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Greepeace Toxics Information around the world:

Toxics (Greenpeace in Australia)
Toxics (Greenpeace in Canada - also in French)
Toxics Campaign (Greenpeace in the UK)
Die Chlor Story and Gifexporte (Greenpeace in Germany)
Toxics Campaign (Greenpeace in the USA)
Toxics (Greenpeace Nordic - information in all main Nordic languages and English)
Greenpeace in India All the latest on Bhopal and Other Indian Toxics hotspots
Toxics (Greenpeace in the Mediterranean)
Toxics (Greenpeace in Russia)
Chlorine Campaign Archive (Greenpeace in Italy)
Kampagnen Chemie (Greenpeace in Austria)
Poluentes toxicos (Greenpeace in Brazil)
Toxica Kampao ( Greenpeace in the Czech Republic)
Giftige Stoffen (Greenpeace in the Netherlands)
Toxicos (Greenpeace in Spain)


Toxics Information

Basel Action Network - Campaign against toxic trade with information on waste trade
Centre for Sustainable Design
ECODESIGN Sustainable Product Development - in German/ English Version
Enviro$ense - Part of the US EPA site with solutions to environmental problems.
Healthcare Without Harm - a collaborative campaign for environmentally responsible health care.
International POPs Elimination Network
Indigenous Environmental Network - Alliance of Indigenous people against environmental degradation
Pollution Prevention and Clean Production: Waste Prevention Association
Rachel Carson Council - Clearing house and library for pesticide related issues
Toxics Use Reduction Institute - From the University of Massachusettts
Rocky Mountain Institute - Non profit foundation for sustainable use of resources.
UNIDO Cleaner Production

WHO Group on Pesticides Residues
World Resources Insitute - Consise info on POPs and also information, ideas, and solutions to global environmental problems.
Wuppertal Institute - Institute for Sustainable Development. In English and German.
WWF Global Toxics Initiative

Regional Toxics Information

Scorecard (US) - Very comprehensive information on all forms of pollution in the US.
 Friends of the Earth (UK)
Soil Association - Information on organic farming and produce (UK)
Earthlife - South African information on Toxics and environmental issues
Environmental Adovcates Homepage (Australia): Good source of information, databases and maps on Australian pollution.
Environmental Working Group (US) - Cutting edge research on health and the environment. Information on POPs and pregnancy.
Public Interest Research Groups (US) - Award winning site with loads of US information, action ideas, right to know etc.
CNIID (Independent National Centre for Information on Waste) - in French only
The Pesticides Trust - UK
Pesticide Action Network (PAN)- US
Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic Chemicals in Central and Eastern European Countries. A State of the art Report, May 2000.
Stop POPs - US

Dioxin

Enviroweb Dioxin Pages - Background, articles, online resources and mailing lists
The Stop Dioxin Exposure Campaign - a US campaign focused on eliminating all sources of dioxin discharge.
1994 U.S. EPA Dioxin Reassessment: Chapter 9 Health Assessment

Endocrine Disruptors

Hormone Disruptors - WWF Canada
Our Stolen Future - Site based on the 1996 book with new updates
Hormone Disrupting Chemicals


Conventions & Governmental Organisations

 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - POPs
UNEP Inventory of information Sources on Chemicals
UNEP - BARCON - Barcelona Convention on Mediterranean Pollution
UNEP Working Group on Sustainable Product Design
OSPAR Convention - Protection of marine envrinment of the North East Atlantic
Basel Convention - Control of hazardous waste movement and disposal
International Martime Organisation (IMO) The United Nations' specialized agency responsible for improving maritime safety and preventing pollution from ships.

Convention Coverage:
International Insitute for Sustainable Development - Multimedia resource for Environment and Development policy makers. Comprehensive balanced coverage of global negotiations/conventions including the INC POPs process

Publications

Environmental News Network - Daily updated news
New Scientist - Useful weekly headlines and stories fom the science world
New Internationalist Magazine - Feature (May 2000) focusing on Pesticide issues
Science News - Weekly news magazine from the Journal Science
Nature - International weekly journal of Science

Rachel's Environment & Health Weekly - News and resources for environmental justice

General Information Sources

Earth Alert - Global map of the weeks environmental stories and the Discovery Channel archieve.
Better World
Environmental Health & Safety Online (US) - Check out their pollutor of the week category.
Environmental Background Information Center - Providing tools & strategies to confront corporate power.

Corporate Watch - The inside line on a corporate planet.
Multinational Monitor
Essential.org - Links to environmental sites.
BBC News Online - Search for UK and World stories relating to pesticides, dioxin, food scares etc.
Physicians for Social Responsibilty - Environmental problems and health (US)