Readings

The following are examples of advocacy/special-interest literature.

• Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years. Dennis Avery and S. Fred Singer, Hudson Institute, 2007.
• Please Don't Poop in My Salad and Other Essays Opposing the War Against Smoking. Joseph L. Bast, The Heartland Institute, 2006. http://www.heartland.org/books/Poop.html
• Are "Low Dose" Health Effects of Chemicals Real? Kathleen Meister, M.A. for the American Council on Science and Health, 2006. http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubID.1429/pub_detail.asp
• "Distinguishing Association from Causation: A Backgrounder for Journalists" By Kathleen Meister, M.A. for the American Council on Science and Health, 2007. http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubID.1629/pub_detail.asp
• Chemical Trespass - Pesticides in Our Bodies and Corporate Accountability. Pesticide Action Network of North America, 2004. http://www.panna.org/docsTrespass/chemicalTrespass2004.dv.html
• The English Patients: Human Experiments and Pesticide Policy. Environmental Working Group, 1998. http://www.ewg.org/reports/english
• In Harm's Way - Toxic Threats to Child Development. Physicians for Social Responsibility, 2000. http://www.psr.org/chapters/boston/resources/in-harms-way-training.html

Background readings / text books

• Mad Cows and Mother's Milk (Powell) McGill-Queens University Press, 2nd Ed., 2005
• Calculated Risks, JV Rodricks Cambridge University Press, Second Edition, 2007
• Making Better Environmental Decisions An Alternative to Risk Assessment, Mary O'Brien, MIT Press, 2001
• A Small Dose of Toxicology - The Health Effects of Common Chemicals. Steven G. Gilbert CRC Press, Boca Raton, February 2004, p 266. - see web site www.asmalldoseof.org
• Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival?--A Scientific Detective Story. Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, John Peter Meyers, Plume 1997 http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/
• Precaution, Environmental Science, and Preventive Public Policy. Joel Tickner. Island Press; 2002
• Protecting Public Health and the Environment: Implementing The Precautionary Principle. Carolyn Raffensperger, Joel Tickner. Island Press; 1999
• Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health. David Michaels, Oxford University Press, 2008. http://www.defendingscience.org/
• US researchers find new clue to infant deaths http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-02-03-sids03_st_N.htm/ and http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/303/5/430/

Web Sites of Particular Note

• Toxipedia - www.toxipedia.org - connecting science and people
• TEDX — The Endocrine Disruption Exchange - http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/
• Particles On The Wall (POTW) - www.particlesonthewall.org - uniting art and science to forage a more healthy and peaceful world
• Defending Science - http://www.defendingscience.org/
• Environmental Health Perspectives - www.ehponine.org - rich source of material
• Environmental Health News - http://environmentalhealthnews.org/
• Healthy Stuff - Researching toxic chemicals in everyday products

• Center for Science in the Public Interest - http://www.cspinet.org/

Local Resources

• Washington Toxics Coalition protects public health and the environment by eliminating toxic pollution. WTC promotes alternatives, advocates policies, empowers communities, and educates people to create a healthy environment.
• Pollution in People: A Study of Toxic Chemicals in Washingtonians by WTC
• People for Puget Sound A non-profit citizens' group working to protect and restore the health of Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits through education and action. Offers news, book resources, and links
• Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (WPSR) Engaging the community to create a healthy, peaceful and sustainable world through healthy solutions to the gravest threats to human health.