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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) - Charged under U.S. CERCLA statute to assess the presence and nature of health hazards at Superfund sites and to help reduce further exposures. Website has toxicity profiles for hazardous chemicals and extensive information on topics such as multiple chemical exposures and PCBs.
 
Chem-Tox.Com - Index provides links to research about health disorders resulting from exposure to common chemicals and pesticides.
 
Chromium Central - Provides information about chromium for environmental professionals and the general public.
 
Clean the Rain, Clean the Lakes: Mercury in Rain Is Polluting The Great Lakes - National Wildlife Federation report reveals that the rain falling from the skies over the Midwestern U.S. contains levels of mercury that far exceed what the Environmental Protection Agency considers "safe" for water.
 
DAIN Metadatabase of Resources for Environmeantal Chemicals - A database of separate databases. Search by type of database, use of chemicals, type of information and/or descriptors.
 
EDF Chemical Scorecard - Toxic Release Inventory data for the US. Sources and amounts of toxic chemicals released to air and water. Also has information on health effects and other topics.
 
FDA Announces Advisory on Methyl Mercury in Fish - Offers advice to pregnant women and women of childbearing age who may become pregnant on the hazard of consuming certain kinds of fish that may contain high levels of methyl mercury.
 
Health Canada: Information on Mercury Levels in Fish - Health Canada advisory to Canadians to limit consumption of shark, swordfish and fresh and frozen tuna, to one meal per week. Pregnant women, women of child-bearing age and young children should eat no more than one meal per month.
 
Human and Environmental Risk Assessment - The HERA project is a European voluntary initiative launched by the suppliers and manufacturers, AISE and CEFIC, of household cleaning products to provide a common risk assessment framework. Provides news, risk assessment results and resources.
 
Manganese Debated - An article from The Working Life: Research and Development News.
 
Mercury Policy Project - Raises awareness about the health and environmental threats of mercury contamination and works to reduce mercury exposures. Sources of mercury include power plants burning coal and municipal and medical waste incinerators burning mercury tainted trash.
 
Mercury in New England - EPA New England information on the mercury levels in the lakes, streams, fish, fish eating birds and mammals of the Northeast. Links to other EPA resources on mercury.
 
Mercury in the Upper Midwest - A Special Report by the Izaak Walton League of America. Examines the extent of mercury-contaminated game and fish in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, the largest sources of mercury in each, and the states policies to reduce mercury emissions and releases.
 
National Library of Medicine (NLM) - Information and index on toxicology, environmental health, HIV, and AIDS. Search toxicology and chemical information databases from Specialized Information Services (SIS).
 
National Toxicology Program Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) - Resource for the latest information about potentially hazardous effects of chemicals on human reproduction and development.
 
PCB-Manufacturers Will Have to Pay - Friends of The Earth Norway provides basic information about polychlorinated biphenyls and how to identify the sources of PCBs in the local environment. Includes information about PCB-containing products, polluted sites, waste handling, manufacturer liability, and other topics.
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) - Chemical substances that persist in the environment, bioaccumulate through the food web, and pose a risk of causing adverse effects to human health and the environment.
 
Phthalates and Human Health: Demystifying the Risks of Plastic-softening Chemicals - Chemicals used to soften normally-rigid PVC, or polyvinyl chloride plastics, may pose a threat to human health although there are significant health benefits directly related to their use.
 
Restoration Environmental Contractors Ltd. - Facility decontamination removal of asbestos, lead paint, mold, fungus, contaminated soils, PCB's, demolition, infection control in hospitals and health care centres.
 
Styrene Information and Research Center - Provides information and resources on the chemical styrene. Answers to common questions, regulations, industry links.
 
 

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