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Best Safety Info Resources
The Best Safety Information Sources
Healthy Child Healthy World, (I cannot recommend this site highly enough!), is a non-profit and a gift to all who visit. It was founded by James and Nancy Chuda in 1991 after their daughter Colette died from Wilm's tumor — a rare form of non-hereditary cancer which is linked to pesticide use (before pregnancy). Their goal is to expand public awareness and understanding of environmental hazards to children's health and to help the public learn about healthier practices, solutions, and products in the marketplace.
HealthyToys.org is based on research conducted by environmental health organizations and other researchers around the country. Goal, increase consumer awareness about unhealthy vs healthy toys.
Pollutioninpeople.org Less toxic product choices. Toys and baby products, electronics, home repair, kitchenware, furniture, pest control, food, cosmetics, drugs.
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) is a non-profit that was established in 1997. Goals: curtailing industrial agricultural production methods that harm human health and the environment, and promoting sustainable alternatives.
Food & Water Watch , is a nonprofit consumer organization that works to ensure clean water and safe food. Goals: empower people to take action and transform the public consciousness about what we eat and drink.
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is a non-profit organization that campaigs for health, justice, and sustainability. Issues: of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children's health, corporate accountability, and other key topics. Go Organic!!
Cspinet.org The Center For Science in The Public Interest publishes the #1 Nutrition Letter in the country, CSPI’s accomplishments include leading the efforts to win passage of laws that require Nutrition Facts on packaged foods (and, later, to include trans fat on those labels), define the term “organic” for foods, and put warning notices on alcoholic beverages. CSPI also conducted eye-popping studies on the nutritional quality of restaurant meals and movie theater popcorn, helped to increase funding for the government’s food safety inspections and nutrition and physical activity programs, and spurred new policies in some cities and states to remove soda and junk foods from schools. CSPI also helped New York City adopt the nation's first ordinances to ban trans fat from restaurants and list calorie information on menus and menu boards
The Environmental Working Groupis a non-profit organization, founded in 1993 by Ken Cook and Richard Wiles. One of their sites, Skin Deep, cosmeticsdatabase, is the top skincare safety database in the world. Visit and find out which products are safe and which ones are dangerous. Goal: protect the most vulnerable segments of the human population—children, babies, and infants in the womb—from health problems attributed to a wide array of toxic contaminants. (When the most vulnerable are protected everyone benefits. I cannot begin to say enough about this group. I guarantee you will return to this site again and again.)
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. See their gorgeous list of Safe Cosmetic Compact Signers. Personal care products like shampoo, conditioner, after shave, lotion and makeup are not regulated by the FDA or any other government agency. It is perfectly legal and very common for companies to use ingredients that are known or suspected to be carcinogens, mutagens or reproductive toxins in the their products.
Beyond Pesticides (formerly National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides), is a nonprofit that was founded in 1981. Goals: protect public health and the environment and lead the transition to a world free of toxic pesticides. Least Toxic Pesticides Page.
Safemilk.org MOMS was founded in the Spring of 2005 by four nursing mothers living in California with the mission of protecting the health of their babies by eliminating the growing threat of toxic chemicals and industrial pollutants in human breast milk. They believe that breast milk is the best source of nutrition for our babies, and they want to keep it that way. There is growing evidence that everyday consumer products we buy for our homes and families are tainted with chemicals that cause birth defects, reproductive, developmental, and behavioral harm, and even cancer. It's an outrage.
Watoxics.org Washington Toxics Coalition, is an incredible information resource, it protects public health and the environment by eliminating toxic pollution. WTC promotes alternatives, advocates policies, empowers communities, and educates people to create a healthy environment.
Scorecard.org Put in your zip code and get an in-depth pollution report for your county, covering air, water, chemicals, and more.
Healthylegacy.org Another fantastic resource, based in Minnesota, Healthy Legacy promotes healthy lives by supporting the production and use of everyday products without toxic chemicals. We advocate for consumer education, business leadership, and protective policies to advance safe alternatives in Minnesota. Fantastic safe product guides.
The Environmental Working Group is a non-profit organization, founded in 1993 by Ken Cook and Richard Wiles. One of their sites, Skin Deep, is the top skincare safety database in the world. Visit and find out which products are safe and which ones are dangerous. Goal: protect the most vulnerable segments of the human population—children, babies, and infants in the womb—from health problems attributed to a wide array of toxic contaminants. (When the most vulnerable are protected everyone benefits. I cannot begin to say enough about this group. I guarantee you will return to this site again and again.)
The Cancer Prevention Coalition (CPC) at preventcancer.com, is a noprofit that was founded in 1994 by Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., an internationally recognized authority on avoidable causes of cancer, particularly unknowing exposures to industrial carcinogens in air, water, the workplace, and consumer products--food, cosmetics and toiletries, and household products including pesticides--besides carcinogenic prescription drugs.
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