Resource Pointer # 192
January 25, 1999
For copies of the following resources, please contact the appropriate
publishers or organizations directly.
*All You Can Eat, Environmental Working Group (EWG) Web Site, January
1999* Interactive web site allows users to determine what pesticides they
consume on a daily basis and their potential health effects. By selecting
items from a list of foods, visitors to the site can access EWG's search
engine that matches foods against more than 90,000 government lab test
results for pesticide food residues. Provides suggestions for minimizing
pesticide residue intake. Web site www.foodnews.org.
*U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Pesticidal Chemicals
Classified as Known, Probable or Possible Human Carcinogens, Web Site,
1999* Provides U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide Programs' most current list
of pesticides categorized by carcinogenicity. Lists registration date,
use patterns, and regulatory status. Web site
www.epa.gov/pesticides/carlist/table.htm.
*Citizens' Guide to Chemicals Known to Cause Human Cancer and
Reproductive Toxicity, December 1998* Ellen Connett. Six-part report that
includes lists of chemicals used in pesticides, pharmaceuticals, plastics
and dyes that are known to cause human cancer and/or reproductive
toxicity. Also lists 84 "high production volume chemicals" known to cause
cancer. Includes categories of chemical use. 80 pp. US$25. US$35 outside
of U.S. Contact Waste Not, 82 Judson St., Canton, NY 13617; phone (315)
379-9200; fax (315) 379-0448; email wastenot@northnet.org.
*Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Advisory Committee (EDSTAC)
Final Report, August 1998* Two volumes. Committee's final recommendations
to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on endocrine disruptor
screening and testing procedures required by the Food Quality Protection
Act and Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act. Includes
recommendations on conceptual framework, priority setting, screening and
testing, and communications and outreach. Free. Contact Environmental
Assistance Division (7408), EPA, TSCA Assistance Information Service, 401
M Street SW, Washington DC 20460; fax (202) 554-5603; email tsca-
hotline@epamail.epa.gov.
*A Report on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Predecisional Draft, August
1998* The Interagency Workgroup on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).
Includes overviews of scientific literature pertinent to MCS,
recommendations from various expert panels on MCS, and past and current
federal actions. Presents the Workgroup's technical and policy
recommendations. 100 pp. Free. Contact Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry Information Center, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE, Mail Stop E-57,
Atlanta, GA 30333; phone (888) 422-8737; email atsdric@cdc.gov.
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