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| CHEJ, USA Center for Health, Environment and Justice |
| CHEJ Documents available from the Center for Health, Environment and Justice: |
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What's Dioxin? |
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Dioxin Q & A (Alliance for Safe Alternatives factsheet) |
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Dioxin Science Updates |
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How to Start to Stop Dioxin Exposure in Your Community |
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American People's Dioxin Report (November 1999) |
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Executive Summary |
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Technical Support Document (lots of great information on dioxin sources and health effects) |
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| Other Valuable Resources: |
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Dioxin 2004 Symposium |
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links to numerous research papers on dioxin |
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Environmental Health Perspectives - free access to many scientific papers on dioxin health effects |
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Center for the Biology of Natural Systems (dioxin studies) |
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Study links dioxin pollution in Arctic to North American sources (October 2000) |
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Dioxin Fallout in the Great Lakes: Where It Comes From; How to Prevent It; At What Cost (June 1996) |
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Our Stolen Future (the webpage continues where the book left off, documenting the harms of dioxins and other endocrine disrupting, hormone-mimicking chemicals) |
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Environmental Health News (breaking news on recent science on environmental health) |
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No Evidence of Dioxin Cancer Threshold (Cancer Weekly, 2003) -- (Or, in plain English, there's no known safe level of dioxin.) |
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Boston passes resolution to avoid purchasing products known to release dioxin when manufactured or disposed of (unfortunately, they failed to include PVC plastic, the most notorious product in this category) |
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COPA's PCB Information Service (Very good collection of dioxin & PCB resources -- "Remediation Technologies, Health Effects, Regulations, Superfund Case Studies, References & More") |
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Toxics and Environmental Health Links |
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| General links |
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"Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds in the Food Supply: Strategies to Decrease Exposure", a 2003 report by the National Academy of Sciences |
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National Pollutant Inventory - Dioxin and Furan Fact Sheet |
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"Rhodes Remediation" Website about remediation of dioxin contaminated Homebush Bay and land in Rhodes, a suburb of Sydney, NSW, Australia. Union Carbide was the polluter. |
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"Researcher Dispels Myth of Dioxins and Plastic Water Bottles" Johns Hopkins Researcher explains the facts about Dioxin |
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| Anti-Incineration Links: |
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Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance (GAIA) |
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Activist Kit on Incineration and Waste |
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Incineration & Why It Must Stop |
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Dioxin Levels down by 46% since closing of Columbus Garbage Incinerator |
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Largest Known Dioxin Air Pollution Source (Harrisburg, PA Trash Incinerator) Closed in June 2003 (though a new incinerator is planned in its place) |
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Metals as Catalysts for Dioxin Formation |
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Electrostatic Precipitators (ESPs) Breed Dioxins (ESPs are a type of pollution control device used in some incinerators) |
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| Greenpeace Links |
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Greenpeace International |
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Greenpeace Anti-Incineration Resources |
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Chlorine, Combustion and Dioxins: Does Reducing Chlorine in Wastes Decrease Dioxin Formation in Waste |
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Incinerators? |
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The Problem with Incineration |
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Types of Incineration |
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Alternatives to Incineration |
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Greenpeace Reports on Incineration |
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Archive of many more Greenpeace reports on incineration and dioxin |
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Incineration and Human Health Report |
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| Environmental Research Foundation's |
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#326 |
Carol Browner's Opportunity [Jacksonville] |
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#325 |
Troubles Engulf Hazardous Waste Incineration |
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#314 |
Cement And Kiln Dust Contain Dioxins |
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#312 |
EPA Memo Says All Hazardous Waste Incinerators Fail To Meet Regulations |
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#311 |
The Jacksonville, Arkansas Incinerator |
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#280 |
Hazardous Waste Incinerators Fail, EPA Says |
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#179 |
Medical Incinerators Emit Dangerous Metals And Dioxin, New Study Says |
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#82 |
Incineration of Infectious Waste: Poorly Understood Hazards |
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#45 |
Part 4: Scientists Study How 'Mass Burn' Incinerators Produce Dioxin |
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#31 |
Part 1: Do 'Mass Burn' Incinerators Endanger Humans? |
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#463 |
Dioxin and Health |
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#438 |
Warning on Male Reproductive Health [endocrine disruptors] |
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#436 |
The Dogs of War [pesticides; antibiotics] |
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#414 |
Potent Immune System Poison [dioxin] |
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#400 |
EPA Investigates Monsanto |
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#365 |
New Era in Toxicology [endocrine disruptors] |
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#364 |
Dioxin and PCBs and Endometriosis |
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#353 |
Dioxin Causes Human Cancers |
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#343 |
Do Chemicals Diminish Masculinity? [endocrine disruptors] |
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#290 |
Dioxin 'Demasculinizes' Rats [endocrine disruptors] |
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#264 |
Endocrine Disruptors--Part 2: Major Challenge To Business As Usual |
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#263 |
Endocrine Disruptors--Part 1: Chemicals In Environment Affect Sexual Growth In Wildlife. And Humans? |
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#219 |
Dioxin--Part 4: New Study Links Dioxin To Human Cancer |
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#212 |
Report Links Herbicide Exposure To Illnesses Among Vietnam Veterans |
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#175 |
Dioxin--Part 3: New Evidence That Dioxin Causes Human Cancers & Other Diseases |
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#173 |
Dioxin--Part 2: Gauging The Toxicity Of Dioxin |
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#171 |
Dioxin--Part 1: Dioxins And Cancer: Fraudulent Studies |
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#120 |
Dangers Of Dioxin Exposures: Absorption Through The Skin |
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#73 |
Study Of Dioxin-Exposed Humans Reveals Cancer, Birth Defects |
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#479 |
Nationwide Dioxin Campaign |
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#457 |
Dioxin Inquisition |
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#405 |
Turning Point for the Chemical Industry [dioxin] |
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#390 |
Dioxin Reassessed, Part 1 |
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#391 |
Dioxin Reassessed, Part 2 |
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#363 |
Taking the Handle Off the Chlorine Pump |
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#346 |
Detoxifying Everything [Bad journalism] |
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#310 |
The N.Y. Times Detoxifies Dioxin [Again] |
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#283 |
Army Opens A Front [chemical weapons incinerators] |
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#275 |
Dioxin Detoxification Campaign [paper industry] |
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#270 |
EPA: Dioxin Damages Human Immune System |
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#269 |
EPA: New Picture of Dioxin's Toxicity Emerges |
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#249 |
Dioxin Dangers -- What's Going On? |
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#248 |
A Tale Of Science And Industry [dioxin] |
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Dioxin-Related Email Lists / Archives
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| Ban Toxics List: Ban Toxics List Archives (to subscribe, send a blank email to: ban-toxics-subscribe@yahoogroups.com) |
There used to be an email list called "dioxin-l" which no longer exists, but its archives are available at the following pages:
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Archives of the Dioxin-L List |
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Search the old dioxin-l archives |
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Archives since 12/20/1999 |
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dioxin-l archives for 1999 |
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dioxin-l archives for 1998 |
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dioxin-l archives for 1997 |
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dioxin-l archives for 1996 |
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dioxin-l archives for 1995 |
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