TOPIC
RESOURCE
Antimicrobial
Soap/Triclosan
"The Ubiquitous Triclosan: A Common Antibacterial Agent Exposed" - Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against Pesticide Misuse
Current research - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
BPA
"Check the Kind of Plastics You Use" - Mount Sinai Medical Center (MSMC)
Current research - EHP
Cell
Phones
"EMF: Electric and Magnetic Fields Associated with the Use of Electric Power." - National Institute of Environmental Health Science
Current research - EHP
DEET
"Updated Information Regarding Insect Repellents" - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Technical/professional information- Pesticide Action Network
Technical/professional information - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry/CDC
Exercise
"Physical Activity for Everyone" - CDC
"Exercise and Physical Fitness" - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Current research - EHP
Feminine Products,
Chlorine Bleach
"Tampons and Asbestos, Dioxin, & Toxic Shock Syndrome" - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Lack of Sleep
"Sleep and Sleep Disorders: A Public Health Challenge" - CDC
"Sleep Disorders" - NIH
Current research - Archives of Internal Medicine
Light at Night
"Circadian Rhythms Fact Sheet" - National Institute of General Medical Sciences
"Sleep Disorders" - NIH
Current research - NIH
Parabens
"Antiperspirants/Deodorants and Breast Cancer: Questions and Answers"- National Cancer Institute
Current research - EHP
Perchloroethylene
("tetrachloroethylene")
"Perchloroethylene" - NIH
Current research - EHP
Current research - EHP
Phthalates
"Check the Kind of Plastics You Use" - MSMC
"Phthalates" - NIH
Current research - EHP
Current research - EHP
Current research - EHP
Plastic
Bottles
"Check the Kind of Plastics You Use"- MSMC
Stress
"Stress" - NIH
Styrofoam
(Polystyrene)
"Check the Kind of Plastics You Use" - MSMC
"Polystyrene Facts" - Kings County Green Schools Program
Sunscreens &
Oxybenzone
"Sun Exposure" - NIH
Current research - EHP
Tobacco Smoke
"Smoking and Tobacco Use" - CDC
"Lung Disease Data at a Glance: Tobacco Use" - American Lung Association
Current research - EHP
Current research - EHP
X-Ray Radiation
"X-Ray Radiation" Facts - National Toxicology Program
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