The following sites provide information on related issues.
 

Pesticide Links

• The Ontario College of Family Physicians comprehensive review of pesticides shows consistent links to serious illnesses such as cancer, reproductive problems and neurological diseases; children are particularly vulnerable. (Released April 23, 2004) Full report and summaries can be found at: Ontario College of Family Physicians and Comprehensive Review of Pesticide Research Confirms Dangers

• Role of Pesticides in Urban IPM

• National Integrated Pest Management Network

• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Grants - USDA

• Pesticide Action Network

• Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP)

• Washington Toxics Coalition

• State of Alaska

  • State Pesticide Program Website

  • Search Registrations of Pesticide Products, Manufactuers, and Ingredients in Alaska

  • Public Notices and Proposed Regulations by the Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation (ADEC)

  • Integrated Pest Management of Alaska

• PESTICIDE-FREE SOLUTION RESOURCES:

  • Integrated Pest Management of Alaska

  • Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides

  • Washington Toxics Coalition "Toxic Free Home"

  • Pesticide Action Network

     
  • Beyond Pesticides (see "Info Services")

• For more information about pesticides and their effects on kids and schools, check out these resources.

Toxics

• The Right to Know Network RTK NET is a network providing free access to numerous databases, text files, and conferences on the environment, housing, and sustainable development. With the information available on RTK NET, you can identify specific factories and their environmental effects in anyzip code in the United States via their searchable Toxic Release Inventory database.

• The Chemical Scorecard A chemical information service provided by the Environmental Defense Fund. This site is packed with resources to help you identify polluters in your community, details about hazardous chemicals and their health effects, and recommendations on what you can do if you find toxic contamination in your community.

• Environmental Research Foundation Publishers of Rachel's Environment and Health Weekly, providing "News & Resources for Environmental Justice" with in-depth, documented examinations of the scientific, political, and social foundations of environmental and health issues.

• The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry The mission of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), as an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is to prevent exposure and adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life associated with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of pollution present in the environment. This site contains information on toxic contamination, as well as a great glossary of terms used by government and industry.

• National Oil Refinery Action Network Sponsored by Citizens for a Better Environment (CBE), this organization has been a regional leader in reforming petrochemical manufacturing in the San Francisco Bay Area through winning pollution prevention, policy reform, and community benefit commitments.

• U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board The USCSHIB is an independent federal agency which was created to improve worker and community safety by investigating, and then developing and communicating recommended operations involved in the production, transportation, and industrial handling, use and disposal of chemicals.

Mining

• MiningWatch The aim of this site is to provide the tools community organizations need to understand, gauge, and address key issues raised by mineral development, from exploration to mine closure.

• Project Underground The mission of this site to to support communities threatened by the mining and oil industries. Project Underground targets the range of interests from industry insurers to investors to the public in order to introduce corporate accountability to these sectors. They also work to develop an ethic of consumer responsibility for efficient and sustainable mineral use.

Indigenous Peoples

• International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) is an organization of Indigenous Peoples from North, Central, South America and the Pacific working for the Sovereignty and Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples and the recognition and protection of Indigenous Rights, Traditional Cultures and Sacred Lands.

• Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) The Indigenous Environmental Network is an alliance of grassroots indigenous peoples whose mission is to protect the sacredness of Mother Earth from contamination and exploitation by strengthening maintaining and respecting the traditional teachings and the natural laws.

• Planet Peace Planet Peace is run by Indigenous community organizers and activists dedicated to the world-wide distribution of information regarding Indigenous and Environmental grassroots initiatives from around the globe. Their mission is to convey, inform, educate, and promote those principles which are dedicated to the protection and preservation of indigenous cultures, traditional customs and ceremonies.

 
Nuclear issues

• Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) is an information and networking center for citizens and environmental organizations concerned about nuclear power, radioactive waste, radiation, and sustainable energy issues.

• Nuclear Flashback: Report of a Greenpeace scientific expedition to Amchitka Island, Alaska -- Site of the largest underground nuclear test in U.S. history. A fact-filled report every Alaskan should read.

 
Other Resources

• OneWorld Online OneWorld Online is a partnership of over 100 organizations working for human rights and sustainable development, and to broadcast an alternative world agenda, an "agenda for a fairer world." They maintain a largedatabase of environmental and human rights articles, searchable by subject and geography.

• Corporate Watch Corporate Watch is an online magazine and resource center designed toprovide every day Internet users -- activists, journalists, students, teachers and policy makers -- with an array of tools that you can use to investigate and analyze corporate activity.