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Rachel Carson Celebration

 
The 6th Annual Rachel Carson's Birthday Celebration (in Anchorage) will include an exciting line up of outdoor workshops on Saturday, May 29th, at the Steller School Community Peace Garden. ACAT will be announcing Rachel Carson Awards during it's workshop that day. Contact ACAT for information about nominations.

Free film showing of the PBS Documentary "Silent Spring of Rachel Carson" on Monday, May 17th, at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art.

You're Invited: Rachel Carson Celebration Events for 2004 (PDF)

 
Links to Learn More About Rachel Carson:
    The Rachel Carson Council http://members.aol.com/rccouncil/ourpage/index.htm 
    The Rachel Carson Homestead http://www.rachelcarsonhomestead.org/
    Rachel Carson Institute http://www.chatham.edu/RCI/c_carson.html
    Former Vice President Al Gore's Introduction to the reprinting of Silent Spring http://www.uneco.org/ssalgoreintro.html
    Rachel's Environment & Health News (Environmental Research Foundation)  http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/index.cfm?St=1
   
Books by Rachel Carson (May 27, 1907 - April 14, 1964):
1941-Under the Sea Wind
1943-Food From the Sea: Fish and Shellfish of New England
1944-Food From the Sea: Fish and Shellfish of the South Atlantic
1951-The Sea Around Us
1955-The Edge of the Sea
1962-Silent Spring
1965-The Sense of Wonder (posthumous)

 

 

 


 

Important Updates

Alaskans Tested for Toxic Chemicals in Products—Results Reveal Contamination from Chemicals in Everyday Products

New Report:

Is It In Us? Chemical Contamination of Our Bodies—Toxic Trespass, Regulatory Failure, and Opportunities for Action”—

35 people from seven states, including Alaska, were tested for 20 toxic chemicals. 

Results, Executive Summary, participants, and full report can be found at www.isitinus.org


For Immediate Release—News Advisory for November 8, 2007 Media Briefing (10 AM at the Loussac Library in Anchorage)


New Fact Sheets on Toxic Chemicals, Health Effects, and Alternatives!

  1. Bisphenol A

  2. Phthalates

  3. Brominated Flame Retardants—PBDEs