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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ON TOXICS
WEB SITES
Safer Products.org (a Project of Clean Production Action) has an interactive “Chemical House,” allowing users to click on different rooms and read how we are exposed to toxins in each area. Read more...
Safer Products.org also has an easy-to-understand guide to the dangerous substances in our homes. Read more...
Minnesota’s Office of the Environment has an informative site describing how to reduce exposure in the home. Read more...
GREENPEACE has a campaign to eliminate toxic chemicals. Read more...
The Environmental Working Group Web Site has info about:
- Toxics in our bodies:
- Toxics in our environment:
- Toxics in our food and water:
World Wildlife Fund has an informational page on toxics. Read more...
Clean Production Action’s Campaign to eliminate toxic flame retardants.
European Environmental Bureau’s description of the REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) initiative Read more...
REPORTS:
Toxic Dust Report by Environmental Working Group chronicles the high levels of toxic fire retardants contaminate american homes.
Read more...
Brominated Flame Retardants in Dust on Computers: A 2004 report by the Computer Take Back Campaign that makes the case for safer chemicals and better computer design. Read more...
Healthy Business Strategies Make Good Sense; A Clean Production Action report about harmful chemicals found in everyday products and some companies' attempts to eliminate them from their products. Read more...
Sick of Dust is a study outlining all of the major chemicals found in the dust samples, their health risks, and the products in which they are found. The report also ranks companies on their use of hazardous chemicals and reveals fundamental changes needed to reform American chemical regulation to protect our basic health and that of future generations. Read more...
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Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
760 N. First Street, Suite 200, San Jose, CA 95112
P: 408-287-6707 | F: 408-287-6771
svtc@svtc.org
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