See also: Carcinogens |
Consumer/Household
Products |
Endocrine
Disruptors
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Hazardous Waste |
Lead |
Medical Waste |
Mercury |
Methyl Bromide |
Neurotoxicants | |
PCBs |
Pesticides |
Smoking |
Toxicants |
Glossary
Terms
Bioaccumulants
Substances that increase
in
concentration in living organisms as they take in contaminated air,
water, or
food because the substances are very slowly metabolized or excreted.
(See:
biological magnification.)(1)
Toxicant/toxic substance
A human-made chemical or mixture that
presents a risk of death, disease, injury or birth defects in organisms
that
ingest or absorb them.(1), (5)
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Information Sources and
Organizations
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Chemicals? Click on the following organizations to learn more!- Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease
Registry
- Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow
- Alternatives for Community &
Environment
- American Cancer
Society
- American Federation of
Teachers
- American Lung
Association
- American Public Health
Association
- Asian Pacific Environmental
Network
- Bio Integral Resources
Center
- California Air Resources
Board
- Canadian Environmental Law Association
-
Center for Environmental Health
- Center for Health,
Environment and
Justice
- Centers For Disease Control
and
Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health
- Childhood Cancer Research
Institute
- Commission for Environmental Cooperation of
North America
- Commonweal
- Ecology Center of Ann
Arbor
- Environmental and
Occupational
Health Sciences Institute
- Environmental Defense
Fund
- Environmental Health
Coalition
- Environmental Health
Education
Center
- Guam Department of Public
Health
and Social Services
- Institute of Medicine, Board
on
Children, Youth and Families
- Legal Aid Society of
Dayton
- Legal Environmental
Assistance
Foundation, Inc.
- March of Dimes Birth Defects
Foundation
- Mothers and Others for a
Livable
Planet
- National Coalition Against
the
Misuse of Pesticides
- National Institute for
Occupational
Safety and Health
- National Institute of Child
Health
and Human Development
- National Institute of
Environmental
Health Sciences
- National Safety Council,
Environmental Health Center
- Natural Resources Defense
Council,
Children's Environmental Health Initiative
- New Jersey Department of
Health
and Senior Services
- New York Coalition for
Alternatives
to Pesticides
- North Carolina Department
of
Environment, Health and Natural Resources, Children's Environmental
Health
Branch
- Northwest Coalition for
Alternatives
to Pesticides
- Pesticide Action Network
North
America
- Pesticide Education
Center
- Physicians for Social
Responsibility
- Tulane Environmental Law
Clinic
- United States Public
Interest
Research Group
- University of Cincinnati,
Department
of Environmental Health
- US Environmental Protection
Agency,
Office of Children's Health Protection
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