41. Problems Of The Environment - What Are The Effects Of Toxins On What are the effects of toxins on ecosystems? His latest study was the effect of atmosphericammonia on terrestrial plants and ecosystems for environment Canada http://prods.businesscanada.ic.gc.ca/Ces_Web/_display_air_agriculture_prob_info_

42. NATURAL CHEMICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT role of chemicals mediating interactions between organisms and their environmentwill be These toxins act on a variety of physiological targets and many have http://www.langara.bc.ca/africa/course18.htm

Click here to return to the course list. BIOL 2329: Natural Chemicals in the Environment (3 credits) Instructor: Dr. J. Christopher Hall; Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph Prerequisites: First Year Biology or permission of the Instructor. Textbooks: Murder, Magic and Medicine. John Mann, Oxford University Press, 1994. (A new editions has just been published and if possible will be made available). 8 copies will be available to the students for all required/independent readings. Content: In this course the role of chemicals mediating interactions between organisms and their environment will be explored. Chemicals are widely employed for communications within and between species, as well as mediating feeding and reproductive behaviour. In some cases these compounds have found application in pest and wildlife management, or the modification of human behaviour. Most organisms also produce a diversity of defensive compounds to ward off predators and parasites. Others use venom to capture or subdue prey. These toxins act on a variety of physiological targets and many have been used by humans for medicinal or religious purposes. Throughout the course we will examine the role of natural chemicals in human health and cultural practices, and seek to understand our place with regard to chemical ecology. Topics under discussion will include: Toxins: Bacterial toxins; Fungal toxins including antibiotics, aflatoxins, and mushroom poisoning; Invertebrate toxins and venoms including those from jellyfish, coneshells, spider and insect venoms; Vertebrate toxins including those from pufferfish, frogs and snake venoms.

43. US: Chemicals In Environment Causing Disabilities In Children, Warns Report or neurological disabilities caused by a range of toxic exposures including developmentaland neurological toxins released in the environment by industry. http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/chemicals.htm

BACK TO MAIN ONLINE BOOKSTORE HOW TO ORDER US: CHEMICALS IN ENVIRONMENT CAUSING DISABILITIES IN CHILDREN, WARNS REPORT Toxic chemicals commonly released by industry into the environment in large quantities across the United States may be adding to the mysterious surge in child development and learning disabilities, warns a new report by Danielle Knight Washington, 7 Sep 2000 (IPS) Toxic chemicals commonly released by industry into the environment in large quantities across the United States may be adding to the mysterious surge in child development and learning disabilities, warns a new report released here on 7 September. More than one in every 200 children who suffer from developmental or neurological disabilities could have acquired the impairment by exposure to these toxic chemicals, according to the report by three national environmental and health advocacy organisations. The most recent data available say US companies reported to the federal government that they had released in 1998 more than one billion pounds (450 million kilograms) of developmental and neurological toxins in the nation’s air and water.

44. Ecology's Proposed Strategy On Persistent, Bioaccumulative Toxins (PBTs) Continually Reduce Persistent, Bioaccumulative toxins (PBTs) in Washington State.environmental reports Ecology publications related to PBTs in the environment. http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/pbt/pbtfaq.html

Latest information The Ecology/Health Mercury Chemical Action Plan is now available. Mercury Awareness Study: Survey of Residents, State of Washington The public comment period on the draft Ecology PBT "Working List" concluded on December 31, 2002. For more information see Draft expanded list of PBTs Also see Mercury Chemical Action Plan - what's new Products November 2002 Mercury Spill Cleanup Brochure September 2002 Draft for Public Comment: Washington State Mercury Chemical Action Plan August 2002 Washington Quicksilver Review, Volume 1, Issue 2 June 2002 Ecology PBT Working List: Responses to Public Comments on Appendix E March 2002 Washington Quicksilver Review, Volume 1, Issue 1 December 2001 Ecology PBT Strategy Implementation Plan (pdf) Ecology Responses to Public Comments Received on the Draft PBT Strategy January 2001 Proposed Strategy to Continually Reduce Persistent, Bioaccumulative Toxins (PBTs) in Washington State Environmental reports Ecology publications related to PBTs in the environment Links Links to other PBT-related initiatives Ecology home Environmental Information Ecology's Strategy on Persistent, Bioaccumulative Toxins (PBTs)

45. Proposed Strategy To Continually Reduce Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins (PBTs) RELATED WEB CONTENT, Ecology's Strategy on Persistent, Bioaccumulative toxins. 1.Remain in the environment for a long time (persist) without breaking down. http://www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/0003054.html

Publication Summary search TITLE Proposed Strategy to Continually Reduce Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins (PBTs) in Washington State MONTH-YEAR PUBLISHED December 2000 ONLINE AVAILABILITY View this publication in Acrobat PDF format 790 kilobytes, requires version 4.0 or later of Adobe Acrobat Reader Software SHORT DESCRIPTION Ecology is proposing to identify priority PBTs in Washington State. Ecology proposes to use part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Waste Minimization Prioritization Tool (WMPT) to reflect Washington-specific conditions. This approach will be consistent with EPA but will use information that is relevant to our state. Ecology will use the chemical scoring system from the PBT portion of the WMPT. (Also see abstract below.) PUBLICATION NUMBER AUTHOR(S) Gallagher, M.J. PROGRAM Environmental Assessment PRINT AVAILABILITY Request from the Ecology Publications Office # OF PAGES 32 pp. + appendices KEYWORDS chemical, Environmental Protection Agency, fish, Governor, PBTs, plan, State Toxics Control Account, toxic, toxin, waste, water RELATED WEB CONTENT Ecology's Strategy on Persistent, Bioaccumulative Toxins

46. Home & Environment Daily exposure to these toxins, may lead to cancer, learning difficulties, allergies Theyadmitted knowing how devastating DIOXIN is to the environment and in http://soulparenting.2coolbaby.com/toxins.html

If You Knew It Was Poison, Would You Still Buy It? Abundant Earth Our commitment is to offer both excellent customer service, combined with our high quality, well-researched products. Cards, crafts, gifts, vitamin and herbal supplements, beds, futons, bedding, furnishings, appliances, games, lawn and garden products, recycling products, childrens products, pet products, personal care, health and home test kits, Household Cleaning Products, jewelry, music, and more! Remove the toxic chemicals from your home Shop for Healthy Living at the World's First Online Coop P.S. Go to the bottom of the page for details on how you can Get Cash Back on your all your purchases for environmentally sensitive and earth friendly products with an option to earn a residual income by showing others how to do the same. Toxic Substances Found In Our Homes Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals at Home According to the EPA, most homes have airborne concentrations of hazardous and toxic chemicals that are two to five times higher indoors than outdoors. In one five-year study, the EPA reported that a number of homes have chemical levels that were 70 times higher inside the homes than outside!

47. In The Modern Era Of Chemicals And Toxins health begins with understanding how chemically and organically generated toxinsand other need to be considering how to save ourselves from our environment! http://www.aehf.com/articles/save-us.htm

In the Modern Era of Chemicals and Toxins SAVE US FROM OUR ENVIRONMENT How the chemicals and toxins around us both indoors and outdoors burden our bodies, can cause us to be chemically sensitive and lead to many serious diseases and premature aging. Leading an Environmentally Healthier Life Style The road to environmental health begins with understanding how chemically and organically generated toxins and other harmful substances all around us can burden our minds and bodies, can cause us to become chemically sensitive and can lead to many serious diseases and premature aging. We need to be considering how to save ourselves from our environment! Chemical Burdens There are many chemicals, toxins and microorganism in the outside air that effect our homes, our food and water supplies, and more important, our health. Most of the pollution is caused by burning fossil fuels; the use of chemical-based materials and products in manufacturing, mining, construction and our homes; the extensive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and naturally occurring methane gas and mold toxins. Indoor air is compromised by chemical out-gassing from carpets, furniture, building materials, cleaning and bathing supplies, decorative items, scented/perfumed products and other materials we use. The worse the outsides air pollution is, the more we are affected inside. What is most important, is the total load on our body? The chemicals that cause these burdens are ever present in homes, schools and places of work and recreation. Exposure to sudden accidents with or spills of hazardous materials can quickly overburden our immune system’s ability to deal with them.

48. The Future Of Children - Sub-Sections Children's Vulnerability to toxins in the environment (3 of 10) Many diseases thatare triggered by toxins in the environment require decades to develop. http://www.futureofchildren.org/information2827/information_show.htm?doc_id=7097

49. Healthy Families, Healthy Environment: Article below is intended to help you understand why we have advised that you be proactivein creating a healthy environment by steering clear of these toxins. http://healthyfamiliesnow.org/Article.asp?Record=1053

50. Healthy Families, Healthy Environment: Article are children more vulnerable to health threats in the environment? 1. Children aremore vulnerable because they are developing. Simply put, toxins can disrupt http://healthyfamiliesnow.org/Article.asp?Record=1060

51. Blue Voice - Preserving Our Oceans, Saving Dolphins, Protecting The Environment Whale and Dolphin Meat Contains Dangerous Levels of toxins and is Unsafe for HumanConsumption. World Fisheries Imperiled by Pollution of Ocean environment. http://www.bluevoice.org/whale/meat.html

Whale meat is highly toxic. Our Dolphin Work Using computers to communicate with dolphins; Expose of Dolphin slaughters in Japan. Whales Japan and Norway fight to open commercial whaling; High toxic levels found in whale meat; A swim with a sperm whale family in Dominica. Killer Whales Underwater filming of killer whales in Norway; San Juan orca pods dying off. Sharks Beautiful and mysterious shark behaviors revealed in our special report. Sea of Cortez A ride on a manta; Underwater footage of illegal fishing in Mexican sanctuaries. A Filmmaker's Logs Fascinating recaps of our ocean adventures with marine mammals Whale and Dolphin Meat Contains Dangerous Levels of Toxins and is Unsafe for Human Consumption World Fisheries Imperiled by Pollution of Ocean Environment Those who consume whale and dolphini meat are not only perpetrating a crime against some of the most magnificent animals on earth, they are eating a deadly diet. Whale and dolphin meat consumed in Norway and Japan may contain some of the world's most dangerous toxins. A recent analysis of whale meat samples purchased in Norwegian and Japanese markets turned up dangerous levels of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), including some chemicals that act as estrogen immitators, elevating estrogen levels in women, "feminizing" men and lowering sperm counts.

52. Cleaners, Toxins And The Ecosystem A Project Of The Labour Key to the project is the basic right of workers and the community to know what toxinsmay be in the workplace or the broader environment and to take action to http://www.leas.ca/Cleaners_desc.htm

Cleaners, Toxins and the Ecosystem A project of the Labour Environmental Alliance Society The Cleaners, Toxins and the Ecosystem Project is the flagship campaign of the Labour Environmental Alliance Society, a project that combines environmental research and activism with basic shop-floor health and safety work. The concept is simple: working with health and safety committees in a number of industrial and institutional work sites, environmental researchers review the ingredients in the cleaning products that are being used to identify those that may be toxic to workers and to the receiving environment. The committees then work with employers and cleaning product suppliers to substitute the toxic cleaners with safer, environmentally-preferable cleaners. Key to the project is the basic right of workers and the community to know what toxins may be in the workplace or the broader environment and to take action to protect both themselves and the ecosystem. Inspired by the Prevent Cancer campaigns of both the Canadian Labour Congress and the Canadian Auto Workers, the campaign was originally conceived following reports from fish plant workers of adverse reactions to cleaning products they were using.

53. Breastmilk: A World Resource....breastfeeding And The Environment, How Formula P well as during transportation. This means that bottle feeding willindirectly increase the levels of toxins in our environment. http://www.parentingweb.com/lounge/WABA_enviro.htm

home ap nursing lounge education and development ... webrings This information reprinted from: WABA website Breastmilk: A World Resource by Andrew Radford Why is breastmilk a world resource? Breastmilk is the most ecologically sound food available to humans. It is produced and delivered to the consumer without any pollution. It is a natural resource of enormous value which is usually overlooked. Its use has only positive effects on the environment. However, breastmilk is threatened by social attitudes towards breastfeeding and, more significantly, by the promotional tactics of baby milk companies. Most people know that breastfeeding is best for babies. Fewer people realise that it is also best for mother's health. On the other hand, bottle feeding causes the deaths of one and a half million babies every year and ill health in countless others. It also pollutes our air, water and land, wastes resources, creates disposal problems and increases population levels. How does bottle feeding harm the environment? Packaging of baby milks wastes resources such as tin, paper and plastic. If every baby in the USA is bottle-fed, almost 86.000 tonnes of tin plate are used each year in the required 550 million discarded tins. Another 1.230 tonnes of paper are used if the tins have paper labels.

54. Science And The Environment: Facts Vs. Phantoms Science and the environment Facts vs. The third misconception is that human exposuresto carcinogens and other toxins are nearly all to synthetic chemicals. http://www.acsh.org/publications/priorities/0501/environment.html

Search ACSH Site News from ACSH Alcohol Diseases Environmental Health ... Sign ACSH Guestbook Volume 5 Number 1 1993 Science and the Environment: Facts vs. Phantoms by Dr. Bruce N. Ames In honor of the Sierra Club's 100th anniversary, the May 1992 issue of Sierra , the Club's national magazine, solicited and published a number of letters from individuals answering the question: "Given that our planet faces a future that appears bleak if not terrifying, what steps would you take to ensure our survival for the next 100 years?" Sierra chose not to publish Dr. Ames' response for reasons of space and specificity (given that others made much more sweeping prescriptions), noting in a letter to him that, "Our concurrence with an author's ideas was not a prerequisite to publication." However, ACSH thought it appropriate to publish the piece here for we too hope for a future where environmental policy will be based on science and knowledge rather than unjustified fear and speculation. An example of this problem is the public misconception that pollution is a significant contributor to cancer and that cancer rates are soaring. As life expectancy continues to increase in industrialized countries, cancer rates (unadjusted for age) also increase; however, the age-adjusted cancer death rate in the United States for all cancers combined (excluding lung cancer from smoking) has been staying steady or decreasing since 1950. Decreasing since 1950 are primarily stomach, cervical, uterine and rectal cancers. Increasing are primarily lung cancer (which is due to smoking, as are 30 percent of all U.S. cancer deaths), melanoma (possibly due to sunburns), and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Cancer is fundamentally a degenerative disease of old age, although external factors can increase cancer rates (cigarette smoking in humans) or decrease them (eating more fruits and vegetables).

55. WMEAC | Environmental Issues - Toxins Related Links Health Care Without Harm Provides information on health effectsof pesticides, mercury, and many other toxins in our environment. http://www.wmeac.org/learn/toxics.asp

West Michigan Environmental Action Council To help people translate their concern into positive action Site Search Happenings About WMEAC How You Can Help ... Wildlife Environmental Issues Toxins Toxins are chemicals that are harmful to various forms of life. Nearly all chemicals we consider toxins are naturally found in the earth's crust or as a part of ecosystems. Others are human-made. Kinds of Toxins: Biological Some toxins are biological (created by plants and animals). For example, the toxins secreted by poison arrow frogs are deadly to many animals. Black walnut trees put a toxin into the soil through their roots that is harmful to the roots of other plants. Inorganic Some toxins are inorganic (occurring naturally in the soil, water or air). These include elements like mercury, lead, cadmium and other heavy metals or such compounds as cyanide or ozone. For some organisms, oxygen is toxic. Human-made Some toxins are human-made. These include such things as DDT and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other such compounds. Pesticides are intentionally toxic to living things. However, not all chemicals made by humans are toxic.

56. Toxins So she just started and organization called Annie's Angels to spreadthe word of cancercausing toxins in the school environment. http://www.ggw.org/RochesterEnvironment/toxins.htm

Home Up FAQ Feedback ... Subscribe or Unsubscribe to RENewsletter Get news links Action reports updates every week. Calendar To add your event, e-mail it to me Environment Forum Sponsored by Be sure to visit these pages (below) in Green Solitaire Environmental ACTION! Bush Watch Environment News ... Rochester Pictorial TOXINS IN THE HOME AND ENVIRONMENT CANCER SURVIVOR ANN MARIE DONACA TO SPEAK AT ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL AUDITORIUM SATURDAY MARCH 24TH AT 4:00 PM TICKETS; $7.00 PRE-REGISTER AT: 1-877-466-4396 Subject: TOXINS IN THE HOME AND ENVIRONMENT A GLIMPSE OF ANN MARIE DONACA: " The world is long on criticism, and short on positive role models; I was always taught that you are either part of the problem, or part of the solution. I want to spend my life touching people's lives in a positive way I want to help make the world a better place I want to be a part of the solution." Ann Marie Donaca. Ann Marie was given the SERTOMA "Service To Mankind" Award, was chosen Washington County's "Woman Of the Year", received several letters from the White House and Queen of England. Ann Marie Donaca has devoted her entire life to helping people be the best they could be. For more than 30 years, she did community service work with elderly and handicapped, started the first Chicano Senior Center in Oregon, was President of the Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Washington County, Sierra Club Regional Newsletter Editor, Cub Scout Activities Coordinator to name a few. She used her 35 years of public relations and marketing skills to do fund-raising for the Deaf-Blind People of Oregon and Kiwanis Camp for Crippled Children by getting celebrities to com to Portland for a 3-day televised golf-tennis tournament. That was the beginning of many fund-raising projects.

57. 20/20 Vision - About Our Environment Programs law requires companies to disclose chemical releases to the environment, which are thresholdfor reporting of all persistent or bioaccumulative toxins such as http://www.2020vision.org/environment/environment.htm

Current Archives About Our Environment Programs Our members promote policies to clean up our nation's air and water, reduce exposure to toxins, ensure safe foods and promote children's health. 20/20 Vision's Environment Program W hen 20/20 Vision was founded 15 years ago, our primary mission was protecting the public from risks of nuclear war. Recognizing the interconnectedness of global security and environmental sustainability, our mission was soon expanded to cover environmental issues. Our grassroots strategy in recent years has largely depended on congressional realities, often fighting back attacks on our current environmental laws. But we have managed to win positive results through advocacy directed at the federal agencies, mostly the U.S. Forest Service, the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency. All across the country and around the world there are stories of ecosystems recovering, people creating sustainable communities, and citizens are succeeding when they ask government to protect the planet.

58. 20/20 Vision - Protect The Environment In addition, many of the Bt toxins exuded by some genetically engineered cropsare in forms that are not readily degraded in the environment and are http://www.2020vision.org/environment/e_archives.htm

Current Archives Current Archive In this section you will find information on 20/20 Vision's past environmental campaigns. We have focused on A Better Energy Plan Genetically Engineered Foods Global Warming , and Protecting the Arctic U rge Your Senators to Support a Better Energy Plan for America! The Senate is poised to decide between more drilling, spilling and air pollution or a real shift to renewable and efficient energy use. T The slim Democratic control of the U.S. Senate gives us a chance to fight back the worst of the Bush energy plan. But with some Democrats being torn between organized labor and environmentalists, the final outcome is too close to call. Letters from the public could well determine the kind of energy plan America gets.

59. The Collaborative On Health And The Environment toxins and Breast Cancer San Francisco, CA Ð The California Senate and AssemblyHealth Committees will hold a hearing on Breast Cancer and the environment on http://www.cheforhealth.org/events/bcancerhearingagenda.html

Home Events California Legislators to Hold October 23 Hearing on the Environmental Causes of Breast Cancer Scientists and Health Advocates to Submit Research and Policy Recommendations to Address the Relationship between Environmental Toxins and Breast Cancer San Francisco, CA Ð The California Senate and Assembly Health Committees will hold a hearing on Breast Cancer and the Environment on October 23 in San Francisco to hear testimony on evidence of links between toxic chemicals in our environment and escalating rates of breast cancer. Due to the interest generated by the first-ever informational hearing on breast cancer and the environment, organized last February by a coalition of breast cancer groups at the request of California State Senator Deborah Ortiz, scientists and breast cancer advocates will report on the policy and research recommendations that emerged from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded International Summit on Breast Cancer and the Environment held in May. "Breast cancer rates have nearly tripled in the past fifty years, and we can no longer ignore the scientific evidence linking environmental toxins to the rise of this disease," said Jeanne Rizzo, executive director of The Breast Cancer Fund. "In order to stop the breast cancer epidemic, we must take action to reduce exposures to cancer-causing chemicals. The California legislature is leading the country by addressing this issue and considering policies that will help us to better understand the link between breast cancer and synthetic chemicals found in our environment."

60. Toxins pictures Wetlands, Rivers, streams, watersheds, lakes, water impurities/toxins WaterWebs,Non Canada, People united to protect the Earth's environment, species and http://www.eco-pros.com/toxins.htm

eco-pros TOXINS The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has determined mercury from power plants a health problem that must be regulated. Coal-fired power plants have been one of the largest sources of pollution of the atmosphere, causing acid rain. Do you think you should pay to clean up major pollution sites that others have contaminated? The cleanup costs may be shifted to the taxpayers, rather than holding the polluters responsible... polluters that have dumped highly toxic wastes on the ground continually over the years which poisoned drinking water supplies, ruined groundwater and wells, and made people sick...causing major environmental damage and health endangerment! Read what is happening and take some action. Superfund Gets the Super Shaft (Time 2/25/02) "The White House wants taxpayers to fund cleaning up industrial waste." U.S. Public Interest Research Groups (USPIRG.org) Click on Superfund. Read about the Super Polluters and take action to protect the environment and lives. See related links for more information on Superfund sites. Then investigate the other links, such as Arsenic, Toxics, Clean Air, Clean Water, etc. Take some action and help enforce and strengthen our environmental protection laws.

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