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Health Effects
Chocolate & Cocoa: 'Healthy' benefits or negative health effects?
Takes a critical look at "Chocolate-Is-Good-For-You" campaigns and dispels some
of the health benefit myths.
Calcium (Ca) - Chemical properties, Health and Environmental effects
Physical data, chemical properties, and health effects.
Wave-Guide: EMF/RFR Bioeffects and Public Policy
An overview of the EMF Bioeffects controversy, with articles and links to related
resources.
Health/Environment Issues Linked to the Nuclear Fuel Chain ...
A comprehensive report from the Canadian Environmental Advisory Council on the
biological effects of radiation. Genetic damage, latency of cancer, ...
EMF Services - Field Measurement and Remediation
Provides electromagnetic field measurement surveys, remediation services, and
home design consultations.
ATSDR - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry / US Dept ...
Charged under US CERCLA statute to assess the presence and nature of health
hazards at Superfund sites and to help reduce further exposures.
Table of contents
A scientific information paper on the health effects of passive smoking. November 1997.
Power Lines and Cancer
Questions and answers on the connection between power lines, electrical occupations
and cancer; includes discussion of the biophysics of interactions, ...
Chernobyl: Assessment of Radiological and Health Impact - 2002 ...
Assessment of radiological and health impacts by the Nuclear Energy Agency
Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health.
Smoke-Free Environments Law Project
Report, resources, and extensive set of annotated links from the Smoke-Free
Environments Law Project.
OCAT - Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco
Characterizes the risk, provides a research bibliography, breaks down the exposure
by toxins and carcinogens, and enumerates the scientific bodies that have ...
Health effects of particles from motor engine exhaust and ambient ...
European collaborative project on the health effects of particles from motor
engine exhaust and ambient air pollution. Survey and screening using in vivo animal ...
ATSDR - HazDat Database
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's scientific and administrative
database providing access to information on the release of hazardous substances ...
Manganese (Mn) - Chemical properties, Health and Environmental effects
Physical data, chemical properties, health and environmental effects.
CNN.com - Study: Health effects linger for Ground Zero workers ...
[CNN]
ETS - Final Draft for Scientific, Public, and SRP Review
California EPA report; HTML and gzipped Word formats provided.
Chemicals and Effects Upon Health
Index provides links to research about health disorders resulting from exposure
to common chemicals and pesticides.
Health Effects of Smoking
Bibliography of research.
3. The health effects of active smoking
Complete book chapter on health effects of cigarettes.
Education Providing Solutions
List of links on the subject.
Environmental Health Clearinghouse Home Page
Provides substantive information and key documents on a variety of environmental
health issues.
Cancer Control and Population Sciences: Tobacco Control Research
NCI 1999 monograph covers impact, exposure, effects on infants and children,
reproductive effects, lung disease, cancer, and heart disease.
Health Effects On the Unborn Baby
Concise summary of effects of firsthand and secondhand exposure to tobacco products
on the unborn.
OCAT - Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco
Provides a bibliography of relevant research.
Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination
Supports and conducts research to identify, measure and prevent adverse health
outcomes related to exposure to environmental toxins.
hreg
Discusses research in electromagnetic fields, including work on the attachment
of corona ions from powerlines to pollutant aerosols and how inhalation of these ...
OSH Answers: Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS): General ...
General information and health effects, from Canada's national occupational health
and safety resource.
Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking
EPA report covers only respiratory effects, not heart disease etc.
Natural Gas Health Hazards
Public health advocates who develop awareness of, and promote, environmental
health issues. Discusses latest concerns, news, links, reports and literature.
rat haus reality: the health costs of low-level ionizing radiation
Information about the health costs of man-made low-level ionizing radiation.
Index and full text of many articles and books.
US PIRG
US PIRG Report provides review of pollution data and current knowledge on the
health effects of toxic chemicals.
AskMen.com - Cell phones brain cancer
Article outlining the health effects of using cellphones.
Office of Tobacco Control
Summary of scientific report performed by the government of Ireland.
Manfred Kaiser
Learn about environmental factors that influence human well-being.
American College of Chest Physicians
Online course from the American College of Chest Physicians covers effects of
secondhand smoke on adult asthma.
Static EM Field FAQ
Reviews the laboratory and epidemiological evidence relevant to whether static (direct
current, DC) magnetic or electric fields contribute to cancer in humans.
National Cancer Institute - www.cancer.gov Home Page
The US National Institute of Health's cancer research wing.
Issues on the Use and Effects of Depleted Uranium Weapons
Coverage of issue from perspective of Malaysian Institute for Nuclear Technology.
Evironmental Tobacco Smoke—Table of Contents and Introduction
Chapter in Environmental Toxicants, 2nd ed, 1999. Characteristics and concentration
of secondhand smoke; measurement and assessment of exposure; health effects ...
ACSH > Publications >
Pamphlet available to download, from American Council on Science and Health.
Quitting greatly reduces risks, but some effects of smoking are permanent.
EMF Interface Consulting - Central Texas BioElectroMagnetic ...
Bioelectromagnetism consulting in Central Texas. Safety, risk avoidance, electrical
hypersensitivity, and health effects of emf.
Occupational, Environmental, Health Consulting - Expert Witness
Consulting services and expert testimony for both federal and state cases for
matters of epidemiology, environmental and occupational health.
Climate Change and Human Health Integrated Assessment Web
Aims to characterize and communicate scientific research, through integrated
assessment, to support analysis and policy development.
Phthalates and Human Health: Demystifying the Risks of Plastic ...
Discusses human health concerns and public health benefits related to plasticizers,
which are chemicals used to soften normally-rigid PVC, or polyvinyl chloride ...
CNN.com - More study on cell phone health effects urged - May 22, 2001
[CNN]
Resources - Reference & Bibliography - Health Effects of Tobacco
Collection of documents from Australia and elsewhere covers health effects of
secondhand smoke, indoor air quality, tobacco related exposures for carcinogens.
THE IOWA RADON LUNG CANCER STUDY
The latest and most substantial study ever on the link between radon and lung
cancer (May, 2000) proves that residential radon causes cancer even at the low ...
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