41. Persistent Organic Pollutants - Swedish EPA Strictly speaking, all toxins entering the environment can be regarded asenvironmental poisons. Certain pollutants can, acting over long periods, http://www.internat.naturvardsverket.se/documents/pollutants/orggift/organe.html

Start Pollutants Persistent Organic Pollutants DDT, PCBs, dioxins and similar toxic and persistent organic pollutants ("POPs") have been spread throughout the world. They tend to accumulate in living organisms and can reach harmful levels, particularly in predators and other species at, or close to, the top of food chains. Contents What substances become poisons? Three main categories of substance Occurrence and dispersal Effects on living organisms ... Limiting the risks More information POPs in lake fish DDT and PCBs in guillemot POPs in pike POPs in breast milk ... Source inventory of POPs What substances become environmental poisons? Strictly speaking, all toxins entering the environment can be regarded as environmental poisons. Certain pollutants can, acting over long periods, harm living organisms even in low concentrations. This means that pollutants that are stable and thus persistent have a great ability to act as environmental poisons. Their stability means not only that their effects are long-lasting, but also that they are dispersed over large areas before being broken down. The risk of a stable compound causing biological effects increases if it is capable of bioaccumulation , i.e. of being stored in living tissue. Stable organic compounds that are

42. Aveda - Environmental Toxins what we do toxins in the environment Toxic chemicals in the environment arecontributing to the loss of biodiversity, and they are placing humankind http://aveda.aveda.com/protect/we/toxins.asp

items salons, spas and stores shop aveda aveda style ... Aveda Rituals by Horst Rechelbacher Contamination from toxic chemicals is now pervasive and global from the tropics to the poles, in our oceans and on the land. Humans, wildlife, and entire ecosystems are threatened by industrial chemicals and pesticides that not only cause cancer but can alter sexual, neurological and behavioral development, impair reproduction, and undermine immune systems. Toxic chemicals in the environment are contributing to the loss of biodiversity, and they are placing humankind itself at risk. Over 7 billion pounds of toxic chemicals are released into the environment every year by industry in the US alone, including 100 million pounds of recognized carcinogens. Aveda supports organic and biodynamic farming Learn more: www.watoxics.org and www.edf.org

43. Take Back Toxins: Helping New Canadians Make A"Green"Start The Take Back toxins program works with adult learners in English language training Two levels of government—environment Canada and the BC Ministry of http://www.pyr.ec.gc.ca/georgiabasin/stories/take_back_toxins_e.htm

Choose a link... PYR Home Ecosystem Info Enforcement Georgia Basin Action Plan News Outreach Site Map Weather Wildlife Take Back Toxins: Helping New Canadians Make a "Green" Start An innovative program is removing 900 kilograms of hazardous products from our environment, while helping new immigrants protect water resources and improve their English. The "Take Back Toxins" program works with adult learners in English language training programs in B.C. colleges and language institutes. Its aim is to protect Canada’s fresh water by reducing the flow of toxic substances into drains and local landfills, where they affect water quality. Bruce Kay, manager of the Georgia Basin Coordination Office, says Take Back Toxins supports the new Georgia Basin Ecosystem Initiative, a five-year multi-partnered project launched by Environment Canada and the B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, to improve the environment of the Georgia Basin. "Reducing and preventing water pollution is a key part of our ecosystem approach for managing the Georgia Basin—an approach that looks at all the factors that contribute to a healthy and sustainable environment." Take Back Toxins is delivered to adult English language classes in Lower Mainland educational institutions. According to Julia Meares, one of two APASE presenters, the program provides a convenient service for disposal of toxic household products but, more important, educates participants about the importance of environmentally friendly household habits.

44. Odeo: RadioActive: Toxins In The Environment And More Covered topics report on how toxins in the environment are impactingpublic health. A followup on chemicals being sprayed locally on...... http://www.odeo.com/show/109693/view

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45. An Act Relating To Environmental Protection California AB 498 Introduced By Asse Persistent, bioaccumulative toxins. Existing law requires the Office of all releases of persistent, bioaccumulative toxins into the state s environment. http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/AB498-PBTs-Chan-CA.htm

California AB 498 An act relating to environmental protection Introduced by Assembly Member Wilma Chan 21feb01 AB 498 text below AB 498 targets Persistent, Bioaccumulative Toxins (PBTs). The bill would charge the Secretary for Environmental Protection to examine pollution prevention practices in procurement, property design, construction, maintenance and demolition, materials use, and waste management; and develop a statewide plan to eliminate new PBTs for consideration by the Legislature by March 1, 2002. Assemblywoman Wilma Chan16th District Assemblymember.Chan@assembly.ca.gov Assemblywoman Wilma Chan California Assembly State Capitol, Room 4098 Sacramento, CA 95814 Contact email: oscar.daly@asm.ca.gov News from Assemblywoman Wilma Chan Press Release ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH BILL TO REDUCE BIRTH DEFECTS AND CANCER INTRODUCED BY WILMA CHAN Legislation would phase out use of worst toxins identified by U.S. EPA Legislation requiring the state to adopt a strategy for eliminating the worst environmental health toxins was introduced today by Assemblywoman Wilma Chan (D-Oakland). Assembly Bill 498 targets pollutants known as Persistent, Bioaccumulative Toxins (PBTs) because of their health risks to children and babies due to their toxicity, persistence in ecosystems and accumulation in the food chain.

46. Environmental Toxins And The Brain Environmental Health Perspectives V.104, N.8 environmental toxins and the Brain. environmental Health Perspectives v.104,n.8 Aug96. For years scientists have suspected that the environment plays a http://www.mindfully.org/Health/Brain-Toxins.htm

Environmental Toxins and the Brain Environmental Health Perspectives v.104, n.8 Aug96 For years scientists have suspected that the environment plays a role in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and dementia. Only recently have scientists begun to investigate the complex relationship between environmental toxins and the chronic death of neurons, the cells that serve as information transmitters and processors in the brain. Two NIEHS researchers, Jean Harry and Jau-Shyong Hong, hope their work will shed light on the mechanisms that trigger neuroimmune responseseventually killing neuronsin the central nervous system. Ultimately, they hope to uncover drug therapies that could one day slow the progression of neurodegenerative diseases. Scientists theorize that environmental exposures have a latent effect on the brain, causing a noticeable degeneration only years later. "The nervous system is great in compensation," says Harry, a neurotoxicologist. After a stroke, for example, the victim's surviving neurons sprout and make new connections, striving to keep the brain in balance. As the system ages, however, it gradually forfeits the ability to compensate, and an accelerated aging process may begin. "You may have been exposed to something when you were five years old," Harry says. "Basically, the whole process sort of [catches] up with you." Rogue Brain Cells Hong and his colleagues in the neuropharmacology section of the Laboratory of Toxicology at the NIEHS have set out to bolster the theory that microgliabrain cells that somehow become activated by neurotoxins or other injurieskill neurons in the brain. According to Hong, the microglia play a critical surveillance role during the resting stage, just as immune cells do in the peripheral nervous system.

47. Aquatic Toxins Bureau of Community Environmental Health Aquatic toxins Proceedings ofHealth Effects of Exposure to Cyanobacteria toxins http://www.doh.state.fl.us/environment/community/aquatic/

Skip left hand navigation and go to main body of page. Link to Sitemap directory contact us ... Tobacco Prevention Program Division of Environmental Health askeh@doh.state.fl.us Read Our Sitemap Send Feedback EH Home ... Aquatic Toxins To Protect Florida's Citizens and Visitors from Exposure and Illness from Harmful Algal Blooms Program Links Introduction About the program Red Tide Cyanobacteria Pfiesteria piscicida Contact the Program Coordinator Proceedings of Health Effects of Exposure to Cyanobacteria Toxins: State of the Science- August 13-14, 2002 Final Monograph Table Of Contents (118kb PDF) Description of Monograph (113kb PDF) Panel 1: Harmful Algal Blooms in Florida (623kb PDF) Panel 2: National and International Perspective (402kb PDF) Panel 3: Agency Activities (398kb PDF) Download Adobe Acrobat Reader to read PDF files. Other Important Links Current Florida Red Tide Status Florida Marine Research Institute's Current Status on Red Tide Blooms in Florida. Cercarial dermatitis Centers of Disease Control and Prevention's fact sheet on Cercarial Dermatitis.

48. CEECD - Encyclopedia - Effects Of Toxins In The Environment EFFECTS OF toxins IN THE environment AVAILABLE SOON. How important is it?Available soon. According to experts Voices from the field http://www.excellence-earlychildhood.ca/theme.asp?id=10&lang=EN

49. CEECD - Encyclopedia - Effects Of Toxins In The Environment EFFECTS OF toxins IN THE environment AVAILABLE SOON. Voices from the field.According to experts Voices from the field http://www.excellence-earlychildhood.ca/theme.asp?ID=10&com=1&lang=EN

50. MIT EHS - RDNA The Hub for environment, Health and Safety at MIT. research involvingrecombinant DNA, infectious agents, biological agents, toxins, and select agents. http://web.mit.edu/environment/ehs/rdna.html

Registration/Approval Process for Biological Research Registration of Biological Agents Registration and Approval Process for Biological Research Key for Approval Process Table Federal Guidelines Registration of Biological Agents The Biosafety program evaluates and registers research involving recombinant DNA, infectious agents, biological agents, toxins, and select agents. Evaluation and registration include facilities inspection, proficiency of personnel, decontamination, and biocontainment measures, and registration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC); Registration and Approval Process for Biological Research As of July 27, 2005 Please Note: CAC Approval is required prior to initiation of any work with animals Investigators at MIT are required to register all research projects that involve recombinant DNA (rDNA) technology. The MIT Biosafety Program (BSP) has developed a process for the oversight of rDNA research. This process was developed to meet the requirements of the NIH Recombinant DNA Guidelines and various local regulatory authorities. MIT and Whitehead Institute Principal Investigator's (PI's) must register all rDNA work, as defined by the NIH Guidelines, with BSP. BSP reports to the appropriate outside regulatory bodies including the NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities and the City of Cambridge Biosafety Committee on an annual basis regarding numbers and containment levels of recombinant DNA projects.

51. Project: Fate And Effecs Of Xenobiotics And Natural Toxins In The Environment. ( Project Fate and effecs of xenobiotics and natural toxins in the environment . Abstract, environmental pollution, environmental fate, bioavailability, http://www.onderzoekinformatie.nl/en/oi/nod/onderzoek/OND1239515/toon

Login English KNAW Research Information NOD - Dutch Research Database ... Research entire www.onderzoekinformatie.nl site fuzzy match Project: Fate and effecs of xenobiotics and natural toxins in the environment. Print View Titel Milieutoxicologie en milieuchemie: werking, gedrag en risico's van zowel xenobiotische als natuurlijke toxinen in het milieu. Abstract environmental pollution, environmental fate, bioavailability, adsorption processes, aquatic organisms, terrestrial organisms, structure-activity relationships, joint toxicity mixtures, reproduction toxicology. Period early 1981 - unknown Related organisations Secretariat: Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences - IRAS (UU) Related persons Project leader: Dr. J.L.M. Hermens Project leader: Dr. D.T.H.M. Sijm Classification surfacewater and groundwater soil fisheries drinking water supply ... NOD page Last modified: 26-08-2002 00:00

52. Toxins And Pathogens Be Warned pathogens like E. coli and toxins that occur naturally in the environment.It also can be used to monitor food safety in the processing environment and http://www.eurekalert.org/features/doe/2004-11/dnnl-tap022305.php

Text-Only Privacy Policy Site Map Toxins and pathogens be warned Click here for a high resolution photograph. Imagine munching on a hamburger boldly knowing that it was not contaminated with E. coli or sipping a cold glass of water confident it was truly clean. Due to advances at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, these ideas may become a reality. A team of PNNL researchers is developing a method to detect contaminants in food, water and air supplies. Ideally, this research could protect consumers from serious outbreaks involving pathogens like E. coli and toxins that occur naturally in the environment. It also can be used to monitor food safety in the processing environment and detect common toxins or disease-causing bacteria in foods, such as salmonella. "We want to develop systems that can automatically monitor environmental samples and detect bioagents," said Cindy Bruckner-Lea, a scientist involved in the research. "We'd like to create a device that could be used to protect and ensure safe water, air and food supplies." The sensor system for detecting biological agents includes three critical components. First, a device developed at PNNL, called BEADS, or Biodetection Enabling Analyte Delivery System, isolates bacteria, spores, viruses and their DNA from environmental samples. Convenience is a major bonus of the BEADS technology, which is fully automated so detectors can analyze samples and monitor for threatening toxins without a person manually preparing the samples.

53. LD, ADHD, And Environmental Toxins Parents of children with disabilities often ask Why my child? and What didI do wrong? Scientists are now looking at the environment and claiming that http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,23-21397,00.html

LD, ADHD, and Environmental Toxins Katy Abel One Parent's Story: Lingering Doubts About Lead Exposure Throughout her years in school, 13-year-old Alice B. has suffered reading delays, written expression disorder, and anxiety. Her frustrations in the classroom have sometimes culminated in angry behavior at home and psychosomatic illness, causing heartache for her entire family. Specialists have told Alice's mother, Elizabeth, that the child's various conditions are linked. What they can't tell her is what caused them. From time to time, Elizabeth thinks back to the apartment the family lived in until Alice was four years old. Elizabeth didn't realize it, but the rooms were filled with lead paint. A younger son, tested shortly before the family moved out, had elevated lead levels. But Alice was never tested. "It's my feeling it might have played a role (in Alice's learning delays)," Elizabeth speculates. But her daughter also had a complicated birth, which could offer another explanation for her problems. "That's where it gets murky. Either or both of those things could be the reason." Parents like Elizabeth often confront a profound sense of inner guilt when mulling over the possible causes of their child's developmental disabilities. Nagging questions and self-doubt persist: Should I have had her tested earlier? Should we have disciplined him differently? Are these problems attributable to genes or, as a growing chorus of scientists and concerned child advocates are now asking, could toxic chemicals in the environment be threatening children's neurological development?

54. Contaminated Food & The Environment: Toxins - Pesticides & Toxic Waste In Our Fo Contaminated food the environment toxins from pesticides industrial wasteare in our food. Get political, go organic. Support the Center for Health and http://starchefs.com/features/food_debates/html/issue_02.shtml

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55. Great Lakes Children's Environmental Health/Great Lakes Environmental Toxins/Gre Great Lakes environmental Directory Great Lakes Great Lakes environment Great Everyone suffers from exposure to these toxins, but research shows that http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/children's_environmental_health/children's_en

Children's Environmental Health The Great Lakes region is home to an abundance of agricultural and industrial commerce resulting in the use and release of excessive amounts of toxic chemicals. For example, the Great Lakes states use millions of pounds of pesticides every year, including toxins known to be endocrine disruptors, carcinogens, and reproductive toxins that contaminate water, often at levels exceeding health risk limits. In addition, there are an estimated 80,000 chemicals in commercial products. Many of the things we buy have chemicals in them that have never been tested for their health effects on children. Everyone suffers from exposure to these toxins, but research shows that children, infants, and fetuses are disproportionately vulnerable. According to the American Lung Association, asthma in children increased more than 72% between 1973 and 1994. According to the National Cancer Institute, childhood brain and nervous system cancers in children aged to 4 years rose 53%.

56. Land Of The Rising Toxins Japan Struggles With Environment Alberni Environmental Coalition. Local Events of the Alberni Valley, Located inBritish Columbia, Canada on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. http://www.portaec.net/local/pagp/land_of_the_rising_toxins.html

Land of the rising toxins: Japan struggles with environment Wednesday, March 10, 1999 By Maggie Suzuki and Rick Davis Species such as the Japanese macaque are routinely killed as "pests," despite their regionally endangered status in Japan. Japan has long been criticized for lagging behind other nations in its commitment to environmental issues. These days, the environment is getting more attention than ever in the Land of the Rising Sun. But a weighty question remains: How much is actually being accomplished? The Law to Control Packaging Waste is a case in point. It's garnered a lot of attention, and on the surface, it appears Japan is taking great strides. Yet critics say that enormous problems remain. Record low prices for waste paper made 1997 yet another crisis year for the recycling industry, which operates on the brink of collapse despite high recycling rates. Stacks of old newspapers and magazines still adorn curbside pickup points on "burnable trash" days, and paper accounts for about 20 percent of Japan's municipal waste. At least half of all aluminum and steel cans are recycled, but the introduction of smaller PET plastic bottles by beverage companies has hindered efforts. Shocking revelations about Japan's environmental problems seem to make the headlines every week. Endocrine disruptors, or "environmental hormones" as they're known in Japan, have churned public debate, as more and more illegal toxic waste dumps and dioxin-spewing incinerators become public knowledge. Extremely high dioxin levels, for example, were discovered in soil near an incinerator in Osaka.

57. Toxins In The Environment: Solutions & Preventions toxins in the environment Prevention Solutions. A series of exceptional lecturesgiven by internationally recognized medical authorities and environmental http://www.local-motion.org/lec1.html

Toxins in the Environment A series of exceptional lectures given by internationally recognized medical authorities and environmental experts From January through June of 2001, LocalMotion hosted six lectures. Each lecture is available on video casette tape. If you are interested in a tape, please contact us Dr. Ted Schettler January 30, 2001 Lessons From The Children: Health Impacts Of Environmental Exposures Mr. William A. McDonough February 28, 2001 All Sustainability Is Local Dr. Sandra Steingraber March 21, 2001 Living Downstream An Ecologist Looks At Cancer And The Environment Mr. Steve Lerner April 25, 2001 Practical Solutions To Environmental Problems: How Americans Can Meet Their Needs Without Poisoning The Web Of Life With Toxic Chemicals Dr. Devra Lee Davis June 5, 2001 Breast Cancer And The Environment: Better Safe Than Sorry Dr. Theo Colborn July 12, 2001 Endocrine Disruption: Lessons From The Great Lakes L ESSONS FROM THE C HILDREN: Health Impacts Of Environmental Exposures Dr. Ted Schettler January 30, 2001 D r. Schettler discussed the unique susceptibility of the developing baby to a host of common environmental toxins that can lead to a variety of problems, including impaired immune and reproductive system function as well as learning disabilities.

58. Summit On Labor, Toxins, And The Environment Summit on Labor, toxins, and the environment Areas of common ground includeworker safety, the workplace environment, and larger environmental issues http://www.ee.upenn.edu/~hunt/LabToxEnv.html

Go to TOES '90 Program Go to TOES '97 Home Page Summit on Labor, Toxins, and the Environment Tony Mazzocchi of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union will meet with environmental leaders. Among the topics to be discussed will be his proposed Superfund for Workers designed to protect displaced workers as well as the environment. Areas of common ground include worker safety, the workplace environment, and larger environmental issues associated with jobs and job retention. Toxic and hazardous waste, both nationally and internationally, will be a particular focus of this summit. Organizers: Michael Picker , National Toxics Campaign. Rick Abraham , Director, Texans United, Houston, TX. Speakers: Tony Mazzocchi Keith Mestrich , Special Assistant to Bob Harbrant, President of the Food and Allied Services Trade Union. Pat Bryant , Gulf Coast Tenants Union. Bill Carter , National Recycling Coalition. Robert Bullard , Dept. of Sociology, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA. Mary Kelly , Texas Center for Policy Studies, 1800 Guadeloupe, Suite B, Austin, TX 78701. Mark Ritchie Jeanine Perrune Karyl Danson , Texas Committee on Occupational Safety and Health.

59. Environmental Toxins And Reproductive Health Enviromental toxins are often the cause of reproductive health problems.Reduce your risk of reproductive health problems caused by environmental toxins. http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/azhealthtopics/a/envtoxrephealth.htm

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60. Environmental Health Issues In childhood, exposure to environmental toxins may not only cause acute illnessesbut may also increase the risk for chronic problems. http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/home/environ.html

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