Make a difference in the challenge to confront global warming and prevent nuclear war and the development and use of nuclear weapons.
Tell President Obama to cancel the Vogtle Loan Guarantee! We don’t want or need new nuclear reactors and we don’t think that taxpayers should be on the hook to support a mature industry.
Preventing Harm is a project of the Clean Water Fund to increase awareness of how learning and behavioral developmental disabilities may be related to toxics in air, water or food. This site is geared towards parents and parents-to-be, physicians and health care professionals, educators, and environmentalists working together to learn more, find resources, share what we learn, and take family and community action to protect children from environmental harm during vulnerable periods of development.
http://www.preventingharm.org/
Risk Screening Environmental Indicators is a computer-based (Windows) model that is also available through the EPA to help interpret the information that you find. The model permits screening-level analysis of risk-related impacts of toxic chemical releases and transfers in the U.S.
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/rsei
RTK-Net
A Project of OMB Watch
(202) 234-8494, http://www.rtknet.org/
Call for information about this computer network that provides access to TRI data, health facts on chemicals, census data, and other information and data on hazardous waste, air, and water.
Sustainable Communities Network promotes communications and collaborations among grassroots and community-based programs. Groups involved in environmental protection efforts such as recycling, conservation, watershed and wildlife protection share case studies and resources.
http://www.sustainable.org/
Technology Transfer Center at the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute, University of Massachusetts Lowell
(978) 934-3275, (978) 934-3050
Clearinghouse and research library, and literature search service for reports, case studies, and fact sheets on pollution prevention and toxics use reduction.
Technology Transfer Publications and Support Division
800-490-9198 or (513) 489-8190
Formerly Center for Environmental Research Information (CERI), the focal point for the exchange of EPA's scientific and technical information.
http://www.epa.gov/ttbnrmrl
ToxFAQs is a series of over 50 summaries of hazardous substances being developed by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Division. Each fact sheet provides answers to frequently asked questions about exposure to substances found around hazardous waste sites and corresponding human health effects.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Hotline
(800) 638-2772
Information and educational materials on consumer product safety, including children's toys and electrical products. Spanish speaking staff available.
U.S. EPA Air RISC Hotline
Risk Information Support Center
(919) 541-0888
Health, risk, and exposure information.
U.S. EPA Directory Assistance
(202) 272-0167
Directory assistance to EPA offices that have information on the environment and EPA: brochures, fact sheets, consumer guides, and educational materials.
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