NIEHS EHN Report 2002 (pdf) Nursing experts gathered at the August 2002 Nursing and Environmental Health Roundtable in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and devised specific recommendations for advancing environmental health nursing. Since it was published, it has not been implemented by any of the federal agencies.
Beyond Pesticides Beyond Pesticides provides useful information on pesticides and alternatives to their use.
The Breast Cancer Fund In response to the public health crisis of breast cancer, the Breast Cancer Fund identifies – and advocates for elimination of – the environmental and other preventable causes of the disease.
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is a coalition of public health, educational, religious, labor, women’s, environmental and consumer groups. Our goal is to protect the health of consumers and workers by requiring the health and beauty industry to phase out the use of chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and other health problems and replace them with safer alternatives.
Canadian Nurses Association, Nursing and Environmental Health As part of its centennial celebrations for 2008, CNA has launched a project to support work in environmental health in the domains of nursing practice, education, research and policy. The work of this initiative has been guided by the Environmental Health Reference Group, a group of nurses from across Canada that has met monthly by teleconference since June 2007.
The Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) the national environmental organization founded and led by grassroots leader, Lois Gibbs.
Environmental Health Strategy Center The Environmental Health Strategy Center works to protect human health by reducing exposure to toxic chemicals, expanding the use of safer alternatives, and building partnerships that focus on the environment as a public health priority.
Environmental Working Group The Environmental Working Group investigates and exposes threats to your health and the environment, and provides practical information you can use to protect your family and community.
Envirotools This site offers good assessment tools, fact sheets and presentation.
Healthy People, Healthy Places Healthy People, Healthy Places is designed to be part of the solution to the problem of environmentally induced illnesses. This site will introduce you to Peggy Wolff, a Luminary environmental health nurse, and will provide you with a wealth of resources along the way.
Keep Antibiotics Working Throughout America, infectious diseases are emerging that we may not be able to cure because bacteria have become resistant to antibiotics. The Keep Antibiotics Working campaign is working to reduce the growing public health threat of antibiotic resistance by ending the overuse and misuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture.
Lowell Center for Sustainable Production The Lowell Center for Sustainable Production (LCSP) at the University of Massachusetts Lowell is internationally recognized as a leading academic center in innovative research, model policy development, and training programs to support sustainable production and consumption.
Science and Environmental Health Network SEHN engages communities and governments in the effective application of science to protect and restore public and ecosystem health. Since 1998, SEHN has been the leading proponent in the United States of the Precautionary Principle as a new basis for environmental and public health policy.
Sierra Club The Sierra Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization. Inspired by nature, we work together to protect our communities and the planet.
Toxic Discovery Established in 1994 and consisting of over 25,000 injured consumers, Toxic Discovery maintains one of the most impressive libraries of medical research data, educational materials, and peer reviewed studies in the United States on the topic of medical device failures. The organization has been successful in lobbying for laws to protect women and children's health.
Toxicology Tutorials A free on-line toxicology tutorial created by the National Library of Medicine.
Trust for America's Health Trust for America's Health (TFAH) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to saving lives by working to make disease prevention a national priority.
