Publications, Websites and Other Resources
Toxic Matters Health Brochure | Recommended Publications | Legislative Issues | Recommended Websites
Toxic Matters Health Brochure (free to download and print)
Recommended Publications
Advocacy & Education
- (Kim Zimmerman & Vera Miao, Movement Strategy Center 2009)
- Los Angeles Best Babies Network Perinatal Scorecard (www.labestbabies.org 2009)
- (Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times, 2009)
- (Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times, 2009)
- (Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times, 2009)
- (ARHP)
- Reproductive Health and Environment Resources for Health Care Providers (ARHP)
- (Robert Bullard, Enviornmental Justice Resource Center)
- (People of Color Enviornmental Summit II)
- (EJ Matters)
- (Chinue Turner Richardson, Guttmacher, 2006)
- (Sutton P, Giudice LC, Woodruff TJ, 2010)
- About DES (CDC)
Scientific
- Earliest Exposures (Washington Toxic Coalition, 2009)
- (Reece Rushing, 2009)
- (Center for Effective Government, 2009)
- (Collaborative on Health and the Enviornment, 2008)
- Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (CDC, 2009)
- (ACOG, 2013)
- (WHO, 2012)
- (Diamanti-Kandarakis E, Bouguignon, J-P, Giudice LC, et al, 2009)
- Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals. (M.J. Friedrich, 2013)
- (Cao Y, Calafat AM, Doerge DR, et al, 2009)
- (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.
(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.
Recommended Websites
The information presented in this website is not intended as a substitute for medical care. Please talk with your healthcare provider about any information you get from this website.
| Resource | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice | |
| Association of Reproductive Health Professionals | |
| California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative | |
| California Latinas for Reproductive Justice (CLRJ) | |
| Centers for Disease Control | DES update |
| Center for American Progress | |
| Center for Environmental Health | |
| Center for Science in the Public Interest | |
| Environment & Human Health Inc. | |
| Environmental Working Group | |
| Global Climate and Health Alliance | |
| LA County Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health | |
| LA County Public Health: Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program | |
| Los Angeles County Public Health: Environmental Health | |
| March of Dimes |
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| MotherToBaby CA | |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | |
| National Resources Defense Center | |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility - LA | |
| Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families | |
| The Collaborative on Health and the Environment | |
| The Endocrine Disruption Exchange | |
| University of California San Francisco Program on Reproductive Health & the Environment | |
| Women for a Healthy Environment | |
| Women's Voices for the Earth |