Publications, Websites and Other Resources
Toxic Matters Health Brochure | Recommended Publications | Legislative Issues | Recommended Websites
Toxic Matters Health Brochure (free to download and print)
Toxic Matters: Preventing Our Families From Toxic Substances
Recommended Publications
Advocacy & Education
- Fertile Ground: Women Organizing at the Intersection of Environmental and Reproductive Justice (Kim Zimmerman & Vera Miao, Movement Strategy Center 2009)
- Los Angeles Best Babies Network Perinatal Scorecard (www.labestbabies.org 2009)
- It's Time to Learn From Frogs (Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times, 2009)
- Chemicals in Our Food, and Bodies (Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times, 2009)
- Cancer From the Kitchen? (Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times, 2009)
- The Connection Between Your Health and the Environment:Tips and Tools for Health and Home (ARHP)
- Reproductive Health and Environment Resources for Health Care Providers (ARHP)
- Environmental Justice in the 21st Century (Robert Bullard, Enviornmental Justice Resource Center)
- Environmental Justice Timeline-Milestones (People of Color Enviornmental Summit II)
- The Cap and Trade Charade for Climate Change(EJ Matters)
- Environmental Justice Campaigns Provide Fertile Ground for Joint Efforts with Reproductive Rights Advocates (Chinue Turner Richardson, Guttmacher, 2006)
- Reproductive Environmental Health. (Sutton P, Giudice LC, Woodruff TJ, 2010)
- About DES (CDC)
Scientific
- Earliest Exposures (Washington Toxic Coalition, 2009)
- Reproductive Roulette: Declining Reproductive Health, Dangerous Chemicals, and a New Way Forward (Reece Rushing, 2009)
- Study Shows Infants Exposed to Hundreds of Harmful Chemicals Before Birth (Center for Effective Government, 2009)
- Toxipedia
- Girl, Disrupted: Hormone Disruptors and Women's Reproductive Health(Collaborative on Health and the Enviornment, 2008)
- Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (CDC, 2009)
- Exposure to toxic environmental agents. Committee Opinion No. 575. (ACOG, 2013)
- State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals-2012 (WHO, 2012)
- Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement (Diamanti-Kandarakis E, Bouguignon, J-P, Giudice LC, et al, 2009)
- Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals. (M.J. Friedrich, 2013)
- Isoflavones in urine, saliva, and blood of infants- data from a pilot study on the estrogenic activity of soy formula (Cao Y, Calafat AM, Doerge DR, et al, 2009)
- Environmental Impacts on Reproductive Health (ARHP, 2010)
Legislative Issues
- Fracking & Health
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking), a technique used to extract oil and gas from deep within the earth, makes use of chemicals. Some chemicals found around fracking sites may be linked to infertility, miscarriage, birth defects, breathing problems, and cancer, among other illnesses and conditions. A number of groups and individuals are calling for a moratorium on fracking (Senate Bill 1132) to conduct a study to fully assess the risks to public health associated with fracking.
Factsheet on Fracking (January 2014)
- Environmental Protection & Preservation
Sierra Club California posts information on bills addressing policy issues related to consumers and commercial business interactions with natural resources and wildlife. The bills include measures regarding marine life, animals, air quality, water resources, and wilderness sites, as well as measures controlling emissions and other chemical exposures.
Sierra Club California Website
Recommended Websites
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