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Up one levelMind, Disrupted
Twelve leaders and self-advocates from the learning and developmental disabilities community recently stepped forward to have their bodies tested for the presence of a set of known or suspected neurotoxic or endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Mind, Disrupted is a synthesis of the results of these tests and the experiences of the participants, and this report is intended to spotlight these pressing questions and prompt actions to reduce these exposures that may impair how we think -- and, in the most basic ways, who we are.
PSEG Agrees to Cut Hours at New Haven Plants
In the first major agreement secured through Connecticut's new environmental justice law, PSEG has consented to reduce hours of operation at its current power plants in New Haven and to create a $500,000 fund to reduce local pollution in neighborhoods impacted by its plants. The move promises to improve air quality for sensitive populations in nearby neighborhoods.
Building Support for a Global Mercury Treaty
Mercury Policy Project (MPP) presents a hopeful view of building a Global Mercury Treaty to protect families around the world from mercury contamination.
Changing the Research Agenda
Science has always followed the money but we can make it follow the public interest.
Sam Suds and the Case of PVC, the Poison Plastic
Sam Suds, PI (poisons investigator) is no ordinary detective - his job is to protect the Johnson household from dangerous toxins. He'd been a hero in the past, locking away household villains like lead and DDT. Now he faces one of the most toxic offenders yet: PVC, the poison plastic. But the trail had gone cold. Word around the bathroom was he was washed up. Until she floated in... Watch this funny animated detective spoof, brought to you by the Center for Health, Environment and Justice's PVC Campaign.
Girl, Disrupted: Hormone Disruptors and Women’s Reproductive Health
Workshops have helped shape the emerging field of environmental reproductive health and led to sought-after materials.
A Few Heroes & Sheroes of the Environmental Health Movement
Profiles of some of the leaders of the environmental health movement.
Richmond community speaks out for better health AND jobs
A July 2009 video of Richmond, CA residents speaking about the Chevron refinery expansion's threat to community health.
Safer Chemicals Movie
An Alliance for a Clean & Healthy Maine's Safer Chemicals Movie, produced in 2008.
UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
This is a story about health, but it's not about doctors or drugs. It's about why some of us get sicker more often and die sooner in the first place.
Goldman Prize Winner: Maria Gunnoe
A profile of Maria Gunnoe, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, and winner of the 2009 Goldman Prize.
What's going on with toxic chemicals in cosmetics?
A Campaign for Safe Cosmetics video exploring toxic chemicals in everyday cosmetic products.
Why Spend Out - The Beldon Story
How the Beldon Fund, an environmental health funder, handled the implications of putting the foundation on a spend-out course while seeking to accomplish an ambitious mission.
Potatoes to Plastics Project
An ad produced by the Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine to support their Potatoes to Plastics Project.
Audio Interview with Sandra Steingraber
This is a New School audio interview of Sandra Steingraber by Michael Lerner.
Toxic Chemicals in Kids' Products
This is an Ecology Center interview of Pete Myers, Environmental Health Sciences, talking about toxic chemicals in everyday products.
Story of Stuff
A 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.
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