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    1.Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
     Organization working to reduce the use of hazardous pesticides world wide.
    www.panna.org
    2.Infertility
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    www.applicom.com
    3.CQS Health and Environment
     Health alert and toxic alert information about health, fitness, and the environment and their intimate connection. Activist group's site. Some alternative views on HIV and AIDS.
    www.cqs.com
    4.Composted Kitchen Waste May Put Heavy Metals In The Soil
     Some systems of ecological arable farming in developed countries, which use only organic fertilisers contaminate the soil with levels of cadmium, copper and lead which are twice as high as when a combination of both animal manure and artificial fertiliser is used. (Studied samples using kitchen waste)
    www.scienceagogo.com
    5.Canadians Against Pesticides
     Informing Canadians of pesticide risks. Actions against pesticides and toxins.
    www.caps.20m.com
    6.The Ailing Environment 
     Perspective by Stephen J. Gislason on how the environment is getting sicker and making people sicker.
    www.nutramed.com
    7.Produce Items May Exceed EPA Standards
     Pesticide residue levels on produces exceed EPA standards. Washingtonpost.
    www.washingtonpost.com
    8.Pesticide Action Network International
     Network of over 600 participating nongovernmental organizations, institutions and individuals in over 60 countries working to replace the use of hazardous pesticides with ecologically sound alternatives. Projects and campaigns are coordinated by five autonomous Regional Centers.
    www.pan-international.org
    9.Conspiracy of Silence
     Documents a PCB spill and clean up, industries reaction and the eventual ban of the sale of PCB's.
    www.planetwaves.net
    10.Workplace Toxins Can Kill at Home
     Investigation found that employees in more than 35 states have unwittingly transported toxins away from work sites exposing family members. USA Today.
    usatoday.com
    11.The Healthy Community: One for All, All for One
     Chapter from the free online book, How to Get the Best Medical Care - A Guide for the Intelligent Patient. Discusses the environments effect on human health.
    www.thebestmedicalcare.com
    12.Greenpeace Chemical Kitchen
     Interactive guide of chemicals in kitchen products that cause harmful pollution in the environment and are toxic to humans. Names those cleaning products that do not contain these long-lasting, toxic chemicals.
    www.greenpeace.org.uk
    13.Beyond Pesticides
     National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides provides information on pesticides. Current actions and newsletters including pesticide safety and alternatives.
    www.beyondpesticides.org
    14.Insecticide Causes Mad Cow Disease
     Research that shows insecticide used in the UK government warble-fly campaigns triggered the UK surge of 'Mad Cow' disease. Latest experiments by Cambridge University prion specialist David R. Brown shows that prions in the bovine spine can be damaged by organophosphate insecticides causing the disease. Optimal Wellness Center News.
    www.mercola.com
    15.The Purdey Environmental Home Page
     Mark Purdey's research into how organophosphate pesticides and other pollutants may be causing diseases such as BSE, CJD, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Alzheimer's.
    www.purdeyenvironment.com
    16.Pesticide Watch
     Information about pesticides and the problems associated with pesticide use. Provide California communities with the tools they need to protect themselves and the environment from the hazards of pesticides.
    www.pesticidewatch.org
    17.Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
     NCAP works to protect people and the environment by advancing healthy solutions to pest problems. Provide news and information on pesticide issues.
    www.pesticide.org
    18.Toxic Substances and Kids Developmental Effects
     Information about the effects of mercury, toxic metals, endocrine disrupting chemicals, air pollution on kids health.
    www.home.earthlink.net
    19.Parents Against Leukaemia
     Action group highlighting the possible link between emf and leukaemia. Background information, personal stories, contact information and links.
    www.pal-uk.org
    20.New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
     Provides information to assess the risks posed by pesticide use and alternatives to pesticides,.
    www.crisny.org
    21.Radioactive Polonium
     Article, references and background information on Polonium exposure and the attendant health risks.
    www.webspawner.com
    22.Lindane Information
     Offers scientific articles and reasons to ban the pesticide, Lindane.
    www.pan-uk.org
    23.The Women's Environmental Network
     WEN campaigns on issues that link women, health and the environment. Campaigns promote positive alternatives to polluting practices and consumer items. Provides information on environmental health, food and genetic engineering.
    www.wen.org.uk
    24.Pesticide Education Center
     Provides information on health effects of pesticides. Promote safer alternative pest control methods to the public through videos, books and other materials.
    www.pesticides.org
    25.Natural Resources Defense Council - Toxic Chemicals and Health
     NRDC provides information, reports, fact sheets and studies on everyday health threats posed by toxic chemicals and pesticides.
    www.nrdc.org
    26.Pesticide Action Network UK
     Provides information on health effects of pesticides, news, campaigns and projects.
    www.pan-uk.org
    27.Safelawn Alliance
     Dedicated to highlighting the inherent risk lawn chemicals pose to human and ecological well-being. Offers non-toxic alternatives and downloadable placards.
    www.safelawn.org
    28.Is Global Warming Harmful to Health?
     Computer models indicate that many diseases will surge as the earths atmosphere heats up. Signs of the predicted troubles have begun to appear. Scientific American.
    www.sciam.com
    29.Consumers for a Toxic-Free America Petition
     Petition against the toxic and carcinogenic ingredients found in cosmetic, personal care, and household products.
    www.lindachae.com
    30.Pollution 'Damages Intelligence'
     Environmental damage is sapping the intelligence of millions of people globally, says a British social scientist. BBC News.
    news.bbc.co.uk
    31.WWF Toxics Programme
     News, publications, factsheets, and other resources from an initiative to end threats to biodiversity from the use of toxic chemicals.
    www.panda.org
    32.Combination of Pesticides Linked to Parkinson's Disease
     A combination of two widely used agricultural pesticides - but neither one alone - creates in mice the exact pattern of brain damage that doctors see in patients with Parkinson's disease.
    www.urmc.rochester.edu
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