PVC Policies Across the World
This report highlights some of the many PVC-free policies and included links to in-depth resources on PVC-free governmental and corporate policies around the world.
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Superfund: In the Eye of the Storm
This report emphasizes the need to reinstate the polluter pays fee within Superfund or else these dangerous sites will continue to worsen natural disaster sites with their leaked pollution.
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The American People's Dioxin Report
This report provides a summary of new scientific research (at the time of publication) on the toxic effects caused by or associated with exposure to dioxin. The information in this report is drawn from a comprehensive assessment of the sources, fate, and health effects of dioxin contained in the Technical Support Document (TSD) to this report. This report is intended to inform the public and their representatives in government so appropriate action can be taken to safeguard the health of the American people. The scientific findings of this report make it clear that there is an extensive body of high quality scientific information describing the toxic effects of dioxin in people. This data indicates that dioxin is a potent chemical that produces a wide variety of toxic effects in animals and that some of these effects are occurring in people.
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America's Choice: Children's Health or Corporate Profit
This Technical Support Document (TSD) is the third and final section of America's Choice: Children's Health or Corporate Profit - The American People's Dioxin Report (1999). This Technical Support Document provides the scientific basis and support for the conclusions and recommendations made in the previous report. This document describes where dioxin comes from, how it moves through the environment and gets into our food, how it builds up in our bodies, and how it is affects our health and our children. Particular emphasis is given to how dioxin affects the immune, reproductive, and developmental systems of the human body and how it causes cancer. This Technical Support Document provides the reader with a scientific discussion and analysis of the latest research on dioxin, including extensive references and an overall characterization of the risk of dioxin to public health.
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PVC Flooring & Toxic Cleaning Products in Schools
This report explores the relationship between PVC exposure in flooring and cleaning products within schools.
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PVC, the Poison Plastic: Unhealthy for Our Nation’s Children and Schools
This report explores the relationship between PVC exposure in schools and childhood health.
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Our Health & PVC: What’s the Connection?
This report explores the relationship between PVC exposure and prenatal, childhood, and adult health.
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Guía para Ubicación Escolar Segura
CHEJ creó la Guía para Ubicación Escolar Segura para proveer a comunidades necesitadas las herramientas necesarias para proteger la salud de sus hijos atreves de él organizarse para la aprobación de pólizas de ubicación escolar prudentes. Esta guía está basada en las lecciones que hemos aprendido en los pasados 28 años trabajando con comunidades para luchar contra instalaciones que contaminan, crear relaciones con funcionarios electos, y realizar campañas exitosas - al nivel local, regional y nacional - contra la exposición a substancias toxicas y químicas.
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Safe School Siting Toolkit
This toolkit is to provide communities with the tools necessary for protecting their children’s health by organizing for the passage of safe school siting policies. This toolkit is based on the lessons we have learned over the past 28 years of working with communities to fight back polluting facilities, build relationships with elected officials, and run successful local, regional, and national campaigns to end toxic chemical exposure.
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PVC-Free School Supplies
This is a back-to-school wallet guide for PVC-Free School Supplies designed to empower you in making smarter, healthier shopping choices for your children.
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