Topic: Household Chemicals

[Moondazed]

This thread is a result of comments made in the illegal immigration thread... I didn't want to further hijack it with this issue.  Here are some interesting links regarding chemicals... please keep in mind that it matters who publishes the information because everyone has an agenda and it's rare to find a source of information that isn't biased.

http://www.etoxics.org/site/PageServer?pagename=svtc_chemical_policy - Information on US Chemical Policy

http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0610/feature4/index.html?fs=www3.nationalgeographic.com&fs=plasma.nationalgeographic.com - A journalist at National Geographic is chemical tested

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14295 - an article about teflon

http://asp.usatoday.com/community/utils/idmap/12527066.story - Chemicals linked to kids asthma

http://www.net.org/health/cabcon_results.vtml - Results of the testing of some common household chemicals

http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/ - a resource to find out what's published about a substance

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/03/23/MNGGABTGDT1.DTL - An article about toxic chemicals in US households

http://www.healthybuilding.net/press/carpet.html - An article about what's in carpet

http://www.nrdc.org/health/home/fchems.asp - The top 5 toxic chemicals in homes according to the Natural Resource Defense Council

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/substances/index.html - Toxic Substances Portal

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17177813/site/newsweek/ - an article about the toxicity of cosmetics

http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2006/08/04/hscout534158.html - an article about the affect of household chemicals on lung function

http://consumerlawpage.com/article/gulfwar.shtml - chemically induced diseases

http://www.montana.edu/wwwcxair/housprod.htm - plans for a class on indoor air pollution that includes some interesting facts