Environmental Toxins
Contact the organizations listed below for information about pesticides, to find alternatives, and to determine how you can help in the fight against toxic pesticides:
Children's Health Environmental Coalition (CHEC)
A non-profit research and education organization. Their publication The Household Detective Primer is a guide to helping you understand the dangers that exist when children are exposed to toxics in the home and how to replace them with safer alternatives.
P.O. Box 1540
Princeton, NJ 08542
Phone 609-252-1915 Fax 609-252-1536
www.checnet.org
Children's Environmental Health Network
A wide variety of information on the effects of toxic chemicals on children. The organization recently published the first national resource guide on children and environmental health.
5900 Hollis Street, Suite E
Emeryville, CA 94608
Phone 510-450-3818 Fax 510-450-3773
www.cehn.org
Mothers and Others for a Livable Planet
Publishes The Green Guide newsletter on the effects of environmental toxins on children
40 West 20th St., 11th Floor
New York, NY 10011
212-242-0010
fax: 212-242-0545
888-ECO-INFO
http://www.cehn.org/cehn/resourceguide/molp.html
Environmental Working Group
A nonprofit environmental research organization. Many excellent reports regarding pesticides and children’s health.
To find out which pesticides are on the food your children eat every day along with information on their health risks and what you can do to reduce them, visit their new website www.foodnews.org
1718 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 600
Washington, DC 20009
Phone 202-667-6982 Fax 202-232-2592
www.ewg.org
Pesticide Watch Education Fund
Work with individual and community groups to assist in local efforts to reduce the use of pesticides and promote safer methods of pest management.
Pesticide Watch Education Fund has published Reducing Pesticide Use in Schools, An Organizing Manual. You can order this kit by sending them a check for $5.00.
450 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone 415-292-1488 fax 415-292-1497
pestiwatch@igc.org
California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG)
A non-profit, non-partisan research and advocacy organization working on behalf of consumers and the environment.
450 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone 415-292-1487 Fax 415-292-1497
www.pirg.org/calpirg
Californians for Pesticide Reform
A coalition of public interest organizations committed to protecting public health and the environment from the proliferation of pesticides.
116 New Montgomery, Suite 800
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone 415-495-1149 or 888-CPR-4880
www.igc.apc.org/cpr/
Bio-Integral Resource Center
Provides consultation and training in Integrated Pest Management. Publishes the Annual Directory of Least-Toxic Pest Control Products and IPM in Schools: A How-To Manual.
PO Box 7414
Berkeley, CA 94707
Phone 510-524-2567
www.igc.apc.org/birc/
Beyond Pesticides/NCAMP
Information on individual pesticides, pesticide policy and alternative methods of pest management.
701 E. Street, SE #200
Washington, DC 20003
Phone 202-543-5450
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/
http://www.ncamp.org
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
Provides information on pesticides and pest management alternatives, including information on risks of pesticides used in school settings, and strategies for reducing their use.
PO Box 1393
Eugene, OR 97440
Phone 541-344-5044
www.efn.org/~ncap
Rachel Carson Council, Inc.
Provides the public with reliable data on pesticide toxicity, means of less hazardous pest control and biographical information on Rachel Carson.
8940 Jones Mill Road
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Phone 301-652-1877
http://members.aol.com/rccouncil/ourpage/
Pesticide Action Network
Publishes a quarterly journal and a weekly online news service highlighting pesticides and sustainable agriculture. Their website has over 100 links to other useful sites.
49 Powell Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone 415-981-1771 Fax 415-981-1991
www.panna.org/panna
Pesticide Education Center
Offers the book Designer Poisons: How to Protect Your Health and Home from Toxic Products. Provides services targeted to the needs of average citizens and workers concerned about health risks of pesticide exposure.
Dr. Marion Moses
PO Box 420870
San Francisco, CA 94142-0870
Phone: 415-391-8511
mailto:pec@igc.org
National Education Association/Health Information Network
Disseminates information on indoor air quality (IAQ) and other health issues
1201 16th Street NW, Suite 521
Washington, DC 20036-3290
Phone 800-718-8387
Fax 202-822-7775
www.nea.org/hin
For a copy of the Healthy School Handbook, contact the NEA Professional Library
(800) 229-4200
or write
PO Box 509, West Haven, CT 06516.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Provides information on individual pesticides
Office of Pesticide Programs
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
www.epa.gov
Copies of Pest Control in the School Environment: Adopting Integrated Pest Management (EPA 735-F-93-012) are available by calling (800) 490-9198, EPA’s National Center for Environmental Publications and Information.
Community Action Publications
Develops and distributes useful information about toxics and their alternatives
108 Petaluma Avenue, Suite 111-M
Sebastopol, CA 95472
Phone 707-829-2999
www.monitor.net/~cap
The National Pediculosis Association®, Inc. (NPA)
Non-profit health education agency dedicated to protecting children from the misuse and abuse of potentially harmful lice and scabies pesticidal treatments. Prevention and treatment information.
P.O. Box 610189
Newton, MA 02461
(781)449-NITS or
(781)449-6487 Fax (781)449-8129
http://www.headlice.org/
Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC)
Dedicated to protecting the world’s natural resources and ensuring a safe and healthy environment for all.
Here you’ll find reports, unpublished research, Congressional testimony and other materials by the lawyers, scientists and analysts at NRDC.
40 West 20th St.
New York, NY 10011
212-727-2700
fax: 212-727-1773
mailto:nrdcinfo@nrdc.org
http://www.nrdc.org
www.ecomall.com
This website has links to articles and information about pesticides and other environmental toxins in addition to products that are alternatives to dangerous chemicals.
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