European, Asian, and International Agencies

• IARC - International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - World Health
Organization (WHO). Online: <http://www.iarc.fr/> (accessed: 07 July 2009).
IARC's mission is to coordinate and conduct research on the causes of human
cancer, the mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and to develop scientific strategies for
cancer control.

• World Health Organization (WHO) - Cancer. Online:
<http://www.who.int/health_topics/cancer/en/> (accessed: 07 July 2009).
Site has information on international exposure to a wide range of compounds that
cause cancer.

• Japan - National Cancer Center (English). Online:
<http://www.ncc.go.jp/index.html> (accessed: 07 July 2009).
Site has information on the treatment and cause of cancer for Japan (Japanese or
English versions available).

• Australia - SunSmart. Online: <http://www.sunsmart.com.au/> (accessed: 07 July
2009).
An Australian site that focuses on skin cancer and its primary cause, the sun.

• Australia - Cancer Council Victoria. Online: <http://www.cancervic.org.au/>
(accessed: 07 July 2009).
"The Cancer Council Victoria is an independent, volunteer-based charity whose
mission is to lead, coordinate, implement and evaluate action to minimize the
human cost of cancer for all Victorians."

• Asbestos Institute. Online: <http://www.asbestos-institute.ca/> (accessed: 07 July
2009).
The Asbestos Institute is dedicated to promoting the safe use of asbestos in
Canada and throughout the world. (French and English.)

• CancerHelp UK. Online: < http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/> (accessed: 07 July
2009).
Provides a free information service about cancer and cancer care for people with
cancer and their families.

North American Agencies

General Information on Cancer

• US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Office of Oncology Drug Products
(OODP) Online: <http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/CDER/ucm091745.htm >
(accessed: 07 July 2009).
Oncology Tools contains a variety of information related to cancer and approved
cancer drug therapies.

• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk
Assessment. Online: <http://www.epa.gov/ncea/cancer.htm> (accessed: 07 July
2009).
EPA cancer risk assessment guidelines.

• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - National Center for Environmental
Assessment (NECA). Online: <http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/> (accessed: 07 July
2009).
Applying science to improve risk assessment and environmental decision making.

• US National Cancer Institute (NCI). Online: <http://www.cancer.gov/> (accessed:
07 July 2009).
The NCI, established under the National Cancer Act of 1937, is the Federal
Government's principal agency for cancer research and training.

• US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Online:
<http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/> (accessed: 07 July 2009).
The CDC monitors cancer incidence and promotes cancer prevention and control.

• US National Cancer Institute - The Cancer Mortality Maps & Graph Website.
Online: <http://www3.cancer.gov/atlasplus/> (accessed: 07 July 2009).
This site provides interactive maps, graphs (which are accessible to the blind and
visually-impaired), text, tables, and figures showing geographic patterns and time
trends of cancer death rates for the time period 1950-1994 for more than 40
cancers.

• US Cancer Information Service (CSI). Online: <http://cis.nci.nih.gov/> (accessed:
07 July 2009).
A service of the US National Cancer Institute, CSI is a "source for the latest,
most accurate cancer information for patients, their families, the general public,
and health professionals."

Benzene Information

• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Online:
<http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/hlthef/benzene.html> (accessed: 07 July 2009).
Hazard fact sheet on benzene.

• US Agency for Toxic Substance Disease Registry (ATSDR). Online:
<http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/> (accessed: 07 July 2009).
See fact sheets and case studies in environmental benzene.

Asbestos Information

• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Online:
<http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/asbestos/> (accessed: 07 July 2009).
Extensive information on asbestos.

• U.S. Cancer Information Service (CSI) - Facts of Asbestos. Online:
<http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/3_21.htm> (accessed: 07 July 2009).
Extensive information on asbestos.

• US Agency for Toxic Substance Disease Registry (ATSDR). Online:
<http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/> (accessed: 07 July 2009).
See fact sheets and case studies in environmental asbestos.

Radon Information

• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Online:
<http://www.epa.gov/radon/index.html> (accessed: 07 July 2009).
USEPA has extensive information on radon exposure in the U.S.

• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Online:
<http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/radon/radonhome.html> (accessed: 07 July 2009).
Maps and supply information on radon in the United States

Non-Government Organizations

• The American Cancer Society (ACS). Online: <http://www.cancer.org/>
(accessed: 07 July 2009).
The ACS is a nationwide community-based voluntary health organization
dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer,
saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education,
advocacy, and service.

• American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Online: <http://www.aacr.org/> (accessed: 07 July 2009).
"AACR accelerates progress toward the prevention and cure of cancer by
promoting research, education, communication, and collaboration."

• Children's Cancer Association. Online: <http://www.childrenscancerassociation.org/> (accessed: 07 July 2009).
Provides information and resources regarding childhood cancer.

• The White Lung Association. Online: <http://www.whitelung.org/> (accessed: 07
July 2009).
Non-profit web site on asbestos exposure.

• National Radon Safety Board (NRSB). Online: <http://www.nrsb.org/> (accessed:
07 July 2009).
"The NRSB seeks to encourage the highest standards of practice and integrity in
radon services through the development of independent standards and procedures
for certifying, approving and accrediting radon testers, mitigators, measurement
devices, chambers and laboratories."

• American Lung Association (ALA). Online:
<http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35395> (accessed: 07
July 2009).
Site has information on radon in the home environment as well as tobacco and
asthma.

• Environmental Mutagen Society (EMS). Online: <http://www.ems-us.org/>
(accessed: 07 July 2009).
EMS fosters research on the basic mechanisms of mutagenesis as well as on the
application of this knowledge in the field of genetic toxicology.

• Roswell Park Cancer Institute (PRCI). Online: < http://www.roswellpark.org/>
(accessed: 07 July 2009).
PRCI is a comprehensive treatment center with a focus on prevention and education.

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