Environmental Health Organizations
Bay Area Nuclear (BAN) Waste Coalition
http://banwaste.enviroweb.org
California Environmental Health Tracking Program
www.catracking.com/
Californians for Pesticide Reform
www.pesticidereform.org
Center for Health, Environment and Justice
www.chej.org
Chemicals Health Monitor Project (CHM)
www.chemicalshealthmonitor.org
A Europe-based project of the Health and Environmental Alliance (HEAL) and partner organizations across Europe, CHM is focused on translating environmental health science into public health policy. The CHM Web site provides information about environmental risk factors for breast cancer, Parkinson's, diabetes, infertility, autism, obesity and other health problems, and publishes materials specific to breast cancer risk in French, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Italian and other languages.
The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE)
www.healthandenvironment.org
A nonpartisan partnership network working to further knowledge, action and cooperation regarding environmental contributors to disease. Established in 2002, participation is open to patient groups, clinicians, researchers and anyone concerned about protecting health from environmental harm.
Committee for Nuclear Responsibility
www.ratical.com/radiation/CNR
Chaired since 1971 by Dr. John Gofman M.D., Ph.D., CNR is a non-profit, educational group organized to provide independent analyses of the health effects and sources of ionizing radiation.
Commonweal
www.commonweal.org
Bolinas, CA
415-868-0970
Health and environmental research institute. Principal areas of work are with (1) people with cancer and health professionals who work with people with life-threatening illnesses; (2) children and young adults with learning and social difficulties, and the childcare professionals who work with them; and (3) the global search for a healthy and sustainable future. The Commonweal Cancer Health Program provides week-long retreats for people with cancer. The Commonweal Cancer Project helps people with cancer explore how best to make informed choices in mainstream and complementary cancer therapies.
Communities for a Better Environment (CBE)
www.cbecal.org
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
www.umass.edu/umext.csa
Cornell Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors
www.cfe.cornell.edu/bcerf
Looks at the links between breast cancer and environmental risk factors.
Council on Wireless Technology Impacts
http://www.energyfields.org
info@energyfields.org
936-B Seventh Street, Suite 206, Novato, CA 94945. (415) 892-1863
The EMR Network
www.EMRNetwork.org
Environmental and Reproductive Health
www.arhp.org/topics/enviro-repro-health
Environmental exposures are linked to reproductive health issues, including increased infertility, recurrent miscarriage, early puberty in girls and reproductive tract cancers and diseases such as endometriosis. This collection of resources from the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals helps answer questions about how pollutants in our air, water, homes and general environment are affecting reproductive health.
Environmental Defense Fund
www.scorecard.org
Environmental Health News
http://environmentalhealthnews.org
Environmental Research Foundation (ERF)
email: erf@igc.apc.org
Food and Water389
Vermont Route 215, Walden, VT 04873. Telephone (802) 563-3300; Fax (802) 563-3310
Healthy Building Network (HBN)
A project of The Institute for Local Self-Reliance
www.healthybuilding.net
A national network of environmental and health activists, socially responsible investment advocates, green building professionals, and others who are interested in promoting healthy building materials as a means of improving public health and preserving the global environment.
Healthy Child Healthy World
www.healthychild.org
Dedicated to protecting the health and well being of children from harmful environmental exposures. They educate parents, support protective policies and engage communities to make responsible decisions, simple everyday choices and well-informed lifestyle improvements to create healthy environments where children and families can flourish.
Health Care Without Harm
www.noharm.org
National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides (NCAMP)
http://www.beyondpesticides.org
National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
www.nrdc.org
Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
www.panna.org/panna/
Pesticide Education Center (PEC)
pec@igc.apc.org
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSSR)
www.psr.org
Prevent Cancer First
www.preventcancerfirst.org
This Washington state-based organization works to educate the community on the environmental causes of cancer including those from exposure to persistent toxic chemicals; advocate for and support policies that focus on eliminating the production of persistent toxic chemicals; empower people to reduce the environmental risks and promoting factors of cancer by demanding healthy foods and safe household products; expose the politics of cancer and shift the focus from detection and pharmaceutical "cures" to causation and prevention; and advocate for research on the environmental causes of cancer. Email info@preventcancerfirst.org for more information.
Second Nature
www.secondnature.org/Promotes education to ensure an environmentally sound future.
Silent Spring Institute
www.silentspring.org
Seeks to identify the links between the environment and women's health, especially breast cancer. Resources include a database of 216 chemicals that cause breast tumors in animals and information on 460 human breast cancer studies.
Toxic-Free Legacy Coalition
www.toxicfreelegacy.org
An alliance of organizations across Washington State that are working to reduce toxic exposures to people and the environment.
Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
www.igc.org/tvc
Founded in 1983 by local citizens concerned that nuclear weapons work at the Lawrence Livermore and Sandia Livermore Laboratories was impacting the environmental well-being of their communities.
Urban Habitat Working for Social and Environmental Justice!
www.urbanhabitat.org
510-839-9510
Founded in 1989, their mission is to develop multicultural urban environmental leadership in the Bay Area. Urban Habitat builds bridges between environmentalists, social justice advocates, government leaders, and the business community. Their work helps to broaden and frame the agenda on toxic pollution, transportation, tax and fiscal reform, brownfields, and the nexus between inner-city disinvestments and urban sprawl.
Washington Toxics Coalition
www.watoxics.org
This Washington State organization protects public health and the environment by eliminating toxic pollution. Activities include policy work, public education and promotion of safer alternatives.
Women's Environment Development Organization (WEDO)
www.wedo.org
An international advocacy organization that seeks to increase the power of women worldwide as policymakers at all levels in governments, institutions and forums to achieve economic and social justice, a healthy and peaceful planet, and human rights for all. Co-founded by Bella Abzug (1920-1998) and Mim Kelber.
World Resources Institute
www.wri.org
Works to protect the Earth's environment
www.stayhomemommies.com
www.stayhomemommies.com
1-877-212-3040
We are Moms for life, enhancing lives -- one family at a time. We advocate for better, safer, non-toxic products and are Moms-supporting-Moms.
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