safe than Sorry and at WWF US, A warning from wildlife.
Wanna see sperm streak across your screen? Check out Greenpeace's (UK) Hormone Disrupting Chemicals. The Greenpeace USA current toxics campaign against PVC has several articles about PVC and dioxin.
For a contrarian view, visit the Junk Science Page which counters with Our Stolen Future--How they are insulting our intelligence.
Hormone Copycats is a 1994 summary of the issue on the Great Lakes Natural Resource Center site.
The Environmental Working Group offersThe Pesticides Page, What's in Your Water? and The Toxics Page in addition to pages on campaign finance, enviro backlash, farm subsidies and wetlands.
Some sites show you disembodied endocrine glands. The well-designed Endocrine Disrupters site superimposes endocrine glands on a photo of a cooperative biology professor, so you know where they are. A project of three undergraduates at Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, Calif., the site provides background and suggestions for how to reduce exposure.
The Chlorophiles, an independent non-profit organization of workers in the chlorine and PVC industry, tell their side of the chlorine story.
The American Crop Protection Association has updated its Website. Endocrine Disruption is one of 3 issues addressed at length.
Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA) has posted their Response on Endocrine Modulators.
MedAccess Newsletter Special Environment Edition includes at least two articles of interest Dioxin: The Real Issue is Profits Not Science and Dioxin: The Silent Spring of the '90s. Both are by Lois Gibbs, founder of Citizens' Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste.
The Environmental Information Center's discussion of Hormone Disrupters centers around Our Stolen Future.
Center for the Study of Environmental Endocrine Effects site includes a 1995 overview, a bibliography and summary of policy actions. Seems not to have been updated in awhile.
The American Council on Science and Health, Inc., a consumer education consortium concerned with food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health, has a few things to say about endocrine disrupters, among many other things. These titles from recent articles and publications give you the flavor: "Facts vs. Fears," "Facts vs. Phantoms," "Big Fears, Little Risks." Check out About ACSH and browse the links in Environmental Health & Toxicology.
Chemical Manufacturers Association has prepared a statement on the Environmental Endocrine Issue. A press release in the online library of the Chlorine Chemistry Council (CCC), a business council of the Chemical Manufacturers Association, states that the risks have been overstated.
To stay on top of news, research and citizen action, subscribe to the Sierra Club's hormone mimics listserv. It's open to anyone. Postings are usually timely and right on the topic. To subscribe, send an email message to LISTSERV@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG with the following message text: SUBSCRIBE CONS-EQST-HORMONE-MIMICS Yourfirstname Yourlastname
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