The following websites provide further information on environmental health, toxic chemicals and initiatives to reform chemical policies:
LDA State Affiliates' Healthy Home and Family Guides
Green Product and Consumer Guides
Organizations With a Focus on Environmental Health
- Institute for Children's Environmental Health: ICEH's mission is to foster collaborative initiatives to reduce and ultimately eliminate environmental exposures that can undermine the health of current and future generations. See "Resources" for fact sheets on preventing toxic exposures, at www.iceh.org
- Beyond Pesticides: A national network committed to pesticide safety and the adoption of alternative pest management strategies which reduce or eliminate a dependency on toxic chemicals www.beyondpesticides.org
- The Collaborative on Health and the Environment: A nonpartisan partnership working to further knowledge, action and cooperation regarding environmental contributors to disease and other health problems. www.healthandenvironment.org
- Center for Health, Environment and Justice: CHEJ believes in environmental justice, the principle that people have the right to a clean and healthy environment regardless of their race or economic standing. www.chej.org
- Environmental Working Group: The EWG's mission is to use the power of public information to protect public health and the environment. www.ewg.org